[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [Early Monastic Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941) › v1.c19.15 # Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.15 Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.15 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.15) The Buddhists adopted more or less the general directions scattered in the brāhmanic and non-brāhmanic literatures for the brahmacārins and sannyāsins and it was after some years had passed when the number of followers had grown fairly large that Buddha thought of framing a code of disciplinary rules in keeping with the teaching promulgated by him i.e., the \*majjhimā-paṭipadā\* which kept clear of the two extreme forms of life, viz., that of a rigorous non-brāhmanic ascetic and that of an ease-loving householder. He laid more emphasis on the control of mind (\*citta\*) than on body (\*kāya\*) and speech (\*vācā\*),³ and so he formulated a code of rules which answered to his ideal. The life of a monk living in a monastery but practising meditation in a forest or cemetery was Buddha’s ideal and so he directed that the monasteries should be located at a lonely spot outside but not very far from the limits of a town or a village so that the monks - [Previous: v1.c19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.14) - [Next: v1.c19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.16) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.15) · Pramāṇa