Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c16.27

v1.c16.27

From the rules in the *Pātimokkha* it is apparent that the earliest form of *nissayas* was already superseded, at the time of its compilation, by the *atirekalābha*, but in any case there must have been all along a section of monks who were in favour of the observance of rigorous practices in the Buddhist monastic life, and this section was perhaps responsible for the introduction of the *dhutaṅgas*.