Suggested ReadingBhikkhu, Thanissaro.
The Buddhist Monastic Code. (For free distribution. Contact: The Abbot, Metta Forest Monastery, P.O. Box 1409, Valley Center, CA 92082 USA, 1994.)
Chodron, Thubten, ed.
Blossoms of the Dharma: Living as a Buddhist Nun. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 2000.
Dhirasekera, Jotiya.
Buddhist Monastic Discipline. Sri Lanka: Ministry of Higher Education Research Publication Series, 1982.
The Essentials of the Rules of Discipline for Sramanera and Sramanerikas. The Daily Requisites of Vinaya. English translator unknown. Los Angeles: International Buddhist Progress Society, 1988.
Gyatso, Tenzin.
Advice from Buddha Shakyamuni Concerning a Monk's Discipline. Dharamsala, India: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1982.
Hanh, Thich Nhat. For
a Future to Be Possible. Berkeley, Parallax Press, 1993.
Hirakawa, Akira.
Monastic Discipline for the Buddhist Nuns. Patna: K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute, 1982.
Horner, I.B.
The Book of the Discipline, Part I-IV. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1982.
The Profound Path of Peace, Issue No. 12, Feb. 1993. International Kagyu Sangha Association (c/o Gampo Abbey, Pleasant Bay, N.S. BOE 2PO, Canada).
Tekchok, Geshe.
Monastic Rites. London: Wisdom Publications, 1985.
Tsomo, Karma Lekshe, ed. Sakyadhita
: Daughters of the Buddha. New York: Snow Lion Publications, 1989.
Tsomo, Karma Lekshe.
Sisters in Solitude: Two Traditions of Monastic Ethics for Women. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1996.
Wijayaratna, Mohan.
Buddhist Monastic Life. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Yin, Venerable Bhikshuni Wu.
Choosing Simplicity: A Commentary on the Bhikshuni Pratimoksa. Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2001.
Yin, Venerable Wu. Teachings
on the Bhikshuni Pratimoksa. (Set of audio tapes made at Life as a Western Buddhist Nun, Bodhgaya, India, 1996. Contact: American Evergreen Buddhist Association, 13000 NE 84th St., Kirkland WA 98033, USA.)
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