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Vol. 30, Nr. 1-2 (2007) (released 2009)

- Obituaries
• DURT, Hubert : "In memoriam Nino Forte (6 Aug. 1940 - 22 July 2006)", p. 13-15;
• FORTE, Erika : "Antonino Forte, List of publications", p. 17-31;
• PINAULT, Georges-Jean : "In memoriam Colette Caillat (15 Jan. 1921 - 15 Jan. 2007)", p. 3-11.

- Articles
• JIN, Tao : "The formulation of introductory topics and the writing of exegesis in Chinese Buddhism", p. 33-79;
• JOO, Ryan Bongseok : "The ritual of arhat invitation during the Song Dynasty : Why did Mahayanists venerate the arhat ?", p. 81-116;
• LIN, Chen-Kuo : "Object of cognition in Dignaga's Alambanapariksavrtti : On the controversial passages in Paramartha's and Xuanzang's translations", p. 117-138;
• SHULMAN, Eviatar : "Creative ignorance: Nagârjuna on the ontological significance of consciousness", p. 139-173;
• VAN SCHAIK, Sam & DONEY, Lewis : "The prayer, the priest and the Tsenpo : An early Buddhist narrative from Dunhuang", p. 175-217;
• WALSER, Joseph : "The origin of the term 'Mahayana' (The Great Vehicle) and its relationship to the Agamas", p. 219-250.

- Buddhist Studies in North America, Contributions to a panel at the XVth Congress of the IABS (Atlanta, 23-28 June 2008)
Guest editor : Charles S. Prebish
• CABEZON, Jose Ignacio : "The changing field of Buddhist Studies in North America", p. 283-298;
• FREIBERGER, Oliver : "The disciplines of Buddhist Studies — Notes on religious commitment as boundary-marker", p. 299-318;
• GÓMEZ, Luis O. : "Studying Buddhism as if it were not one more among the religions", p. 319-343;
• PREBISH, Charles S. : "North American Buddhist Studies : A current survey of the field", p. 253-282.

Vol. 29, Nr. 2 (2006) (released 2009)

• Chu, Junjie : "On Dignaga's theory of the object of cognition as presented in PS(V) 1", p. 211-253;
• Higgins, David : "On the development of the non-mentation (amanasikara) doctrine in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism", p. 255-303;
• Hinüber, Oskar von : "Hoary past and hazy memory,. On the history of early Buddhist texts" (Presidential address at the XVth Conferrence of the IABS, Emory University, Atlanta, June 23-28, 2008), p. 193-210;
• McBride, Richard D., II : "The mysteries of body, speech, and mind : The three esoterica (sanmi) in medieval Sinitic Buddhism", p. 305-355;
• Sakuma, Hidenori : "On doctrinal similarities between Sthiramati and Xuanzang", p. 357-381;
• Stoltz, Jonathan : "Concepts, intension, and identity in Tibetan philosophy of language", p. 383-400;
• Report on the XVth Congress of the IABS by Tom J.F. Tillemans, General Secretary, p. 401-405.
• IABS Treasurer financial report by Jerome Ducor, p. 407-409.

Vol. 29, Nr 1 (2006) (released 2008)

• Brose, Ben : "Crossing thousands of Li of waves : The return of China's lost Tiantai texts", p. 21-62;
  
• Chu, William : "Syncretism reconsidered : The Four Eminent Monks and their syncretistic styles", p. 63-86;
  
• Elverskog, Johan : "The Mongolian Big Dipper Sûtra", p. 87-123;
  
• Rhi, Juhyung : "Fasting Buddhas, Lalitavistara, and Karunâpundarîka", p. 125-153;
  
• Seeger, Martin : "The Bhikkhunî-ordination controversy in Thailand", p. 155-183;
  
• Takasaki, Jikidô : "Between translation and interpretation - Cases in the Chinese Tripitaka" (Presidential address at the XIVth Conference of the IABS, London, August 29 - September 3, 2005), p. 3-20;
  
• Notes on the contributors, p. 185-186.

• Blackburn, Anne M. : "Introduction", p. 235-240;
  
• Arnold, Dan : "Materials for a Madhyamika Critique of Foundationalism : An Annotated Translation of Prasannapada 55.11 to 75.13", p. 411-467;
  
• Borchert, Thomas A. : "Training Monk or Men: Theravada Monastic Education, Sub-nationalism and the National Sangha of China", p. 241-272;
  
• Dreyfus, Georges : "Where do Commentarial Schools come from? Reflections on the History of Tibetan Scholasticism", p. 273-297;
  
• McDaniel, Justin Thomas : "The Art of Reading and Teaching Dhammapadas : Reform, Texts, Contexts in Thai Buddhist History", p. 299-337;
  
• Miller, W. Blythe : "The Vagrant Poet and the Reluctant Scholar: A Study of the Balance of Iconoclasm and Civility in the Biographical Accounts of two Founders of the 'Brug pa bka' brgyud Lineages", p. 369-410;
  
• Samuel, Jeffrey : "Texts Memorized, Texts Performed : A Reconsideration of the Role of Paritta in Sri Lankan Monastic Education", p. 339-367.
  
• Book Review : Relics of the Buddha by John Strong, reviewed by Richard Salomon : p. 469-472;
  
• Report on the XIVth Conference of the IABS, by Tom J.F. Tillemans, General Secretary, p. 473-476;
  
• IABS Treasurer Financial Report, by Jerome Ducor, p. 477-478;
  
• Announcement of the XVth Conference of the IABS, p. 479;
  
• Notes on Contributors, p. 481-482.

• Chen, Jinhua : "Fazang (643-712): The Holy Man", p. 11-84;
  
• Dalton, Jacob : "A Crisis of Doxography: How Tibetans Organized Tantra during the 8th-12th Centuries", p. 115-181;
  
• McBride, Richard D. : "Dhârâni and Spells in Medieval Sinitic Buddhism", p. 85-114;
  
• Ruegg, David Seyfor : "The Kalawân Copper-plate Inscription: Early Evidence for Mahâyâna-type Thinking?", p. 3-9;
  
• Verhagen, Pieter C. : "Studies in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Hermeneutics (5). The mKhas pa rnams 'jug pa'i sgo, by Sa skya Pandita Kun dga' rgyal mkhan", p. 183-219;
  
• Holba, Jirfi : Index to JIABS vol. 22-26, p. 221-229.

• Ducor, Jérôme : "Les sources de la Sukhâvatî, autour d'une étude récente de G. Fussman", p. 357-410;
  
• Freiberger, Oliver : "The Buddhist Canon and the Canon of Buddhist Studies", p. 261-283;
  
• Gellner, David G. : "Himalayan Conundrum ? A Puzzling Absence in Ronald M. Davidsons' Indian Esoteric Buddhism", p. 411-417;
• Mathes, Klaus-Dieter : "Târanâtha's Twenty-One Differences with Regard to the Profound Meaning", p. 285-328;
  
• McBride II, Richard D. : "Is there really 'Esoteric' Buddhism", p. 329-356;
  
• Mimaki, Katsumi : "In Memoriam, Yûichi Kajiyama (2.2.1925-29.3.2004)", p. 255-260.

• Agostini, Giulio : "Buddhist Sources on Feticide as Distinct from Homicide", p. 63-95;
  
• Mayer, Robert : "Pelliot tibétain 349 : A Dunhuang Tibetan Text on rDo rje Phur pa", p. 129-164;
  
• Müller, Charles : "The Yogâcâra Two Hindrances and their Reinterpretations in East Asia", p. 207-235;
• Ruegg, David Seyfort : "Aspect of the Investigation of the (earlier) Indian Mahâyana", p. 3-62;
  
• van Schaik, Sam : "The Early Days of the Great Perfection", p. 165-206;
  
• Wynne, Alexander : "The Oral Transmission of the Early Buddhist Literature", p. 97-127;
  
• Book Review
  Kurt A. Behrendt, The Buddhist Architecture of Gandhâra (Handbuch der Orientalistik, section II, India, volume seventeen, Brill, Leiden-Boston, 2004), by Gérard Fussman, p. 237-249.

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