Stacey L. Boulter is in her final year of the Religious Studies program at Dalhousie University. Her research interests include Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Chinese literature, Buddhist monastic law codes, and early Mahayana Buddhist practices and scriptures.
Indian Buddhist monks who commit pārājika offences are traditionally thought to be expelled from ... more Indian Buddhist monks who commit pārājika offences are traditionally thought to be expelled from the saṅgha, never to return. In this paper, I investigate the differences between bodhisattvas and arhats in relation to the pārājikas, using the Caturdharmanirdeśasūtra---which discusses the confession and purification of negative karma---as a case study. First, I analyze the Caturdharmanirdeśasūtra alongside various commentaries, such as those appearing in the Śikṣāsamuccaya and Bodhyāpattideśanāvṛtti. Then, I illustrate that there is no issue regarding the purification of negative karma for those on the path of the bodhisattva, but there is an issue for those on the path of the arhat.
Indian Buddhist monks who commit pārājika offences are traditionally thought to be expelled from ... more Indian Buddhist monks who commit pārājika offences are traditionally thought to be expelled from the saṅgha, never to return. In this paper, I investigate the differences between bodhisattvas and arhats in relation to the pārājikas, using the Caturdharmanirdeśasūtra---which discusses the confession and purification of negative karma---as a case study. First, I analyze the Caturdharmanirdeśasūtra alongside various commentaries, such as those appearing in the Śikṣāsamuccaya and Bodhyāpattideśanāvṛtti. Then, I illustrate that there is no issue regarding the purification of negative karma for those on the path of the bodhisattva, but there is an issue for those on the path of the arhat.
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