Development of Monastic Robe (Cīvara) in The Buddha’s Time
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Having passed away from Buddha, the monks from Sāsana play very important role
as head leaders of Sāsana. To describe such an image of monks, the robes also were the core
value of Sāsana because a monk who wears a robe is accepted as a real monk by lay devotees.
Among the Four Requisites such as a robe, food, shelter and medicine which allowed by the
Buddha, there are different concepts of robe among the Buddhist monks today.
Nowadays, after changing of time and location, the robes have become different
forms and styles as each of Mahāyana robes and Theravāda robes. Although each school
has look similar robes such as colour, the way of sewing but there have much more different
between them. The Theravāda monks from Myanmar who wear robes are not similar place
and school with each others. So in this study, the researcher will be analysis the robes which
related to Theravāda monks according to Piṭaka.
The topic will be related to the monastic robe and its colour. All the data will be collected
from the Buddhist scriptures. Especially, the information will be searched from Vinaya Mahāvagga
Pali.
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