Journal of Buddhist Studies Vol. XXI

Editor,
Bhikkhu KL Dhammajoti 法光
Director & Professor,
The Buddha-Dharma Centre 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 249–286
KL Dhammajoti
Kāśyapa in the Legend of Maitreya: from a Skeleton to a Bodhisattva: from Avadāna to Mahāyāna 287–316
Tse-fu Kuan
Buddhistische Interpretationen Jesu. Eine religionshistorische und theologische Studie (Buddhist Interpretations of Jesus. A Study of Religious History and Theology) 317–328
Reviewed by Bhikkhu Pāsādika
Obituary: Mahinda Palihawadana 329–342
by Ravi Palihawadana