An Antinomian Allegory

By Andrew Huxley

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Ananda, Upali and Devadatta act out a theoretical quarrel about Buddhist attitudes to law

An interesting allegorical reading of three prominent characters in the Theravada Vinaya.

The Vinaya Theravāda Buddhism Characters in the EBTs

Published in 2002 in Buddhist Studies Review.

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    title={{A}n {A}ntinomian {A}llegory},
    author={Andrew Huxley},
    year=2002,
    journal={Buddhist Studies Review},
    volume=19,
    number=2,
    keywords={vinaya-pitaka, theravada, characters},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/antinomian-allegory_huxley-andrew}
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