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Home / Newsroom / Dr. Paul Nietupski Publishes in the Journal of Buddhist Ethics
Dr. Paul Nietupski, Professor of Asian Studies, recently published "Guṇaprabha on Monastic Authority and Authoritative Doctrine" in the Journal of Buddhist Ethics (Volume 24, 2017). This article is based on sūtras 70–102 in Guṇaprabha’s seventh century Vinayasūtra, his Autocommentary, and the associated sections in all Indian and Tibetan commentaries on the Vinayasūtra. In this excerpt Guṇaprabha and the commentators include remarks on the requirements for monastic community authority and references to relevant authoritative doctrines. The guidelines for monastic authority include applications of procedures in medieval Indian monastic life, including prerequisites and exceptions in the ordination process. The references to authoritative doctrine in Guṇaprabha’s and the commentators’ works include comments on the interface of ethics, concentration, and wisdom, and how ethical guidelines are based on the correct understanding of epistemological value as presented in canonical treatises on doctrine. Read article