The Buddhist Vinaya is the most explicitly non-corporal monastic discipline of any major religion.

Evidence

The Vinaya disciplinary mechanism is explicitly non-corporal: escalating verbal correction (gentle → firm → severe), temporary denial of privileges, and expulsion. Physical correction is explicitly prohibited. This makes the Buddhist Vinaya the most clearly non-corporal monastic-disciplinary framework of any major religious tradition documented in this series. — , The Rod and the Child, 3896

Categorization

• XREF: Contrasts sharply with the corporate punishments documented across other religious traditions in this book’s earlier episodes.