Dear Dmytro,and biloo_5,

Thank you very much for the information about bhikkhu.

The Jainism obviously uses the same word bhikkhu in their tradition.
They may also use a lot of identical words, such as the four jhaanas
(dhyaanas), similar in meaning to early Buddhism.

Regards,

Thomas Law

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Dmytro O. Ivakhnenko" <aavuso@...>
wrote:

>
> Dear Thomas,
>
> > If not, what religious group/s at that time also used this word

for

> > its own monk?
>
> See Jain Samana sutta:
>
> parasamtavayakarana-vayanam, mottuna saparahidavayanam.
> Jo vadadi Bhikkhu turiyo tasst du dhammo have saccam. (92)
>
> A monk who avoids all speech that is likely to hurt others and

speaks

> only what is good to himself and to others observes the fourth

virtue of

> truthfulness. (92)
>
> http://www.jainworld.com/scriptures/samansuttam9.asp
>
> Rage dose ya do pave, pavakamma pavattane.
> Je bhikkhu rembhai niccam, se na acchai mandale. (130)
>
> The two sins attachment and aversion lead one to commit sinful

acts.

> That monk who always besieges them will not wander in this mundane
> existence. (130)
>
> http://www.jainworld.com/scriptures/samansuttam10.asp
>
> No sakkiyamicchai na puyam, na vi ya vandanagam kuo passamsam?
> Se samjae suvvae tavassi, sahie ayagavesae sa bhikkhu. (234)
>
> he who desires no honour, no worship, no salutation even, how will

he

> desire praise? He who has self-control, observes the vows

correctly,

> practises penance and seeks to know the true nature of the soul is

the

> real monk. (234)
>
> http://www.jainworld.com/scriptures/samansuttam18.asp
>
> Sayanasanathane va, je u bhikkhu na vavare.
> Kayassa viussaggo, chattho so parikittio. (480)
>
> A monk who makes no movements of his body while sleeping, sitting

or

> standing and checkes all activities of his body is said to observe

the

> sixth penance of bodily steadines. (480)
>
> http://www.jainworld.com/scriptures/samansuttam28.asp
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Dmytro
>