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The Foundation History of the Nuns' Order
Author Bhikkhu Anālayo (著) ; Zimmermann, Michael (編)
Date2016
Pages278
PublisherHamburg University Press
Publisher Url https://blogs.sub.uni-hamburg.de/hup/
LocationHamburg, Germany [漢堡, 德國]
SeriesHamburg Buddhist Studies
Series No.6
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
AbstractThis book is a companion to Bhikkhu Anālayo’s previous studies of the Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal and the Dawn of Abhidharma. In the present book he examines the foundation history of the Buddhist order of nuns, based on a detailed study of the canonical accounts of this event preserved in Chinese, Pāli, Sanskrit, and Tibetan. Anālayo investigates how the different and at times conflicting parts of the textual account of this particular episode gradually evolved to constitute the foundation history in the way in which it is now extant. His findings put into perspective the Buddha’s refusal to found an order of nuns as well as the prediction that the going forth of women supposedly spells decline for the whole Buddhist tradition, showing how these elements would have arisen and then become part of the foundation history.
Table of contentsList of Figures 7
Foreword 9

Michael Zimmermann and Steffen Döll
Introduction 11
1 Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī in the Nandakovāda 15
1.1 The Introductory Narrative 16
1.2 The Attainments of the Nuns 26
1.3 Narrative Distancing 36

2 Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī’s Petition 39
2.1 The Main Versions of the Foundation History 39
2.2 The Initial Request 43
2.3 The Buddha’s Refusal 49
2.4 Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī’s Reaction 52

3 Ānanda’s Intervention 59
3.1 Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī and Ānanda 59
3.2 Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī’s Gift of a Robe 68
3.3 Arguments Raised by Ānanda 72
3.4 Women’s Potential for Awakening 79
3.5 Ānanda’s Role 85

4 The Buddha’s Permission 91
4.1 The Simile of the Dyke 91
4.2 The Gurudharmas on Communal Transactions 95
4.3 The Gurudharmas on Homage and Criticism 101

5 Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī’s Ordination 117
5.1 The Simile Illustrating Acceptance 117
5.2 Repercussions of Female Renunciation 122
5.3 Apprehensions 133
5.4 Other Instances of Negativity 140

6 Decline 147
6.1 The Prediction of Decline 147
6.2 Outstanding Nuns 151
6.3 The Four Assemblies 155
6.4 The First Saṅgīti 159

Conclusion 179

Translations 183
The Dharmaguptaka Vinaya Version 183
The (Haimavata?) *Vinayamātṛkā Version 189
The Mahāsāṃghika-Lokottaravāda Vinaya Version 191
The Mahīśāsaka Vinaya Version 202
The Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya Version 208
The (Sarvāstivāda) Madhyama-āgama Version 217
The Theravāda Aṅguttara-nikāya Version 228
Abbreviations 235
References 237
Index 271
ISBN9783897333871 (printed version); 9783897334205 (E–Book)
ISSN21906769
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