The Bhikkhus Rules
A Guide for Laypeople
by Bhikkhu Ariyesako | 1998 | 50,970 words
The Theravadin Buddhist Monk's Rules compiled and explained by: Bhikkhu Ariyesako Discipline is for the sake of restraint, restraint for the sake of freedom from remorse, freedom from remorse for the sake of joy, joy for the sake of rapture, rapture for the sake of tranquillity, tranquillity for the sake of pleasure, pleasure for the sake of conce...
Bowls And Other Requisites
Carrying wool that has not been made into cloth or yarn for more than three leagues is a nissaggiya paacittiya offence.
[Nis. Paac.16]
Keeping an alms bowl for more than ten days without determining it for use or placing it under dual ownership is a nissaggiya paacittiya offence.
[Nis. Paac.21]
Acquiring a needle box made of ivory, bone or horn after making it — or having it made — for ones own use is a paacittiya offence requiring that one break the box before confessing the offence.
[Nis. Paac.86]