Contents

• Cover
• Titlepage
• Copyright
• Introduction
• On Ordaining Bhikkhunīs Unilaterally
  • Introduction
    • Basic Principles
  • The Article : Part One
    • Preliminaries
    • Legal Reading vs. Historical-critical Reading
    • Vinaya as Case Law?
    • The Status of Origin Stories
    • The Argument
    • The Buddha’s Legislative Principles : The Status of the Garudhammas
    • The Buddha’s Legislative Principles : Two Old Rules Not Rescinded
    • The Speed Limit Simile
    • Are the Garudhammas Anomalous?
  • The Article : Part Two
    • The Buddha’s Attitudes toward Bhikkhunīs
    • The Buddha on the Revival of the Bhikkhunī Saṅgha
    • Disrespect for the Dhamma
    • The Crippled Elephant
• Postscript
• A Trojan Horse: Unilateral Bhikkhunī Ordination Revisited
  • I : Principles of Interpretation
  • II : Relationships among the Rules
    • Narratives Connecting the Rules
    • Rules on the Same Topic
    • Explanatory Material
    • Patterns of Legislative Procedure
  • III : The Traditional Interpretation & Anālayo’s Objections
  • IV : An Alternative Reading
    • Anālayo’s Mistranslation
  • V : The Training of Bhikkhunīs
  • VI : “Historical-critical” Readings
  • VII : Quoting Out of Context
  • VIII : Compassion
  • IX : Parting Thoughts
• Postscript
• Issues Related to Bhikkhunī Ordination
  • Some added random thoughts:
• On Multiple Ordination : First Letter
• On Multiple Ordination : Second Letter
  • Part One
  • Part Two
  • Part Three
• Postscript
• Abbreviations