Vinaya is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Vinaya meaning
The rules that regulate Buddhist monastic life.
Using Vinaya
- The main meaning on this page is: The rules that regulate Buddhist monastic life.
- In the example corpus, vinaya often appears in combinations such as: the vinaya, vinaya and.
Context around Vinaya
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Vinaya
- In this selection, "vinaya" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, now, kathanayakudu, expansive, habosi, vidheya and forms stand out and add context to how "vinaya" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include additional rules vinaya to follow and among theravāda vinaya authorities as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "vinaya" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with vinaya
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But he gave women additional rules ( Vinaya ) to follow. (9 words)
There is disagreement among Theravāda vinaya authorities as to whether such ordinations are valid. (14 words)
The respective Vinaya forbid the monks and nuns the consumption of mango and garlic. (14 words)
The Buddhist vinaya also reflects social contracts expected of the monks, one such instance is when the people of a certain town complained about monks felling saka trees, the Buddha tells his monks that they must stop and give way to social norms. (43 words)
As there is some debate about whether the bhikkhuni lineage (in the more expansive Vinaya forms) was transmitted to Tibet, the status and future of female Buddhist clergy in this tradition is sometimes disputed by strict adherents to the Theravadan style. (41 words)
Related versions of the Sutta Pitaka and Vinaya Pitaka were common to all the early Buddhist schools, and therefore do not define only Theravāda, but also the other early Buddhist schools, and perhaps the teaching of Gautama Buddha himself. (39 words)
Example sentences (12)
This time around the Drua has a couple of new faces to take over from the likes of Nemani Nagusa, Manasa Saulo, Onisi Ratave, Leone Nawai and now Vinaya Habosi.
Its per-screen average is bigger than that of NTR Kathanayakudu, Vinaya Vidheya Rama and Petta.
As there is some debate about whether the bhikkhuni lineage (in the more expansive Vinaya forms) was transmitted to Tibet, the status and future of female Buddhist clergy in this tradition is sometimes disputed by strict adherents to the Theravadan style.
But he gave women additional rules ( Vinaya ) to follow.
Related versions of the Sutta Pitaka and Vinaya Pitaka were common to all the early Buddhist schools, and therefore do not define only Theravāda, but also the other early Buddhist schools, and perhaps the teaching of Gautama Buddha himself.
The Buddhist vinaya also reflects social contracts expected of the monks, one such instance is when the people of a certain town complained about monks felling saka trees, the Buddha tells his monks that they must stop and give way to social norms.
The key feature of Buddhist monasticism is the adherence to the vinaya which contains an elaborate set of rules of conduct including complete chastity and eating only before noon.
There is disagreement among Theravāda vinaya authorities as to whether such ordinations are valid.
The respective Vinaya forbid the monks and nuns the consumption of mango and garlic.
This restriction of not eating garlic and mango is found in both the Theravada vinaya and in that of the Mahayana.
Tibetans today maintain greater or lesser degrees of confidentiality also with information on the vinaya and emptiness specifically.
Venerable Ajahn Vayama together with Venerables Nirodha, Seri and Hasapanna were ordained as bhikkhunis by a dual sangha act of bhikkhus and bhikkhunis in full accordance with the pali vinaya.
Common combinations with vinaya
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: