An annual journal of research articles on a variety of topics in Buddhist studies.

A list of all their articles in volumes 1 to 26 can be found here.

Articles Featured in our Library:

A Preliminary Study on Meditation and the Beginnings of Mahāyāna Buddhism (2000) – Florin Deleanu

Contents and Structure of the Dīrghāgama of the (Mūla)Sarvāstivādins (2004) – Jens-Uwe Hartmann

Everyday Life in an Ancient Buddhist Monastery (2006) – Oskar von Hinüber

Bauddhavacana: Notes on Buddhist Vocabulary (2007) – Jonathan A. Silk

A Fragment of the Saṃbādhāvakāśasūtra from a Newly Identified Ekottarikāgama Manuscript in the Schøyen Collection (2007) – Paul Harrison

Zhu Fonian may have begun to produce new ‘scriptures’ without benefit of any Indian source-texts in an attempt to revive his own flagging fame.

Tocharian Puṇyavantajātaka (2012) – Tatsushi Tamai

The Pūrva-Praṇidhānas of Buddhas (2014)

New Research on the Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscripts of Central Asia (2014) – Seishi Karashima

The Circulation of Artefacts Engraved with ‘Apramada’ and Other Mottos in Southeast Asia and India : A Preliminary Report (2014) – Peter Skilling

fearing that the merchants would throw the Sūtras and Buddha’s portraits overboard, I concentrated with all my heart on Guanshiyin

Featured in the course, " Buddhism as a Religion"
The Language of the Abhisamācārikā Dharmāḥ: The Oldest Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Text (2014) – Seishi Karashima

Indian Folk Etymologies and Their Reflections in Chinese Translations: Brāhmaṇa, Śramaṇa and Vaiśramaṇa (2015) – Seishi Karashima

Some Renditions of the Term Tathāgata in the Chinese Āgamas (2017) – Bhikkhu Anālayo

Karma here and now in a Mūlasarvāstivāda Avadāna: How the Bodhisattva changed sex and was born as a female 500 times (2018) – Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā

Argues that the latter part of the Lotus Sutra was composed in Gandhāra based on the description of the stupa in the Stūpasaṃdarśana of its eleventh chapter.

The Questions of Nālaka/Nālada in the Mahāvastu, Suttanipāta and the Fobenxingji jing (2018) – Seishi Karashima and Katarzyna Marciniak

The relationship between Mahāsāṃghikas and Mahāyāna Buddhism indicated in the colophon of the Chinese translation of the Vinaya of the Mahāsāṃghikas (2018) – Seishi Karashima

The Story of Hastinī in the Mahāvastu and Fobenxingji Jing (2018) – Seishi Karashima and Katarzyna Marciniak

Gleanings from the Mahāvastu (2018) – Katarzyna Marciniak

Sabhika-vastu (2019) – Seishi Karashima and Katarzyna Marciniak

Soreyya/ā’s Double Sex Change: On Gender Relevance and Buddhist Values (2019) – Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā

Buddhism in Southernmost Maharashtra: The Brahmapuri Relic Coffer and Its Inscription (2020) – Peter Skilling

Abbreviation in the Madhyama-āgama (2021) – Bhikkhu Anālayo

A Newly Identified Manuscript of the Mahāprātihāryasūtra in the Gilgit Buddhist Manuscript: A Critical Edition and Translation (2021) – Natchapol Sirisawad

Liṅga or Buddhist Bell? (2021) – Harry Falk

Abbreviation in the Ekottarika-āgama (2022) – Bhikkhu Anālayo

Avadāna Episodes: Texts from the Split Collection 5 (2022) – Harry Falk and Elisabeth Steinbrückner

What is interesting about Ajātaśatru is that he is not only a committer of an ānantarya crime, but also an eminent lay disciple of the Buddha. […] Given his transformation, the salvation of Ajātaśatru provides a convenient platform for Buddhist authors to express their ideas on how to balance the workings of karma…

Animal Omens in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature: The call of the crow, the howl of the jackal, and the knowledge of the wagtail (2023) – Kenneth G. Zysk

The Function of Silence in Āgama Literature (2023) – Bhikkhu Anālayo

The Nun of Milan: A Gandharan Bhikṣuṇī Figurine in the Civico Museo Archeologico (2024) – Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā and Giovanni Verardi

Crescendo Repetitions: From the Madhyama-āgama to the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (2024) – Bhikkhu Anālayo