This paper explains why the ten points received interpretations which varied according to the sources. One hundred years after the Buddha's Nirvana, bhiksus of Vaisali promulgated ten practices as being licit, 1. salt in a horn, 2. two finger, 3. anot...
This paper explains why the ten points received interpretations which varied according to the sources. One hundred years after the Buddha's Nirvana, bhiksus of Vaisali promulgated ten practices as being licit, 1. salt in a horn, 2. two finger, 3. another village, 4. dwelling in the same district. 5. approbation, 6. rule of conduct. 7. sour milk. 8. new palm-wine 9. mats with fringes, 10. gold and silver. In the choice of their interpretations, the various Vinayas were not guided by mere fantasy. They took the trouble to find in their rules, which had already been codified. passages dealing with the points and enabling them to be condemned. In the Mahisasaka Vinaya, it is an extension of that matter to deal with the problem of the ten points.