Center for Buddhist Studies, University of Hamburg; Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan
The present paper is a more detailed version of part of my presentation at the IABS conference 2011 at Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan; the first part of the same presentation appeared in Anālayo (“Mahāpajāpatīʼs”).
摘要
Abstract
In this article I study the tale that according to the canonical Vinaya accounts led to the promulgation of the rule on celibacy for Buddhist monks, using this as an example to understand the function of Vinaya narrative.
目次
Introduction 396 Translation of the Mah of the Mah of the Mahāsāṅghika Version 398 Study of the Mahāsāṅghika Version 400 Translation of the Mahīśāsaka Version 400 Study of the Theravāda and Mahīśāsaka Versions 405 Translation of the Mūlasarvāstivāda Version 408 Study of the Mūlasarvāstivāda Version 413
