Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies ISSN 0-193-600XX

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Vol. 32, Nr. 1-2 (2009) (released 2011)

- Obituary
• HU VON HINUBER, Haiyan : "In memoriam Ji Xianlin (6. August 1911 - 11. July 2009)", p. 5-10;

- Articles
• BENN, James A. : "The silent samgha: Some observations on mute sheep monks", p. 11-38;
• ELTSCHINGER, Vincent : "Ignorance, epistemology and soteriology - Part I", p. 39-84;
• GARRETT, Frances : "Eating letters in the Tibetan treasure tradition", p. 85-114;
• JACOBY, Sarah H. : " This inferior female body: Reections on life as a Tibetan visionary through the autobiographical eyes of Se ra mkha gro (bde bai rdo rje, 18921940)", p. 115-150;
• McGARRITY, Andrew : "Aryadevas gradual stages: Their transmission from India to Tibet", p. 151-212;
• SOBISCH, Jan-Ulrich : "Interpreting the tantras: A Tibetan debate on the numbers of adepts admissible to tantric consecration", p. 213-236;

• Special Section : Tibetan scholasticism in the 11th and 12th centuries
  Contributions to a panel at the XVth Congress of the IABS (Atlanta, 23-28 June 2008)
  Guest editors: Pascale Hugon and Kevin Vose
  • HUGON, Pascale and VOSE, Kevin : Introduction - "Unearthing the foundations of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy", p. 237-248;

  • DOCTOR, Thomas : "In pursuit of transparent means of knowledge - The Madhyamaka project of rMa bya Byan chub brtson 'grus", p. 419-441;
  • DREYFUS, Georges and TSERING,Drongbu : "Pa tshab and the origin of Prasangika", p. 387-417;
  • HUGON, Pascale : "The origin of the theory of denition and its place in Phya pa Chos kyi sen ge's philosophical system", p. 319-368;
  • KANO, Kazuo : "rNog Blo ldan ses rab's position on the Buddha-nature doctrine and its influence on the early gSan phu tradition", p. 249-283;
  • KOPPL, Heidi : "Ron zom Chos bzan on Mahayoga and Madhyamaka", p. 469-481;
  • STOLTZ, Jonathan : "Phywa pa's argumentative analogy between factive assessment (yid dpyod) and conceptual thought (rtog pa)", p. 369-386;
  • VOSE, Kevin : "Making and remaking the ultimate in early Tibetan readings of Santideva", p. 285-318;
  • YOSHIMIZU, Chizuko : "Zan Than sag pa on theses (dam bca, pratijna) in Madhyamaka thought", p. 443-467;
  • Notes on the Contributors, p. 483-487.

Vol. 31, Nr. 1-2 (2008) (released 2010)

- Obituary
• SILK, Jonathan A. : "In memoriam, Erik Zürcher (13 Sept. 1928 - 7 Feb. 2008)", p. 3-22;

- Articles
• ACHARYA, Diwakar : "Evidence for Mahâyâna Buddhism and Sukhâvatî cult in India in the middle period - Early fifth to late sixth century Nepalese inscriptions", p. 23-75.

• Early Chinese Buddhist Translations
  Contributions to the International Symposium "Early Chinese Buddhist Translations" (Vienna, 18 21 April, 2007)
  Guest editor Max DEEG
  • DEEG, Max : Introduction, p. 77-82;
  • DEEG, Max : "Creating religious terminology - A comparative approach to early Chinese Buddhist translations", p. 83-118;
  • DURT, Hubert : "Early Chinese Buddhist translations - Quotations from the early translations in anthologies of the sixth century", p. 119-139;
  • FUNAYAMA, Toru : "The work of Paramârtha : An example of Sino-Indian cross-cultural exchange", p. 141-183;
  • GLASS, Andrew : "Gunabhadra, Baoyun, and the Samyuktâgama", p. 185-203;
  • HARRISON, Paul : "Experimental core samples of Chinese translations of two Buddhist Sûtras analysed in the light of recent Sanskrit manuscript discoveries", p. 205-249;
  • LEGITTIMO, Elsa I. : "Reopening the Maitreya-files - Two almost identical early Maitreya sûtra translations in the Chinese Canon : Wrong attributions and text-historical entanglements", p. 251-293;
  • NATTIER, Jan : "Who produced the Da mingdu jing (T 225) ? A reassessment of the evidence", p. 295-337;
  • PARK, Jungnok : "A new attribution of the authorship of T5 and T6 Mahparinirvanasutra", p. 339-367;
  • SILK, Jonathan A. : "The Jifayue sheku tuoluoni jing - Translation, non-translation, both or neither?", p. 369-420;
  • ZACCHETTI, Stefano : "The nature of the Da anban shouyi jing (T 602) reconsidered", p. 421-484;
  • ZHU, Qingzhi : "On some basic features of Buddhist Chinese", p. 485-504.

- Book review
• SUGIKI, Tsunehiko : David B. Gray, The Cakrasamvara Tantra (The Discourse of Sri Heruka): A Study and Annotated Translation, p. 505-541.
  

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: Nagrjuna 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;
  • GOMEZ, 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.

• 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 Conference 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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