Dear list members,

Our first seminar for 2008 will be held on Friday 22th at 5.00 pm.  The presenter will be Malcolm Voyce who will be presenting on the topic of 'The Vinaya and the Dharmasastra: Monastic Law and Legal Pluralism in Ancient India'

This month the seminar will be hosted at University of Western Sydney, Superintendents Cottage.  Please refer to Map (Ref ET) for details.

We do hope you can attend
AABS Executive

'The Vinaya and the Dharmasastra: Monastic Law and Legal Pluralism in Ancient India'
An outline of the relationship between the Buddhist vinaya (the rules of Buddhist monks) and the Dharmasastra in ancient India. Purpose is to show that the vinaya should not be seen as a form of customary law, but as a wider system of jurisprudence linked to Dharmasastra principles and precepts.  Demonstration that particular aspects of the vinaya and the legal relationship with the Dharmasastra are examples of the operation ‘legal pluralism’.