Dear McTomas,

Therorise might be a bit of an overstatement word, but I did explore the implications of phalaśrutis in my masters thesis on the Ārya Saṅghāṭa sūtra, a Buddhist sūtra. Much of the sūtra itself can be read as an extended phalaśruti. I found very little on the topic in the literature that had been published at the time (2003).

If you are interested, it has the rather long title of Reading the Saṅghāṭasūtra: Time, Narrative and the Ethical Formation of Persons in a Mahāyāna Buddhist Text of Great Claims and is available through the University of Wisconsin-Madison library. I can also direct you to an electronic copy if you contact me off-list.

Warm regards,

Damcho Diana Finnegan

PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Independent Researcher

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Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 12:51:53 +1000
From: McComas Taylor <McComas.Taylor@ANU.EDU.AU>
Subject: phala=?iso-8859-2?Q?=B6ruti?= verses

Dear Colleagues

Has anyone attempted to theorise phala=B6ruti verses. I have searched the major databases but have been unable to find anything.

Any guidance gratefully received

With thanks in advance

McComas