Liu Song · by 法顯集出
10,573 · about 35 min
The *Ten Recitations Bhikṣuṇī Prātimokṣa Sūtra*, brought from India and compiled by the eminent monk Faxian of the Liu Song dynasty, belongs to the Sarvāstivāda Vinaya scriptures. This Prātimokṣa text details the precepts that bhikṣuṇīs must observe, including the eight pārājika dharma and the seventeen saṅghāvaśeṣa dharma, among other essential aspects of the precepts, and is accompanied by the poṣadha ritual procedures. As a significant early document on the monastic discipline for bhikṣuṇīs in Chinese Buddhism, it not only reflects the state of Buddhist Vinaya transmission in the 5th century CE but also provides the core foundation for the proper practice of the bhikṣuṇī saṅgha in China, holding an irreplaceable historical position within the transmission of the Buddhist Vinaya Piṭaka.