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The Question of Bhikkhunī Ordination
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Cover
Titlepage
Copyright
Introduction
On Ordaining Bhikkhunīs Unilaterally
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Introduction
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Basic Principles
The Article : Part One
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Preliminaries
Legal Reading vs. Historical-critical Reading
Vinaya as Case Law?
The Status of Origin Stories
The Argument
The Buddha’s Legislative Principles : The Status of the Garudhammas
The Buddha’s Legislative Principles : Two Old Rules Not Rescinded
The Speed Limit Simile
Are the Garudhammas Anomalous?
The Article : Part Two
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The Buddha’s Attitudes toward Bhikkhunīs
The Buddha on the Revival of the Bhikkhunī Saṅgha
Disrespect for the Dhamma
The Crippled Elephant
Postscript
A Trojan Horse: Unilateral Bhikkhunī Ordination Revisited
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I : Principles of Interpretation
II : Relationships among the Rules
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Narratives Connecting the Rules
Rules on the Same Topic
Explanatory Material
Patterns of Legislative Procedure
III : The Traditional Interpretation & Anālayo’s Objections
IV : An Alternative Reading
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Anālayo’s Mistranslation
V : The Training of Bhikkhunīs
VI : “Historical-critical” Readings
VII : Quoting Out of Context
VIII : Compassion
IX : Parting Thoughts
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Issues Related to Bhikkhunī Ordination
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Some added random thoughts:
On Multiple Ordination : First Letter
On Multiple Ordination : Second Letter
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Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Postscript
Abbreviations