Vinaya Studies

Product details

Series: Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts Research (Book 7)

Paperback: 426 pages

Publisher: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation; 1st edition (2017)

ISBN-10: 9575987543

ISBN-13: 978-9575987541

Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces

Description

The present book collects research papers by Bhikkhu Anālayo related to Vinaya. Recurrent topics are the nature of Vinaya narrative and the overlap between discourse and Vinaya material, both of which have significant ramifications for the use of such textual material by the modern scholar. In addition, topics taken up in the course of this book are the legal consequences of pārājika, the mass suicide of monks, the tale of Vessantara's lavish giving, the impact of the account of the first saṅgīti on attitudes towards Vinaya rules, the account of the foundation of the order of bhikkhunīs, and the legal dimensions of the revival of the bhikkhunī order. 

About the author

Bhikkhu Anālayo was born in Germany in 1962 and ordained in Sri Lanka in 1995. He completed a PhD thesis at the University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka) in 2000 and a habilitation thesis at the University of Marburg (Germany) in 2007. At present he is a professor at the University of Hamburg, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies (Germany).

Table of contents

List of Plates vii
DILA Series ix
Foreword xi
Introduction 1
Pārājika 7
Sudinna (Pār 1) 35
Migalaṇḍika (Pār 3) 69
Vessantara (Jā 547) 113
Gotamī (CV X.1) Part 1 143
Gotamī (CV X.1) Part 2 167
Saṅgīti (CV XI) 201
Bhikkhunī Ordination 221
Appendix 1: Paṇḍaka 309
Appendix 2: Fǎxiǎn 315
Appendix 3: Āsava 325
Abbreviations 331
References 333
Index 397
Plates 411

List of Plates
Plate 1: Fasting Siddhārtha 411
Plate 2: Vessantara's Gift of the Elephant 412
Plate 3: End of Pavāraṇa Ceremony 413
Plate 4: Close-up of Signpost 414