Journal of Buddhist Studies, Volume XVII 2020
(JBS XVII 2020)

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).

The Chinese Bhāvanākrama, with a Biographic Outline of the Indian Monk Shihu 施護 (*Dānapāla, ca. 950–1018)
Pietro De Laurentis

The Tevijjavacchagotta-sutta and the Anupada-sutta in Relation to the Emergence of Abhidharma Thought
Bhikkhu Anālayo

Sūtra and Abhidharma Sources on the Pārijāta Tree in Śamathadeva’s Abhidharmakośopāyikā-ṭīkā
Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā

A Preliminary Study on a Newly Discovered Sanskrit Manuscript of Nāgārjuna’s Sūtrasamuccaya*
Junqi Wang, Meifang Zhang, Xiaofang Lü, Xin Song, Kawa Sherab Sangpo, Dazhen

Intertextuality and the Tapestry of Buddhist Literature Excerpts from Two Vaitulya/Mahāyāna Dharmaparyāyas
Peter Skilling (Bhadra Rujirathat)

Features of the Vajropama-samādhi in the Sarvāstivāda School
Venerable Wei Shan

Gandhabba the Celestian Pro-mom-Pheromone Chaser
Bhikkhu Mihita

Zhu Daosheng 竺道生 (ca.360–434 AD) and the Heart Sūtra
Charles Willemen

Saṃvara, avijñapti and karmic retribution
KL Dhammajoti