ThepresentbookcollectsresearchpapersbyBhikkhuAnālayorelatedtoVinaya.RecurrenttopicsarethenatureofVinayanarrativeandtheoverlapbetweendiscourseandVinayamaterial,bothofwhichhavesignificantramificationsfortheuseofsuchtextualmaterialbythemodernscholar.Inaddition,topicstakenupinthecourseofthisbookarethelegalconsequencesofpārājika,themasssuicideofmonks,thetaleofVessantara’slavishgiving,theimpactoftheaccountofthefirstsaṅgītionattitudestowardsVinayarules,theaccountofthefoundationoftheorderofbhikkhunīs,andthelegaldimensionsoftherevivalofthebhikkhunīorder.
