Ven.Ajahn Brahmavamso’s Vinaya Notes were largely written in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. The work began at Wat Pa Nanachat in response to the absence of a Vinaya commentary in English to support the monastic practice of the fledgling Western Sangha established there under the guidance of Ajahn Chah. When Ajahn Brahm came to Australia in 1983, the process of building a new monastery took priority and opportunities to pursue the Vinaya studies diminished.
Over a few years in the mid 1980’s Ajahn Brahm collaborated with Ajahn Thanissaro with the aim of formalising a Vinaya commentary for the expanding Western Sangha. However, as differences of interpretation emerged, the collaboration became less viable. Some correspondence between these notes and Ajahn Thanissaro’s Buddhist Monastic Code attest to this period of shared research.
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