On 8/23/05, nyanatusita <nyanatusita@...> wrote:
> Just a little note. It is a commonly perpetuated misunderstanding that
> bhikkhus have 227 training rules in the case of bhikkhus and 311
> training rules in the case of bhikkhunis, however actually there are 220
> for bhikkhus and 304 for bhikkhunis.
> The reason is that the last section of the Patimokkha contains seven
> legal procedures, adhikaranasamathadhamma, to settle legal issues and
> they are not training rules. This section can be seen as an appendix to
> the Patimokkha and the Suttavibhanga.
Thank you very much for the clarification!
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Hugo