A Review of Sangharakshita's booklets Forty-three Years Ago (Windhorse 1993) and Was the Buddha a bhikkhu? (Windhorse 1994), together with Brahmavamso's shortened review of the former, 'On the Validity of Bhikkhu Ordination in Theravada' (Forest Hermitage Newsletter, April 1994), reprinted in the Buddhist Publication Society's Newsletter, No.27, 1994).