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1. The Question of Bhikkhunī Ordination Introduction
    … The issue is whether bhikkhus who are serious about training under the rules of the Vinaya can accept such ordinations as valid, and whether, if not, anyone else has the right to force them to violate the Vinaya. Secondly, the pejorative term “legalistic” discredits the rules of the Vinaya. Those rules are not simply the refuge of the narrow-minded. Instead, they serve a … 
2. The Question of Bhikkhunī Ordination On Ordaining Bhikkhunīs Unilaterally
    … 3) The Vinaya provides no basis for the principle of stare decisis, or binding precedent, the core principle of a system of case law. If there were, later Vinaya interpreters would be bound to follow the decisions of earlier Vinaya experts, resulting in the evolution and expansion of the Vinaya, and the establishment of new Vinaya rules. In fact, this principle of following the … 
3. The Question of Bhikkhunī Ordination Postscript
    … When the Buddha said to take the Dhamma and Vinaya as our teacher in his stead, he surely didn’t mean that the Dhamma and Vinaya had no inherent meaning. When he spent so much time clarifying the meaning of his words throughout the Canon, he obviously didn’t think that the meaning he wanted to give those words should carry no weight. And … 
4. The Question of Bhikkhunī Ordination Issues Related to Bhikkhunī Ordination
    … Also, it has been proposed that when we find a rule or a story in the Pāli Vinaya that we don’t like, we can import an alternate rule or story from another Vinayas and use it to override what the Pāli Vinaya has to say—even though the whole question concerns what a bhikkhu training in the Pāli Vinaya can and cannot do … 
5. The Question of Bhikkhunī Ordination On Multiple Ordination : Second Letter
    … Why would bhikkhus who have given their lives to training under the Vinaya feel compelled to authorize the ordination of people who treat the Vinaya with such a cavalier attitude? If the Vinaya is not to be treated with respect, then why would people want to receive training in the Vinaya? Why should they care if the Bhikkhu Saṅgha gives formal approval to women … 
6. The Question of Bhikkhunī Ordination A Trojan Horse:
    … The Foundation History of the Nuns’ Order 2016 VbObO Bhikkhu Anālayo: “The Validity of bhikkhunī Ordination by bhikkhus Only, According to the Pāli Vinaya” 2017 CETV Bhikkhu Brahmāli and Bhikkhu Anālayo: “Canonical Exegesis in the Theravāda Vinaya” 2017 Saṅgīti Bhikkhu Anālayo: “Saṅgīti (CV XI)” in Vinaya Studies (Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation, 2017) BO Bhikkhu Anālayo: “Bhikkhunī Ordination” in Vinaya Studies (Taipei: Dharma Drum … 
7. The Question of Bhikkhunī Ordination Postscript
    … The parallel with the rules for bhikkhu ordination is a false one, as the bhikkhus have no rule to parallel Bhikkhunī Pācittiya 83. • Secondly, nowhere does the Vinaya say that a kammavācā valid in some cases is always inherently valid in other cases. The principle that we actually see at work in the Vinaya is this: A kammavācā that is valid in some circumstances … 
8. The Question of Bhikkhunī Ordination Postscript
    … These standards, which take one’s own views and preferences as a guide for deciding what’s Dhamma-Vinaya and what’s not, leave no room for the possibility that the compilers of the Canon knew more than one already knows and believes oneself. If these standards were adopted into the living Vinaya tradition of the Theravāda, there would be no objective standards at … 
9. The Question of Bhikkhunī Ordination Abbreviations
   Abbreviations AN Aṅguttara Nikāya Bhī Pc Bhikkhunī Pācittiya BMC The Buddhist Monastic Code Cv Cullavagga DN Dīgha Nikāya MN Majjhima Nikāya Mv Mahāvagga Pc Pācittiya Pr Pārājika Pv Parivāra SN Saṁyutta Nikāya Vin Vinaya
10. The Question of Bhikkhunī Ordination On Multiple Ordination : First Letter
     … In the words of Mv.IX.3.2, it would be “apart from the Vinaya… apart from the Teacher’s instruction.” As Mv.IX.3.2 further states, any transaction of this sort is “not a transaction and should not be carried out.” 6) It bears noting that there are no examples of transaction statements authorized in the Canon where the sheer form of … 
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