Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.s1.t2.14

c8.s1.t2.14

∗ Otherwise we should expect to find in the Vinaya, the codex of ecclesiastical law, in which the section treating of the reception into the order is especially detailed, distinct regulations directed against this abuse. The Vinaya shows clearly that necessity existed much more to prevent improper concessions of admission (i.e., in the case of persons by whose entry into the order the rights of the Third might have been infringed), than to guard against improper refusals of admission.