Buddhist Thought and Application: Essays in Honour of Professor P. D. Premasiri
Editor: G. A. Somaratne, Wadinagala Pannaloka, Jnan Nanda Tanchangya
Publisher: The Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong, 2021. xxiv, 442++
ISBN: 978-988-16820-6-2 (Hardcover)

CONTENTS

Chief Editor’s Note xi

Professor P. D. Premasiri xv

Abbreviations xxi

Buddhist Insights to Religious Conflicts, by Kapila abhayawansa

Mindfulness “internally”, “externally”, and “internally and externally”, by Professor Lambert Schmithausen, by Bhikkhu Anālayo

Challenges to Human Lifestyle During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Buddhist Response, by Iromi Ariyaratne

Taiwan’s Buddhist Environmentalism and Buddhist Modernism – The Case of Dharma Drum Mountain, by Wei-Yi Cheng

Exclusive Reliance on Reasoning as ‘Mere Belief’: The Buddha’s Epistemic Approach in the
Saṅgārava-sutta and its Sanskrit Parallel, by Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā

The Sarvāstivāda Category of the apratisaṃkhyā-nirodha, by Bhikkhu K. L. Dhammajoti

The Political Crisis in the Buddhist Country of Myanmar: A Reflection through a Sutta Reading, by Khammai Dhammasami

The Buddha’s Physical Strength (Kāyabala): Pāli Commentarial Interpretations, by Toshiichi Endo

Buddhist Teachings on Human Rights and Good Governance, by H. M. Mahinda Herath

Buddhist Ethical Practices for Disease Prevention, by Wimal Hewamanage

“Moral Excellence, Meditative Practices, and Social Justice”, by Frank J. Hoffman

Of Buddhists and Boundaries, by John Clifford Holt

The Buddha’s Omniscience: What Do the Suttas Say? by Tilak Kariyawasam

The Buddhist Moral Life: Some Further Reflections, by Y. Karunadasa

Anukampā, Karuṇā and Mahākaruṇā in Buddhist Tradition, by Bimalendra Kumar

The Confucian Round Teaching Mou Tsung-san’s Transformation of Song-Ming Confucianism, by Shui Chuen Lee

Buddhist Ethics for Post-war Sri Lanka, by Wadinagala Pannaloka

An Appraisal of Anussati in Theravāda Buddhist Meditation, by Soorakkulame Pemaratana

The Buddhist Analysis of Diṭṭhi (Views), by Walmoruwe Piyaratana

Exploring the Unexplored Siam Pāli Texts: A Reconstruction of the Buddhābhiseka (พุทธาภิเสก) Text of the Wat Lai Hin Luang (วัดไหล่หินหลวง), by Samantha Rajapaksha

Lion? Nah, You are a Dog: Negative and Destructive Criticism among Early Modern Sanskrit Intelligentsia, by Rohana Seneviratne

Buddhist Approaches to Global Leadership and Shared Responsibility for Sustainable Societies: Developing A Holistic Curriculum for Environmental Education —The Case for Sustainable Education, by Padmasiri de Silva

Buddhist Moral Framework for Family and Social Economics, by G. A. Somaratne

‘Return to Lower State’ (hīnāyavattana) and ‘Straying’ (vibbhamana): A Study of the Practice of Leaving Monastic Life in Theravāda Tradition, by Asanga Tilakaratne

The Closing Activity of Upasampadā-kamma: A Comparative Note on Theravāda and Mūlasarvāstivāda Interpretations, by Medagampitiye Wijithadhamma

Divergent Views on the Number of Meritorious Deeds in Theravāda, by Ashoka Welitota

The Nine Untimely (Deaths): A Scriptural Text (T II 150b) Translated into Chinese by An Shigao, by Charles Willemen

Observance of Wrong View (micchādiṭṭhi): An Inquiry into the Commentarial Parable of the Converted Husband, by Miriswaththe Wimalagnana

Etymological and Functional Meanings of Avadāna Viewed Through Chinese Piyu, by Meide Xu