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Questions and Answers beginning with Uposatha Questions about the beginning, middle, and end 332. What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the Uposatha act? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the Pavāraṇā act? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the Tajjanīya act? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the Niyassa act? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the Pabbājanīya act? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the Paṭisāraṇīya act? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the Ukkhepanīya act? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the giving of Parivāsa? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the Mūlāyapaṭikassanā? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the giving of Mānatta? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the Abbhāna? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the Upasampadā act? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the cessation of the Tajjanīya act? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the cessation of the Niyassa act? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the cessation of the Pabbājanīya act? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the cessation of the Paṭisāraṇīya act? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the cessation of the Ukkhepanīya act? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the Sativinaya? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the Amūḷhavinaya? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the Tassapāpiyasikā? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the Tiṇavatthāraka? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the appointment of a Bhikkhunī instructor? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the permission to not separate from the three robes? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the permission for a mat? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the permission to discard money? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the permissions for one who takes robes? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the permission for one who takes bowls? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the permission for a staff? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the permission for a training? What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end of the permission for staff training? Answers about the beginning, middle, and end 333. Of the Uposatha act, What is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end? For the Uposatha act, unity is the beginning, the performance is the middle, the completion is the end. For the Pavāraṇā act, what is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end? For the Pavāraṇā act, unity is the beginning, the performance is the middle, the completion is the end. For the act of Censure, what is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end? For the act of Censure, the matter and the person are the beginning, the motion is the middle, the formal declaration is the end. For the act of Suspension… for the act of Banishment… for the act of Reconciliation… for the act of Lifting… for the granting of Probation… for the act of Bringing Back to the Beginning… for the granting of Penance… for the act of Rehabilitation, what is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end? For the act of Rehabilitation, the matter and the person are the beginning, the motion is the middle, the formal declaration is the end. For the act of Ordination, what is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end? For the act of Ordination, the person is the beginning, the motion is the middle, the formal declaration is the end. For the cessation of the act of Censure, what is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end? For the cessation of the act of Censure, proper conduct is the beginning, the motion is the middle, the formal declaration is the end. For the cessation of the act of Suspension… for the cessation of the act of Banishment… for the cessation of the act of Reconciliation… for the cessation of the act of Lifting, what is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end? For the cessation of the act of Lifting, proper conduct is the beginning, the motion is the middle, the formal declaration is the end. For the Discipline of Mindfulness, what is the beginning, what is the middle, what is the end? For the Discipline of Mindfulness, the matter and the person are the beginning, the motion is the middle, the formal declaration is the end. For the Discipline for the Undistracted… for the Declaration of Wickedness… for the Covering with Grass… for the Appointment of a Bhikkhuni Instructor… for the Agreement not to be Apart from the Three Robes… for the Agreement for a Mat… for the Agreement for Discarding Money… for the Agreement for Taking a Robe… for the Agreement for Taking a Bowl… for the Agreement for a Stick… for the Agreement for Training… for the Stick Training What is the beginning of a formal act? What is the middle? What is the end? For a formal act of training with punishment, the matter and the person are the beginning, the motion is the middle, the formal proclamation is the end. The answers to the questions beginning with Uposatha are finished. Section on Reasons For ten reasons the Tathāgata enjoined the training rules for his disciples – for the excellence of the Sangha, for the well-being of the Sangha, for the restraint of unruly individuals, for the comfortable living of conscientious monks, for the restraint of defilements in this very life, for the prevention of defilements in future lives, for the appeasement of the unappeased, for the increase of the appeased, for the establishment of the True Dhamma, for the support of the Vinaya. What is for the excellence of the Sangha, that is for the well-being of the Sangha. What is for the well-being of the Sangha, that is for the restraint of unruly individuals. What is for the restraint of unruly individuals, that is for the comfortable living of conscientious monks. What is for the comfortable living of conscientious monks, that is for the restraint of defilements in this very life. What is for the restraint of defilements in this very life, that is for the prevention of defilements in future lives. What is for the prevention of defilements in future lives, that is for the appeasement of the unappeased. What is for the appeasement of the unappeased, that is for the increase of the appeased. What is for the increase of the appeased, that is for the establishment of the True Dhamma. What is for the establishment of the True Dhamma, that is for the support of the Vinaya. What is for the excellence of the Sangha, that is for the well-being of the Sangha. What is for the excellence of the Sangha, that is for the restraint of unruly individuals. What is for the excellence of the Sangha, that is for the comfortable living of conscientious monks. What is for the excellence of the Sangha, that is for the restraint of defilements in this very life. What is for the excellence of the Sangha, that is for the prevention of defilements in future lives. What is for the excellence of the Sangha, that is for the appeasement of the unappeased. What is for the excellence of the Sangha, that is for the increase of the appeased. What is for the excellence of the Sangha, that is for the establishment of the True Dhamma. What is for the excellence of the Sangha, that is for the support of the Vinaya. What is for the well-being of the Sangha, that is for the restraint of unruly individuals. What is for the Sangha It is agreeable for the virtuous monks to dwell in comfort. That which is agreeable to the Sangha, that is for the restraint of defilements in this very life. That which is agreeable to the Sangha, that is for the suppression of defilements in future lives. That which is agreeable to the Sangha, that is for the faith of those without faith. That which is agreeable to the Sangha, that is for the increase of those with faith. That which is agreeable to the Sangha, that is for the establishment of the True Dhamma. That which is agreeable to the Sangha, that is for the support of the Vinaya. That which is agreeable to the Sangha, that is for the well-being of the Sangha. That which is for the suppression of unruly individuals... ...that which is for the comfortable dwelling of virtuous monks... ...that which is for the restraint of defilements in this very life... ...that which is for the suppression of defilements in future lives... ...that which is for the faith of those without faith... ...that which is for the increase of those with faith... ...that which is for the establishment of the True Dhamma... ...that which is for the support of the Vinaya, that is for the well-being of the Sangha. That which is for the support of the Vinaya, that is agreeable to the Sangha. That which is for the support of the Vinaya, that is for the suppression of unruly individuals. That which is for the support of the Vinaya, that is for the comfortable dwelling of virtuous monks. That which is for the support of the Vinaya, that is for the restraint of defilements in this very life. That which is for the support of the Vinaya, that is for the suppression of defilements in future lives. That which is for the support of the Vinaya, that is for the faith of those without faith. That which is for the support of the Vinaya, that is for the increase of those with faith. That which is for the support of the Vinaya,