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 Publication of a major discourse (MN 44) in which Visakha questions his ex-wife the Arahat Nun Dhammadinna on Dhamma. Together with the commentarial introduction.
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 Membership in the Buddha’s Sangha was not determined by birth, but by free choice of an aspirant and literally by formal adoption into a new type of kinship group.
Read More: The Buddha Sangha’s Constitution
Posted by Anandajoti on Thursday, 3rd January, 2013
 The Uposatha calendar for the recitation of the Pātimokkha from the beginning of Hemanta 2012 up and till the end of Hemanta in 2014.
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Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 25th March, 2012
 I wrote the following to replace an inaccurate account on Wikipedia of Devadatta’s position in Theravāda Buddhism, which denied any canonical evidence for his standing, and blamed it on later, non-Canonical sources.
Read More: Devadatta vs. the Buddha
Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 25th September, 2011
 A Dhamma talk about the original intentions behind the organisation of the Buddhist community, how that has changed over time, and the benefits there would be in returning to the Buddha’s original intentions.
Read More: Bhante Anandajoti: The Four Assemblies
Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 19th June, 2011
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The Buddha’s Praise of Arahat Sāriputta
Some verses attributed to the Buddha in which he praises one of his Chief Disciples Sāriputta.
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Categories: Texts
Tags: Commentary, Monks, Novices, Sangha
Arahat Dhammadinnā’s Dhamma Teaching
Publication of a major discourse (MN 44) in which Visakha questions his ex-wife the Arahat Nun Dhammadinna on Dhamma. Together with the commentarial introduction.
Read More: Arahat Dhammadinnā’s Dhamma Teaching
Categories: Notices, Texts
Tags: Bhikkhunis, Commentary, Dhamma, Lay Teachers, Sangha
Nalin Swaris: Buddhism, Human Rights and Social Renewal
A new edition of this important work on the social ramifications of the Buddha’s teachings by Nalin Swaris
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Categories: Texts
Tags: Asoka, Human Rights, India, Sangha, Sri Lanka, Women
The Buddha Sangha’s Constitution
Membership in the Buddha’s Sangha was not determined by birth, but by free choice of an aspirant and literally by formal adoption into a new type of kinship group.
Read More: The Buddha Sangha’s Constitution
Categories: Texts
Tags: Brahmanas, India, Sangha
Uposatha Calendar 2013/2557
The Uposatha calendar for the recitation of the Pātimokkha from the beginning of Hemanta 2012 up and till the end of Hemanta in 2014.
Read More: Uposatha Calendar 2013/2557
Categories: Texts
Tags: Monks, Moon, Sangha, Temples, Vinaya
Devadatta vs. the Buddha
I wrote the following to replace an inaccurate account on Wikipedia of Devadatta’s position in Theravāda Buddhism, which denied any canonical evidence for his standing, and blamed it on later, non-Canonical sources.
Read More: Devadatta vs. the Buddha
Categories: Texts
Tags: Buddha, Devadatta, Monks, Sangha
Bhante Anandajoti: The Four Assemblies
A Dhamma talk about the original intentions behind the organisation of the Buddhist community, how that has changed over time, and the benefits there would be in returning to the Buddha’s original intentions.
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Categories: Audio, Talks
Tags: Bhikkhunis, History, Sangha, Women
Bhikkhu Gavesako: Life as a Buddhist Monk in the West
Bhikkhu Gavesako describes the history of the Western Sangha, which originated with Ajahn Chah in north-east Thailand and then spread around the world starting with England in 1979.
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Categories: Talks
Tags: England, Monks, Sangha, Thai