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- | The '''goal of WikiVinaya''' is to create a free online resource of information on the ''Buddhist monastic discipline'' – '[[Vinaya]]'. | + | The '''goal of WikiVinaya''' is to create a free and editable online resource of information on the ''Buddhist monastic discipline'' – '[[Vinaya]]'. WikiVinaya covers all the rules and related conventions relevant for [[bhikkhu]]s (Buddhist monks) and [[bhikkhuni]]s (Buddhist nuns), and the male and female lay buddhists who come into (regular) contact with buddhist monks and nuns. More specifically, this means the various Vinaya Pitakas and related commentaries and conventions. Information concerning the Vinayas of all the various [[extant Vinaya recensions]] have a place on WikiVinaya. It is hoped that this will help both contributors and readers to improve in knowledge about Vinaya. |
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Goal and Content of WikiVinayaThe goal of WikiVinaya is to create a free and editable online resource of information on the Buddhist monastic discipline – 'Vinaya'. WikiVinaya covers all the rules and related conventions relevant for bhikkhus (Buddhist monks) and bhikkhunis (Buddhist nuns), and the male and female lay buddhists who come into (regular) contact with buddhist monks and nuns. More specifically, this means the various Vinaya Pitakas and related commentaries and conventions. Information concerning the Vinayas of all the various extant Vinaya recensions have a place on WikiVinaya. It is hoped that this will help both contributors and readers to improve in knowledge about Vinaya. For more detailed information, have a look at wikivinaya:Goal and content Adding to the WikiVinayaSince WikiVinaya is a wiki, the writing of all pages of the WikiVinaya is principally a community-effort, and the contents of these pages can be altered. Also this page, and any of the other pages. So feel free to change and add things. However, you need to create an account on WikiVinaya in order to be able to edit pages and make new pages. More information for newcomers to wikis can be found at the welcome page for newcomers at wikipedia. WikiVinaya is not the same as Wikipedia, but it uses the same software as Wikipedia and mostly the same ethos. The two differences in ethos are:
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