Mulasarvastivada

Sarvastivada (the Mulasarvastivada branch of which is followed by the Tibetans and Mongols).

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Among them was Dharmapala (Dha-rma pa-la), who together with the Indian disciples who accompanied him, started the second Mulasarvastivada monk ordination line in Tibet.

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Sarvastivada (the Mulasarvastivada branch of which is followed by the Tibetans and Mongols).

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Three monks, however, fled to [the Tsongka kingdom in] Amdo and there, with the help of two Chinese monks, continued the Mulasarvastivada line of monk ordination.

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We need to re-establish the Mulasarvastivada bhikshuni ordination purely according to the Mulasarvastivada Vinaya.

A Summary Report of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages ��� Part Four: Day Three and Final Comments by His Holiness 2007

Mulasarvastivada ordination for the Tibetan nuns are that it will be convenient in terms of language, location, and custom, and will be more easily acceptable to the Tibetan community.

A Summary Report of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages ��� Part Four: Day Three and Final Comments by His Holiness 2007

There is also opposition to the dual sangha method of bhikshuni ordination in which Mulasarvastivada bhikshus and Dharmagupta bhikshunis confer ordination according to the Mulasarvastivada ritual.

A Summary Report of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages ��� Part Four: Day Three and Final Comments by His Holiness 2007

No similar procedure involving Dharmagupta bhikshunis, however, was followed for establishing the Mulasarvastivada bhikshuni ordination at that time through a mixed lineage dual sangha.

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Mulasarvastivada bhikshus would gain the support of learned Tibetan scholars.

A Summary Report of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages ��� Part Four: Day Three and Final Comments by His Holiness 2007

Indian monks conferred Mulasarvastivada bhikshu ordination on candidates within the Sakya tradition, thus starting the third such ordination line in Tibet.

History of the Mulasarvastivada Ordination Lineages in Tibet 2007