Vinaya

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Key Term	vinaya
Hover Popup Choices	vinaya; 'dul ba
In Tibetan Script	འདུལ་བ།
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	'dul ba
Devanagari Sanskrit Script	विनय
Romanized Sanskrit	vinaya
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering	dulwa
Sanskrit Phonetic Rendering	vinaya
Chinese Script	毘奈耶
Chinese Pinyin	pínàiyé
English Standard	discipline
Richard Barron's English Term	monastic code
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term	discipline; vow
Term Type	Noun
Basic Meaning	Vinaya refers to the corpus of Buddhist teachings on moral discipline and precepts, and is one of the three canonical sets of teachings alongside sūtra and abhidharma. It also refers to the monastic tradition which has been passed down since Buddha's days until our time.
Has the Sense of	Vinaya literally means taming, subduing or conquering because the moral precepts and vows help tame the practitioner, and develop the good discipline necessary for spiritual practice.
Related Terms	sūtra;abhidharma
Related Topic Pages	https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195393521/obo-9780195393521-0174.xml#:~:text=In%20Chinese%2C%20vinaya%20is%20translated,Tibetan%2C%20'dul%2Dba.
Definitions

Vinaya refers to the corpus of Buddhist teachings on moral discipline and precepts and is one of the three canonical sets of teachings alongside Sūtra and Abhidharma. It also refers to the monastic tradition which has been passed down since the Buddha's time until our time.

Vinaya refers to the corpus of Buddhist teachings on moral discipline and precepts and is one of the three canonical sets of teachings alongside Sūtra and Abhidharma. It also refers to the monastic tradition which has been passed down since the Buddha's time until our time.

Abhidharma generally refers to the corpus of Buddhist texts which deals with the typological, phenomenological, metaphysical, and epistemological presentation of Buddhist concepts and teachings. The abhidharma teachings present a meta-knowledge of Buddhist sūtras through analytical and systemic schemas and are said to focus on developing wisdom among the three principles of training. The Abhidharma is presented alongside Sūtra and Vinaya as one of the three baskets of the teachings of the Buddha.