This volume is an attempt to give an organised, detailed account of the training rules found in the Khandhakas that govern the life of bhikkhus, together with the traditions that have grown up around them. It is companion to the Buddhist Monastic Code, Volume One, which offers similar treatment of the Patimokkha training rules.
This volume is the first in a two-volume book that attempts to give an organised, detailed account of the Vinaya training rules and the traditions that have grown up around them. the Patimokkha training rules as explained in Sutta Vibhanga are the topic of the first volume; the rules found in the Khandhakas, the topic of the second.