Yellow Robe - A Real Buddhist's Journal

1. MN 86 Angulimāla Sutta - On Angulimāla
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... you were to see that Angulimāla had shaved off his hair and beard, put on the yellow robe, and gone forth from the home life into homelessness; that he was abstaining from killing living beings, from taking ...

2. MN 84 Madhurā Sutta - At Madhurā
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... noble, having shaved off his hair and beard, put on the yellow robe, and gone forth from the home life into homelessness, were to abstain from killing living beings, from taking what is not given, and ...

3. MN 83 Makhādeva Sutta - King Makhādeva
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... I have enjoyed human sensual pleasures; now it is time to seek divine sensual pleasures. Come, dear prince, take over the kingship. I shall shave off my hair and beard, put on the yellow robe, and go forth ...

4. MN 82 Raṭṭhapāla Sutta - On Raṭṭhapāla
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... Suppose I shave off my hair and beard, put on the yellow robe, and go forth from the home life into homelessness.” 5. Then the brahmin householders of Thullakoṭṭhita, having been instructed, urged, roused, ...

5. MN 101-120 Published
(News/Site)

Thanks so much to Chris Burke’s contribution once again, and the work has been published @ http://www.yellowrobe.com/pali-canon/sutta-piaka/majjhima-nikaya.html  ...

6. MN 112 Chabbisodhana Sutta - The Sixfold Purity
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... utterly perfect and pure as a polished shell. Suppose I shave off my hair and beard, put on the yellow robe, and go forth from the home life into homelessness.” On a later occasion, abandoning a small ...

7. MN 105 Sunakkhatta Sutta - To Sunakkhatta
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... in that. 11. “Just as a yellow leaf that has fallen from its stalk is incapable of becoming green again, so too, Sunakkhatta, when a person is intent on the imperturbable he has shed the fetter of worldly ...

8. MN 125 Dantabhūmi Sutta - The Grade of the Tamed
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... in the world, accomplished, fully enlightened…(as Sutta 51, ¶¶12-13)…he shaves off his hair and beard, puts on the yellow robe, and goes forth from the home life into homelessness. It is in this way that ...

9. MN 142 Dakkhiṇāvibhanga Sutta - The Exposition of Offerings
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... this is the seventh kind of offering made to the Sangha. 8. “In future times, Ānanda, there will be members of the clan who are ‘yellow-necks,’ immoral, of evil character. People will give gifts to those ...

10. DN 4 Soṇadaṇḍa Sutta - About Soṇadaṇḍa
(Pali Canon/Digha Nikaya)

... with tear-stained faces, having cut off his hair and beard and put on yellow robes, he went forth into homelessness. He is handsome,… virtuous, … well-spoken, … the teacher’s teacher of many. He has abandoned ...

11. DN 2 Sāmaññaphala Sutta - The Fruits of the Homeless Life
(Pali Canon/Digha Nikaya)

... like a god, whereas I am a slave…working in his presence. I ought to do something meritorious. Suppose I were to shave off my hair and beard, don yellow robes, and go forth from the household life into ...

12. Subscribe to Yellow Robe Newsletter!
(News/Site)

I’m happy to announce that the Yellow Robe newsletter is setup, and visitors can now subscribe to it. The Yellow Robe newsletter is aimed to send weekly or monthly suttas from the Pali Canon as well as ...

13. In This Very Life - The Liberation Teachings of the Buddha
(Teachings/General)

... a healthy yellow chick pecks its way out of its claustrophobic space. This result happens regardless of whether the hen foresaw the outcome. All she did was sit on the egg with sufficient regularity.  ...

14. Yellow Robe Migrated to New System
(News/Site)

Today Yellow Robe has been mostly migrated to the new system. It is now exhibiting a magazine style, and I will be posting more articles from now on as an effort to spread the authentic Buddhism in the ...

15. About the Site
(Credits/References)

YellowRobe.com was formerly known as Buddha Sasana Online, which was established in 2003. After the site has been closed for 2 years, it is re-opening in 2006. The reason it was shut down was because I ...

16. Site Credits
(Credits/References)

Webmaster - Yi-Lei Wu   Special Thanks to the Following Buddhism-Related Websites Nibbana.com http://www.nibbana.com TBSA (Theravada Buddhist Society of America) http://www.tbsa.org ...

17. Books Copyright Notice
(Books/Copyright Notice)

The Books section in this Library contains books by many well-known masters, and each has its own copyright claim. Yellow Robe, formerly known as Buddha Sasana Online, has acquired permissions from the ...

18. The Patimokkha for Bhikkhuni
(Practice/The Patimokkha)

The Bhikkhuni Patimokkha The Bhikkhunis' Code of Discipline Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu For free distribution only. Contents Translator's Introduction  ...

19. What is the Triple Gem?
(Practice/The Triple Refugee)

... gacchami: I go to the Sangha for refuge. The word Sangha, if translated as a substantive, refers to those who have ordained and are wearing the yellow robe. Translated as a quality, it refers to ...

20. The Buddha's Life
(History/General)

... hair and beard while standing on the sandy beach. Then after discarding the royal garments, he put on the yellow robes offered by the Brahma God, Ghantikara, and became a monk. The Bodhisatta was only ...