Parivāra Pāḷi which is Book VI and the last book of the Vinaya Piṭaka serves as a kind of manual. It is compiled in the form of a catechism, enabling the reader to make an analytical survey of the Vinaya Piṭaka. All the rules, official acts, and other matters of the Vinaya are classified under separate categories according to subjects dealt with.
Parivāra explains how rules of the Order are drawn up to regulate the conduct of the bhikkhus as well as the administrative affairs of the Order. Precise procedures are prescribed for settling of disputes and handling matters of jurisprudence, for formation of Saṅgha courts and appointment of well-qualified Saṅgha judges. It lays down how Saṅgha Vinicchaya Committee, the Saṅgha court, is to be constituted with a body of learned Vinayadharas, experts in Vinaya rules, to hear and decide all kinds of monastic disputes.
The Parivāra Pāḷi provides general principles and guidance in the spirit of which all the Saṅgha Vinicchaya proceedings are to be conducted for settlement of monastic disputes.
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