Ovadapatimokkha In Buddhism

Abstract

           Ovadapatimokkha is the main doctrine and the principle of administration of Sangha Community, e.g., A) The four ideologies, they are, 1) patience, 2) Nibbāna, 3) not hurt, 4) non-violence. B) The three principles, e.g., 1) not doing any bad deeds, 2) to cultivate good, and 3) to purify one’s own mind. The methods of practice for the propagator are 1) Not saying bad against others, 2) Not harming others, 3) restraining in regard to the Discipline, 4) Moderation in eating food, 5) Lying and sitting in the silent and peaceful place, and 6) Keeping an effort in mind for the cessation of defilements and transcendence of suffering.