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CONTENTS: The Buddhist Nuns' Ordination in the Tibetan Canon
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1
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Introduction
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1
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1.1
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Objectives and Initial Questions
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1
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1.2
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Primary Sources
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6
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1.2.1
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The Tibetan Translation of the Ksudrakavastu and the Vinaya Terminology Utilized
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6
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1.2.2
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Principal Texts Considered
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7
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1.2.3
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Introduction to the Tibetan Text Edition
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10
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1.3
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Acknowledgements
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15
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2
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The First Bhiksuni Ordination
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19
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2.1
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The First Bhiksuni Samgha and the Evolution of the Manual for Bhiksuni Ordination
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19
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2.1.1
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Tibetan Text *Mahaprajapatigautamivastu
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20
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2.1.1
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English Translation of the Tibetan Text
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57
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3
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Manual for Bhiksuni Ordination
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81
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3.1
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The Main Parts of the Manual for Bhiksuni Ordination in the Tibetan
Mulasarvastivadavinaya
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3.1.1
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Edition Tibetan Text
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88
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3.1.2
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English Translation of the Tibetan Text
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177
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4
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Possibilities of Reviving the Mulasarvastivada Bhiksuni Lineage
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273
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4.1
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Mulasarvastivada Nuns' Ordination by Bhiksus Alone
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277
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4.2
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Ecumenical Ordination by Mulasarvastivada Bhiksus and Dharmagupataka Bhiksunis
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283
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4.2.1
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An Argument for the Validity of an Ecumenical Bhiksuni Ordination
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289
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4.2.2
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Recapitulating the Second Approach (Ecumenical Ordination)
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311
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4.2.3
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Further Rules and Regulations to be Considered
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313
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4.3
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Historic Decision Taken by the "12th Religious Conference of the Four Major Schools of Tibetan Buddhism and the Bon Tradition"
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324
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4.3.1
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Implications of the Decision Taken at the Conference
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326
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4.3.2
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Shortcomings of the Decision
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327
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4.4
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Prospects
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329
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| Annex |
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Appendix 1 |
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Table 1: Text Editions from the Tibetan Canon (Kanjur) |
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Table 2: Concordance Obstructive Conditions (Antarayika-Dharmas) |
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Abbreviations |
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References |
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Secondary Sources |
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Online Bibliography in Connection with the Project |
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The Bhiksunikarmavacana Sanskrit Fragments, ms. c.25(R) of the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford |
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