| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, March 24, 2016 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM | External Event, Jackman Humanities Building 170 St. George Street, 3rd Floor Room 317 |
THE SHRI ROOP LAL JAIN LECTURE 2015-16
THE IDEA OF LAY JAINISM came into being gradually as the mendicants developed strat¬egies aimed to garner lay support and to create a place for non-monastic members of the community. This lecture will look at one of the earliest stages in this process. It will focus on a description of the samaṇovāsaga (literally meaning “follower of the samaṇas”) occurring in many of the Aṅgas and Uvāṅgas of the Śvetāmbara canon. The passage describes the ideal Jain householder as envisioned by the mendicant community over the period of time when many of the early texts were composed and compiled. Through analysis of the variations in the various versions and through comparison with other early passages relating to the lay community it is possible to trace something of the evolution of the passage and to establish that it dates from a period before the development of what became the systematized account of lay Jain religiosity.
ANDREW MORE obtained his PhD from Yale University in December of 2014. His dissertation is entitled Early Statements Relating to the Lay Community in the Śvetāmbara Jain Canon.
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