(1) 第三、四章正是「僧团构成的种姓辩论」专章:Chakravarti 系统整理两派对立立场——Rhys Davids 一派主张僧团招收「advantages or disadvantages arising from birth, occupation, and social status were completely irrelevant」,佛教对种姓持对抗态度;Oldenberg、Fick、Weber、Eliot、Bougle、Senart 一派则主张僧团实际构成「a marked leaning to aristocracy seems to have lingered in ancient Buddhism」——尽管教理上宣称一切种姓平等受纳,僧团实际成员结构仍明显偏向贵族/高种姓,与正文「种姓并未在僧团内部消失,只是在形式上被淡化,实质上仍然存在」精确对应。
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(2) 举例几乎与正文所举人物重合:该书举「young brahmanas Sariputta, Moggallana and Kaccana; khattiyas like Ananda, Rahula and Anuruddha」为高种姓弟子群像的代表——与正文书23行「摩诃迦叶、舍利弗、目犍连均出身婆罗门;阿难、阿那律属刹帝利」几乎同一份名单(仅摩诃迦叶/迦旃延、罗怙罗互异,不影响论证)。(3) 律藏本身承载种姓定义之矛盾,直接支持「习惯保留」一层:书内明言「the Vinaya definition of a brahmana as one who is born a brahmana may be recalled, even though this definition is contrary to the spirit of the Buddhist system of ideas」——即律藏采用的婆罗门定义本身就是种姓出身式的,与佛教教理精神相悖,印证「僧团内部种姓实质延续」并非空言。(4) 作者本人立场即「克制乐观」,与正文用语几乎同调:Chakravarti 批评两派「do an injustice to the complex pattern of ideas on social stratification」,主张须先厘清佛教自身两套分类框架(婆罗门/刹帝利/吠舍/首陀罗,与佛教特有的刹帝利/婆罗门/居士三分)再论实际发展——这正是正文「需要克制乐观」一句的方法论原型。综合:判确——书目条所指章节(第三、四章)确系此一整套论证的所在,且论证结构、举例、结论倾向与正文高度吻合。