抄録
It has been repeated by scholars that early Buddhist monastics
were prohibited from the practice of medicine and that the existence of the
Chapter on Medicines in the extant monastic law codes, which apparently
contradicts such prohibition, reflects gradual development within the mo
nastic system, or at least shows some ambivalence. However, this observa
tion requires reconsideration based on distinguishing the context of dis
courses (sūtras) from that of law codes (vinayas). This paper focuses on
rules concerned with “worldly arts (tiracchānavijjā in Pāli)” in the extant
vinayas in order to clarify their attitudes toward medicine and healing
magic. Comparisons of the Explanations of Rules (vibhaṇgas) for nuns of
various schools reveal that these texts differ significantly in prohibiting,
permitting, or not making reference to nuns engaging in such curing arts.
Comparisons of the counterparts of these rules on the monks’ side, which
appear not in the monks’ vibhaṇga but in the Chapter of Miscellany of each
vinaya, confirm the absence of any prohibition of monks’ practicing curing.
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