Volume XIII, 2016

Journal of Buddhist Studies , Volume XIII 2016
(JBS XIII 2016)

Editor,
Bhikkhu KL Dhammajoti 法光
Director & Professor,
The Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong.
Chair Professor,
School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China.

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).

CONTENTS:
Rehabilitating the Pudgalavādins: Monastic Culture of the Vātsīputrīya-Saṃmitīya School
by Peter Skilling

The Buddha’s Omniscient Knowledge (sabbaññuta-ñāṇa):
Pāli Commentarial Interpretations
by Toshiichi Endo

The Robes of a Bhikkhunī
by Oskar von Hinüber and Bhikkhu Anālayo

The Upasampadā of Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī in the Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya and a Sūtra Quotation in the Śamathadeva’s Abhidharmakośopāyikā-ṭīkā
by Bhikkhunī Dhammadinā

Bhava and Vibhava in Early Buddhism
by G.A. Somaratne

What Happened to the Majority? Observations about Early Buddhist Schools
by Charles Willemen

Kleśaprahāṇa, Pratyakṣa and Discriminative Discernment Sarvāstivāda Doctrines and Later Yogācāra Discussion
by KL Dhammajoti

Traditional Theravāda Meditation and Its Modern-Era Suppression
Reviewed by Asanga tilakaratne