Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c29.s2.8
Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c29.s2.8
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v2.c29.s2.8
Particularly noticeable is his reply to the Vajjiputtaka monk who expressed his difficulty in observing all the 250 rules of the *Pātimokkha*. Buddha said that he would be satisfied if the bhikkhu would practise the three *śikṣās*,⁶ viz., *adhisīla*, adhicitta and adhipaññā, by which he meant the minute observance of the discipline envisaged in the aṭṭhaṅka-magga.