Mahāsāṃghika Origins: The Beginnings of Buddhist Sectarianism

Nattier, Janice J.; Prebish, Charles S.

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“…These two passages in the Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya are probably fairly close to the original. As Nattier and Prebish (1977: 267) indicate, the Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya is “noted by many scholars to be the most ancient of all the Vinayas” 27 . On the other hand, we cannot rule out the possibility that the two passages were interpolated into the Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya in order to criticize the Sthavira versions of the Pavāraṇā Sutta .…”

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ThePavāraṇā Suttaand “liberation in both ways” as against “liberation by wisdom”

Kuan

2013

Bull. Sch. Orient. Afr. stud.

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There are six complete versions of the Pavāraṇ ā Sutta (Pravāraṇ ā Sūtra). The Ekottarika Āgama version (EĀ 32.5) differs significantly from the other five. It contains an episode involving Ānanda, a non-arhat, which is not found in the other five versions. In the five versions other than EĀ 32.5, this Pravāraṇ ā ceremony is depicted as an assembly of arhats, who are endowed with different "liberations". This paper shows that such divergences are correlated with one another and that EĀ 32.5 could be earlier than the other versions. In this connection I elucidate diverse notions of liberation as developed in the textual history and discuss the possibility that sectarian stance on the issue of liberation has a bearing on the inclusion of various types of arhats in the five versions, and their exclusion from EĀ 32.5, whose sectarian affiliation is identified in this study as Mahāsāṃ ghika.

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“…27Nattier and Prebish (1977: 267 and 245, n. 29) refer to Bareau, Pachow, Hofinger, Frauwallner and Roth.…”

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ThePavāraṇā Suttaand “liberation in both ways” as against “liberation by wisdom”

Kuan

2013

Bull. Sch. Orient. Afr. stud.

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“…This text, available only in a less than satisfactory Chinese translation of about the third century CE, is framed in the style of a sūtra, with the Buddha predicting to Sāriputta the future course of the sāsana. It has been frequently cited by modern studies, but unfortunately these have relied on only a few paragraphs, divorced from the overall context (Nattier & Prebish 2005). This is perhaps because of the impression conveyed by Lamotte's claim that the text was chronologically confused.…”

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The Date & Cause of the First Schism

Sujato¹

2008

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1. The texts and inscriptions dating from the early period – roughly the first 500 years after the Buddha’s passing away – do not support the conclusion that fully-fledged sects existed at that time. Rather, we should think in terms of ‘sectarian tendencies’ that emerged as actual sects towards the end of the early period. The available sources that speak of the First Schism are best read as sectarian accounts depicting the situation in the Buddhism of their own time – roughly 100-500 CE – rather than as historical records of the pre-A?okan era. 2. All of the Sthavira sources mention the so-called ‘five theses’ of the Mah?sa?ghika (later ascribed to a certain ‘Mah?deva’) as either the cause of the First Schism or as important doctrinal issues. And a review of relevant Vinaya sources demonstrates that the ‘five theses’ were probably accepted within the Mah?sa?ghika, which confirms that this was likely the principal cause of the First Schism.

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“…43 13 See Franke (1908); Bareau (1955a); Przyluski (1926Przyluski ( -1928; Hofinger (1946); Demieville (1951);de La Vallee Poussin (1905); N. Dutt (1959); Frauwallner (1952); Prebish (1974);Fukuhara (1965) 35ff; Nattier and Prebish (1977).…”

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Disputed Dharmas: Early Buddhist Theories on Existence; An Annotated Translation of the Section on Factors Dissociated from Thought from Saṅghabhadra's Nyāyānusāra

Davidson¹,

Cox²

1998

Journal of the American Oriental Society

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This work is a substantially revised version of my doctoral dissertation completed at Columbia University under the direction of Alex Wayman and Hakeda Yoshito. I wish to thank Professor Wayman for his constant encouragement and instruction that first allowed me to appreciate the intricacies of Buddhist doctrine and led me through the completion of my dissertation. Professor Hakeda is gratefully remembered for the good humor and patience. with which he introduced me to Buddhist texts in Chinese.The initial research for my dissertation was conducted in India and Japan and was supported by grants from Fulbright Hays and the Social Science Research Council. In India, Satkari Mukhopadhyaya generously worked with me through sections of the Abhidharmakosabhaqya. In Japan, I studied at Tokyo University and Ryukoku University in Kyoto and received the encouragement, advice, and instruction of Takasaki Jikid6, Kajiyama Yuichi, Sasaki Genjun, and Mikogami EshO. Sakurabe Hajime and Kato J unsh6 were most generous in their detailed criticism of the translation and frequent clarification of doctrinal problems. I am especially indebted to Kat6 Hiromichi whose constant assistance and careful direction guided me through my translation efforts.I am grateful to Lambert Schmithausenfor his suggestions on the revised text, and would like to thank The International Institute for Buddhist Studies and Yuyama Akira for accepting this work in the Studia Philologica Buddhica Monograph Series. Finally, I would like to express my deepest thanks to Yuyama Akira for the encouragement that he has given me throughout the revision process and the patience with which he has waited for the final product.xv

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Mahāsāṃghika Origins: The Beginnings of Buddhist Sectarianism

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ThePavāraṇā Suttaand “liberation in both ways” as against “liberation by wisdom”

ThePavāraṇā Suttaand “liberation in both ways” as against “liberation by wisdom”

The Date & Cause of the First Schism

Disputed Dharmas: Early Buddhist Theories on Existence; An Annotated Translation of the Section on Factors Dissociated from Thought from Saṅghabhadra's Nyāyānusāra

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