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**Reocourgigiot** · 06-19-2012, 07:31 PM

i am not sure if it it related to TNH's quote, but in the Pali Mahaparinibbana Sutta, it is reported:

If it is desired, Ananda, the Sangha may, when I am gone, abolish the lesser and minor rules.

DN 16 i think history shows these minor rules can pertain to matters such as the rules for nuns (bhikkhunis), designed for their safety. today, some of these may not be so necessary, if safety can be assured

even possibly digging the soil & growing food, such as in some Mahayana schools, where monks struggled to obtain food from alms

06-19-2012, 07:31 PM	#5
Reocourgigiot Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 400 Senior Member	i am not sure if it it related to TNH's quote, but in the Pali Mahaparinibbana Sutta, it is reported: If it is desired, Ananda, the Sangha may, when I am gone, abolish the lesser and minor rules. DN 16 i think history shows these minor rules can pertain to matters such as the rules for nuns (bhikkhunis), designed for their safety. today, some of these may not be so necessary, if safety can be assured even possibly digging the soil & growing food, such as in some Mahayana schools, where monks struggled to obtain food from alms
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