Vinaya in Four Parts: Supplementary Random Karma Procedures with Separate Lecture Recordings (四分律刪補隨機羯磨隨講別錄)

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Republic of China · by 弘一撰

31,907 · about 106 min

Recorded Lectures on the Supplemented and Adapted Karma of the Four-Part Vinaya This work was composed by the eminent modern monastic master Hongyi, and comprises a record of his lectures on the Supplemented and Adapted Karma of the Four-Part Vinaya by the Tang dynasty Vinaya master Daoxuan. Compiled during the Republican period, a time when the study of Buddhist monastic discipline had declined, Master Hongyi dedicated himself to revitalizing the Vinaya school and thus systematically expounded upon the canonical texts on discipline. The content focuses on the formal acts of the monastic community, providing detailed explanations of rituals such as ordination, the recitation of precepts, and repentance. It elucidates the essential meaning of upholding precepts and the practical guidelines for doing so. This record integrates Master Hongyi's profound scholarship in Vinaya studies with his experiential insights from practice, interpreting the ancient masters' disciplinary codes in contemporary language. It serves as a clear guide to Vinaya studies for Chinese Buddhism and holds an authoritative, bridging position in the modern revival of Vinaya scholarship, standing as an important text for both the study and practice of Buddhist monastic discipline.