Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.s11: Pavāraṇā
Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.s11
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Pavāraṇā
v1.c19.s11.1
The ceremony of Pavāraṇā was performed at the end of the vassāvāsa. The object of the ceremony was to confess all sins of omission and commission (seen, heard or apprehended)² that might have been committed during the vassāvāsa. It was almost the same as the declaration of pārisuddhi in the Pātimokkha assemblies dealt with before. Elaborate rules were laid down regarding the procedure of the pavāraṇā ceremony, most of them being identical with those of pārisuddhi. Like the pārisuddhi-thapanam (interdiction of pārisuddhi declaration), there was also the system of pavāraṇā-thapanam (interdiction of pavāraṇā ceremony).³
v1.c19.s11.2
² Diṭṭhena vā sutena vā parisaṅkāya. vā.
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³ Mv., iv, 16; cf. Cv., ix. See above, p. 291-2.
Linked texts (2)
- Mahāvagga — Pāli
- Cullavagga — Pāli