"Do not say after my parinirvana that pure practitioners have no protector. Now that I have taught the Pratimoksa Sutra and the excellent vinaya well, regard these as the World-honored One after my parinirvana." -Sakyamuni Buddha in the Pratimoksa Sutra Nearly twenty-six centuries ago in India, our world had the extraordinary great fortune to have the appearance of a fully awakened Buddha who turned the wheel of Dharma. His teachings spread and flourished...