Monks and Laws Learning

Abstract

Abstract

            The Constitutional law is the main law or the highest law of worldly government. As for the Vinaya in the Patimokkha, it is like the main law for the administration of the Sangha. Each discipline has provisions specifying the punishment for violators. But the constitutional law does not have provisions specifying penalties along with it, but the punishment for violators is specified in other laws issued in accordance with constitutional law. Secular law is divided into two main types : private law and public law. As for the Vinaya, it has the characteristics of private law and public law together in the same version. The monks have the same duties as citizens of the country. Therefore, there are 2 statuses : the status of being a citizen of the state that must be subject to state law and the status that monks must live within the framework of the Dharma and discipline of the Sangha. Especially the laws of the state that monks must learn, because it is a national law for everyone.

Key words : 1.The Constitutional law , 2.The discipline in the Patimokkha, 3. The status  

                     of monks.