The Original Vinaya

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Agnikan
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The Original Vinaya

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Has any scholar produced a reconstruction of the "original vinaya" (however short a text that might be)?
Malcolm
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Re: The Original Vinaya

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Jetavan wrote:Has any scholar produced a reconstruction of the "original vinaya" (however short a text that might be)?
There cannot be a single original Vinaya since Buddha ordained many different groups of monks in many different places.
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