Outline of contents
Introduction
The virtue of faculty restraint
The virtue of livelihood purification
The virtue dependent on requisites
Bhikkhu's attitude towards their brethren
The fundamental qualities necessary for a person to be ordained
Admission into the Order of the Holy Community
The proceeding of the ordination ceremony
The great mansion of the Buddha Sasana
The six causes of falling into offenses
The characteristic of a shameless one
Heavy offences (Parajika and Sanghadisesa)
The procedure concerning the robes
The procedure concerning the almsbowl
The procedure concerning seeds and fruits
Receiving edible things by hand
The important Sanghadisesa offenses
Nissaggiya Pacittiya (Expiation with forfeiture)
Suddha Pacittiya (Expiation without forfeiture)
Sekhiya (the rules for training)
The development of meditation (Bhavana)
Why should the satipatthanas be developed
The development of loving-kindness (Metta Bhavana)
The method according to the Patisambhida discourse
Five hundred and twenty-eight Metta bhavana