Thank you Bhante for writing the papers and sharing them with us. I will
look forward to reading them soon.

Bankei

On 19 March 2011 17:41, ashinpan <ashinpan@...> wrote:

>
>
>
> Dear members,
>
> I have uploaded two papers which I have published in the Journal of
> Buddhist Ethics with the agreement of the JBE editor.
>
> One is titled "Tithiyapariv� sa vis-� -vis Noviciation in Therav� din
> Monasticism" and the filename is parivasa_samanera_Final.pdf. The abstract
> is:
>
> "Tithiyapariv� sa is a particular type of probation in Therav� din
> monasticism that former ascetics of certain heretic groups must undergo if
> they wish to gain admission to the Buddhist Order. In the extant probation
> procedure as found in the P� li Vinaya tradition, there is no explicit
> accounting for the stage of novicehood. Why? This paper attempts to answer
> that question and also in the process discovers an unexpected insight into
> the legally ambiguous status of noviciation."
>
> The other is titled "The Buddha and the M� gadha-Vajj�� War" and the file
> name is Buddha.and.the.Magadha.Vajji.War_Final.pdf. The abstract is:
>
> "According to an account recorded in Mah� parinibb� nasutta, the Buddha had
> to meet a royal minister named Vassak� ra when King Aj� tasattu ordered the
> latter to visit the Buddha and inform him about the king's plan to subdue
> the Vajj��s. After hearing Vassak� ra, the Buddha spoke on seven Conditions
> of Welfare (satta aparih� niy� dhamm� ), which would ensure the prosperity
> of the Vajj��s as long as its citizens observed them. Vassak� ra shrewdly
> inferred from the Buddha���s discourse how to defeat the Vajj�� people and
> later actually forced them into submission. Regarding that event, there are
> some perplexing questions:
>
> 1. Why did King Aj� tasattu choose to consult a wandering ascetic on a
> significant matter of state like fighting a war?
> 2. Vassak� ra discerned how to defeat the Vajj��s from the Buddha's
> exposition of the Seven Conditions of Welfare (satta aparih� niy� dhamm� ).
> So did the Buddha intend to help Aj� tasattu defeat the Vajj��s? If not,
> what was his purpose in expounding the seven Conditions of Welfare to
> Vassak� ra?
> 3. If the Buddha really did not accept any kind of violence, as the
> tradition would have it, why did he not openly speak against it?
>
> This paper will attempt to answer these questions and will argue, in the
> conclusion, that this event shows the Buddha���s disapproving attitude
> toward a political role of the Buddhist Order."
>
> These papers together with their earlier drafts are in the Ven. Pandita
> folder of the Files section. Those who care to compare the draft and final
> forms of the papers will see how the critical fire of the peer-review
> process has modified, and (I hope) improved the papers.
>
> with metta,
>
> Ven. Pandita
>
>
>


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