SA809 [SN54.9], The Mass Suicide of Monks, by Anālayo

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Anālayo, “The Mass Suicide of Monks in Discourse and Vinaya Literature”, (with an addendum by Richard Gombrich), Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2014, vol. 7 pp. 11–55.

analayo SA809 [SN54.9] mass-suicide.pdf (2.4 MB)

SA809, SN54.9

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[karl_lew]

It took three years for me to read this and thank you for posting. This was definitely the very definition of “overkill” and left me with much to contemplate:

Ānanda, why does the mendicant Saṅgha seem so diminished? AN54.9