Journal of Buddhist Studies Vol. XXI

Editor
Bhikkhu KL Dhammajoti 法光
Director & Professor,
The Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong.

EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS
Ratna HANDURUKANDE Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, University of Peradeniya

Y. KARUNADASA Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, University of Kelaniya

P.D. PREMASIRI Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, University of Peradeniya

Zhihua YAO Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Philosophy,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

PUBLISHED BY
Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka &
The Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong (BDCHK).

PUBLICATION SPONSORED BY
the Glorious Sun Charity Group, Hong Kong (旭日慈善基金).

CONTENT
Literary Readings of Ancient Buddhist Texts: Mind the Hermeneutical Gap 1–60
Bhikkhu Anālayo

Exposition on the Plurality of Elements a translation of the Mūlasarvāstivādin version from the Tibetan 61–116
Peter Skilling

Plumbing the Depths of Absorption (jhāna) 117–158
Bhikkhu Anālayo

A Transliteration of Prajñākaramati’s Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā (ZX0617–ZB20) Chapter One 159–194
Wang Junqi, Fang Lan, Xiang Kanglei

So-and-so Says So: Adjacency Pairs vis-à-vis Offstage Speech in Sanskrit Theatre 195–218
Rohana Seneviratne

Ashoka: A Vision of Peace and Non-Violence 219–248
Gisela Krey

The process of direct realization (abhisamaya): Śrīlāta’s eight-moment model and the Vaibhāṣika response 249–290
KL Dhammajoti

Kāśyapa in the Legend of Maitreya: from a Skeleton to a Bodhisattva: from Avadāna to Mahāyāna 291–320
Tse-fu Kuan

Buddhistische Interpretationen Jesu. Eine religionshistorische und theologische Studie (Buddhist Interpretations of Jesus. A Study of Religious History and Theology) 321–332
Reviewed by Bhikkhu Pāsādika

Obituary: Mahinda Palihawadana 333–342
by Ravi Palihawadana