This 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.
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List 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
