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'''The Ten Intentions of the Rules for monks and nuns''':

1.  Protecting the community

2.  Insuring the community’s comfort

3.  Warding off ill-meaning people

4.  Helping well behaved monks and nuns

5.  Destroying present defilements

6.  Preventing future defilements

7.  Benefiting non-followers

8.  Increasing the number of followers

9.  Establishing the Discipline

10.  Observing the rules of restraint

(from Vinaya, Suttavibhanga I.38)

==References==

*''[[Buddha's Lists|The Complete Book of Buddha's Lists -- Explained]]''.  David N. Snyder, Ph.D., 2006.
*http://www.thedhamma.com/

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