Atha niryāṇavṛttam: Reflections on the First Sūtra and the Opening Passages of Guṇaprabha’s Vinayasūtra and Autocommentary
By Paul K. Nietupski
34 pagesobservance of the monastic rules was not intended to be only a matter of acceptance of institutional rules and lifestyles. […] educated monks understood a causal connection between the exercise of ethical behavior in a monastic lifestyle and progress on the path
Mahayana (and Tantric) Buddhism is often portrayed as antinomian or even “lay oriented” but, while certainly a strand, did not constitute the mainstream understanding, even in late India.