[Buddha-l] Vinaya Texts trans/ed. by Oldenberg

[[DPD CDT] Shen Shi'an]

Any idea what are the 'official' reasons why the Vinaya should not be read by laity?

-----Original Message-----
From: Weng-Fai Wong [mailto:wongwf at comp.nus.edu.sg] 
Sent: Friday, 22 January, 2010 2:23 PM
To: 'Buddhist discussion forum'
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Vinaya Texts trans/ed. by Oldenberg

By the way, in Chinese Buddhism (not sure if this is the case in Tibetan
Buddhism), lay people are NOT to read the Vinaya. I was told that the same
is true in Theravada Buddhism - till the "red hair devils" came along.

W.F. Wong