[Buddha-l] Sects and Sectarianism (Sujato, 2006) free book

[Piya Tan]

Buddha-Lites,

Those interested in the history of Buddhism would be happy to know 
that Ajahn Sujato (Australia), a forest
monk of Ajahn Chah's lineage, has written an excellent and refreshing 
account of how the early Buddhist
schools were formed.

http://sectsandsectarianism.googlepages.com/home

Sujato disagrees with

In his Supplementary paper on "Chronology" he rejects Cousins and 
Gombrich's proposal that the Second
Council is 60-80 After the Nirvana. It would be interesting to hear from Lance.

Also do not miss reading the Supplementary articles are very 
interesting in themselves. I especially like his
Supplementary article on "A higher criticism of archaeology" which is 
an answer to Schopen and his "deeply
programmatic attempt to undermine the findings of Buddhist textual studies".

Happy reading,

Piya Tan



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