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Who owns a monastery in the Pali Vinaya?
Here we go, part two of an occasional series on monastery ownership and relevant legal issues. This installment I’ll have a look at some of the relevant passages from the Pali Vinaya. Since this is an...
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Who Owns a Monastery in Ancient Indian Inscriptions?
Next up in the series on Monastery ownership, two posts based on Gregory Schopen’s essay, ‘The Lay Ownership of Monasteries and the Role of the Monk in Mulasarvastivadin Monasticism’ (Originally...
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Who Owns a Monastery in the Mulasarvastivada Vinaya?
Schopen’s discussion on ownership in the Mulasarvastivada Vinaya is much more detailed, and I cannot hope to do it justice here. Here is Schopen’s own summary of his findings. As he emphasizes, it is...
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Can a nun manage a temple?
I’ve reposted the following article here, originally submitted by Visakha, for more prominence. From Buddhist Channel — When Phra Khru Suwatthanachariyakhun, vice-rector for public relations at...
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Turns of events
It’s now a year and a half since Ajahn Brahm and Bodhinyana monastery were excommunicated from their monastic circle, Wat Pa Pong, for disobeying orders by ordaining women in accordance with the...
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