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No. 14 (2019)
Articles
Spiritualizing the Internet: Exploring Modern Buddhism and the Online Buddhist World
Rutika Gandhi
The Historical Buddha: Response to Drewes
Bryan Levman
Book Reviews
Buddhism Beyond Gender: Liberation from Attachment to Identity
Matthew R. Hayes
Architects of Buddhist Leisure: Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia’s Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks
Kendall Marchman
Educating Monks: Minority Buddhism on China’s Southwest Border
Dat Manh Nguyen
The Driftwood Shrine: Discovering Zen in American Poetry
Christopher Emory-Moore
News and Views
Reflection on “Buddhism in Indonesia:” A Talk by Prof. Philip Buckley at McGill University
Jingjing Li & Shuyue He
The Slash Between: Going Home as an Insider/ Outsider
Rutika Gandhi
Crowdfunding the Hospital: Why Tzu-Chi’s Hospital Project Succeeded but Other Grassroots Hospital Projects Failed? A Report on Dr. Cheng-pang Lee’s Talk at SFU David Lam Centre
Maggie Ka-ying Tsang
“Buddhism and the Barbarian in Chinese Zen:” A Talk by Dr. Christopher Byrne at McGill University
Jingjing Li & Nahid Widaatalla
“Buddhism and Orality:” A Talk by Dr. Caley Smith at McGill University
Jingjing Li
Chinese Buddhist Canon: The Yongle Northern Canon Editions: A Talk by Dr. Darui Long at UBC, March 8, 2018
Maggie Mitchell
Reconstructing Ānanda’s Grief in the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra: A Lecture by Dr. Charles Li at UBC, March 14, 2018
Maggie Mitchell
Reflection on Professor James Robson’s Talk “Buddhism and Daoism in Medieval China”
Jingjing Li & Shuyue He
“Buddhism and Compassion:” A Talk by Julia Stenzel at McGill University
Adrien Moevus
“Buddhism and Religious Diversity in Nepal:” A Talk by Professor Chiara Letizia
Austin Simoes-Gomes
Places to Go, Things to Do: A Report of the Research in Religious Studies Conference at the University of Lethbridge
Emmett Chan, Rutika Gandhi, & Maggie Mitchell
Tārā, Dhāraṇī, the Mañjuśrīnāmasangīti and a Sanskrit Reading with Rev. Professor Naresh Man Bajracharya of Lumbini Buddhist University
Amber Marie Moore & Austin Simoes-Gomes
Digital Humanities Workshop at McMaster University
Shanshan Zhao
“Diverse Textual Sources in the Study of Buddhism” at Congress 2018
Gerjan Altenburg
A Reflection on Professor Barend J. ter Haar’s Lecture Series at the UBC International and Intensive Program on Buddhism
Jing Le & Jisi Fu
A Reflection on the International and Intensive Program on Buddhist at UBC
Meng Zhang
Perceiving the Change of China through the Scope of Buddhism
Shuyue He
Buddhist Young Adult Fiction: In Search of a Linguistic Connection
Ngoc Le
The Vocational Calling of a Buddhist Spiritual Caregiver: A Socio-political Perspective Reflection
Francis Lau
Contributors
Articles
Early Tantric Hemerology in Chinese Buddhism: Timing of Rituals According to Śubhakarasiṃha and Yixing
Jeffrey Kotyk
Book Reviews
Catholicism and Zen
Bradford McCall
News and Views
Hyecho’s Journey: A Reflection on the 2017 Inaugural Public Lecture by Professor Donald Lopez at the University of Toronto
Crystal Marie Beaudoin
2017 Canadian Society for the Study of Religion Conference Reflection
Rutika Gandhi
A Reflection on Buddhism and Economics in Medieval and Early Modern China at the Buddhism and Business, Market and Merit Conference at the University of British Columbia (June 16th to 18th, 2017)
Crystal Marie Beaudoin
A Reflection on the “Bridging Divides in Buddhist Studies” Round Table at the XVIIIth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, August 21st 2017
Crystal Marie Beaudoin
A Report on the Buddhist Studies in Canada Round Table Discussion at the XVIIIth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
Crystal Marie Beaudoin
Vinaya Studies at the 18th Congress of IABS, in Toronto
Gerjan Altenburg
A Reflection on the “Pre-Modern Japanese Buddhism: The Pure Land in Nara Schools Workshop” at McGill University (September 29, 2017)
Shuyue He & Jingjing Li
Engaged Mindfulness, A Talk by Dr. Fleet Maull at McGill University
Julia Stenzel
A Reflection on Two Lectures in the “Buddha and the Other” Lecture Series (October 19 & 26, 2017)
Jingjing Li
Spontaneous Presence: The Rapid Normalization of Padmasambhava’s Iconography in Image (and Text)
Julia Stenzel
“Unbalanced Flows in the Subtle Body:” A Talk by Professor Geoffrey Samuel
Ryan Jones & Jingjing Li
A Report on Dr. James A. Benn’s Talk: “Buddhism and the Invention of Tea Culture in Medieval China” (November 4, 2017)
Mitchell Weishar
Sovereignty in East Asian Buddhism: A Talk by Prof. Mikaël Bauer (November 9, 2017)
Shuyue He & Jingjing Li
A Report on “The Dharma and the Dime” from Washington DC
Jason Ellsworth & Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg
Ten Thousand Rooms: A Report of Dr. Hunter’s Talk at the University of British Columbia (January 8, 2018)
Maggie Mitchell
Orthopraxy and ‘Buddhist Art’ in Chinese History: A Case of Socialization – A Talk by Prof. Jeehee Hong at McGill University
Shuyue He & Jingjing Li
Du Fu’s 杜甫 (712-770) Poems and Chan Buddhism
Xiao’ao Shi
Contributors
No. 12 (2017)
Articles
The Creation of Avalokiteśvara: Exploring His Origin in the Northern Āgamas
Juyan Zhang
Book Reviews
Borobudur: Appearance of a Universe
Jack C. Laughlin Choosing Buddhism: The Life Stories of Eight CanadiansJack C. Laughlin Reading Buddhist Sanskrit Texts: An Elementary Grammatical Guide
Jnan Nanda
News and ViewsHH Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa on The Relevance of Tibetan Buddhism in the 21st CenturyAlice Zhao Writing on the Wall: Manuscripts & Caves: A Talk by Professor Eugene Wang at Research Roundtable: “East Asian Manuscript and Print as Harbingers of the Digital Future”Alice Zhao Modernized Buddhism & Secular Religion: A Report on Dr. Victor Sōgen Hori’s Presentation at “Buddhism in the Global Eye: Beyond East and West”Ngoc B. Le A Reflection on Dr. Lewis Lancaster’s Visit to Fo Guang Shan Temple on October 9th, 2016Crystal M. Beaudoin A Reflection on Dr. Asuka Sango’s Yehan Numata Lecture at the University of Toronto, December 1, 2016Julian Butterfield A Reflection on Dr. Asuka Sango’s Yehan Numata Reading Group at McMaster University on December 2, 2016Crystal M. Beaudoin A Reflection on Dr. Cuilan Liu’s Visit to McMaster’s Religious Studies Department on December 15, 2016Crystal M. Beaudoin The Birth of Insight and “Crossing the Dharmascape”: Professor Erik Braun’s Visit to Toronto and Hamilton Tony Scott Emptiness and the Perfection of Wisdom: A Reflection on Venerable Chang Wu’s Lecture “The Diamond Sutra: How It Applies to Our Lives,” held on February 9th, 2017 at the University of CalgaryHassan Pirbhai Social Subjects and Esoteric Buddhist Ritual: Reflections on Dr. Charles D. Orzech’s Talk at the University of British Columbia’s Department of Asian StudiesCasey Collins Drokpa Screening at the Centre for Buddhist Studies, University of TorontoAnnie Heckman A New Sanskrit Manuscript of the Bhaiṣajyavastu: Reflections on a Lecture by JSPS Post-Doctoral Fellow Fumi YaoGerjan Altenburg A Report on Dr. Mark Rowe’s Talk: Bikers, Widows, and Bodhisattvas: Female Priests in Japanese Buddhism (Japan Foundation Toronto, March 15, 2017)Mitchell Weishar A Reflection on Dr. James Robson’s Public Lecture on Meditation, Mindfulness, and Mental Health at Emmanuel CollegeCrystal M. Beaudoin Like Children Lost in Limbo: Reflections on Dr. Jessica Main’s Talk at UBC
Casey Collins
Contributors
Contributors
No. 11 (2016)
EditorialPaul Crowe Articles Developments in Buddhist StudiesDonald S. Lopez, Jr. Book ReviewsAn American Buddhist Life: Memoirs of a Modern Dharma PioneerCraig Ginn Lotus Petals in the Snow Voices of Canadian Buddhist WomenKimberly Beek News and Views2015 American Academy of Religions Conference ReflectionAnnie Heckman A Reflection on McMaster’s Religious Studies Department’s First Yehan Numata Reading Group with Dr. Stuart YoungCrystal M. Beaudoin Violence and Religion East Asian Perspectives – A Public Lecture by Dr. Jinhua ChenNgoc B. Le Thoughts on UofT’s Department for the Study of Religion Buddhist Studies Numata Reading Group with Dr. Costantino MorettiDaigengna Duoer A Reflection on McMaster’s Religious Studies Department’s Yehan Numata Lecture with Dr. Constantino MorettiCrystal M. Beaudoin Bringing Buddhist Art to Vancouver: A Luncheon Preview of “Cave Temples of Dunhuang Buddhist Arts on China’s Silk Road” ExhibitionNgoc B. Le Buddhist Art A Fragile Inheritance – A Reflection on the Film Screening at UBCAlice Zhao A Post-Reading Group Reflection on Jowita Kramer’s Visit to McMaster University’s Religious Studies DepartmentCrystal M. Beaudoin Madness and Buddhist Compassion – A Talk by Dr. Mark UnnoAlice Zhao The Mindful Teen Secular and Buddhist Mindfulness for Adolescents – A Talk by Dr. Dzung X. VoNgoc B. Le Navigating Cultural Differences A Buddhist Approach to Mental Health – An Informal DiscussionNgoc B. Le A Reflection on McMaster’s Religious Studies Department’s Final Yehan Numata Reading Group with Dr. Levi McLaughlinCrystal M. Beaudoin A Report on McMaster’s Religious Studies Department’s 50th Anniversary of Graduate Studies CelebrationCrystal M. Beaudoin A Reflection on Dr. Victor Hori’s Public Dharma Talk at Fo Guang Shan TempleCrystal M. Beaudoin ContributorsContributors
No. 10 (2014)
EditorialSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri ArticlesTriune Mind in Buddhism: A Textual ExplorationSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri An Indirect Unity: Merleau-Ponty and Nāgārjuna on the Human and the Non-humanMichael Berman Exploring the Four Satipatthānas in Study and PracticeBhikkhu Anālayo News and ViewsNews and ViewsPaul Crowe AddendumPaul Crowe ContributorsContributors
No. 9 (2013)
EditorialSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri MemorialWordsAnthony K. Warder ArticlesDevolution and Evolution in the Agganna SuttaSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri Outpost Buddhism Vietnamese Buddhists in HalifaxAlexander Soucy Sakyadhita Canada Branching OutMavis Fenn Book ReviewsBook ReviewJohn H. Berthrong News and ViewsNews and ViewsPaul Crowe CorrectionsCorrections ContributorsContributors
No. 8 (2012)
EditorialMichael Berman ArticlesArhant Mahinda as Redactor of the Buddhapujava and the Panca-, Atthangika- and Dasa-silas in Sinhala BuddhismSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri Book ReviewsBook ReviewsAndrew Olendzki, Paul MacRae ContributorsContributors
No. 7 (2011)
EditorialSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri MemorialRev. Dr. Leslie KawamuraLeslie Kawamura A Pioneer in the Canadian Buddhist Landscape: Remembering Rev. Dr. Leslie KawamuraSarah F. Haynes ArticlesRight View and the Scheme of the Four Truths in Early Buddhism − The Sayukta-āgama Parallel to the Sammādihi-sutta and the Simile of the Four Skills of a PhysicianBhikkhu Anālayo The muṇḍa/muṇḍaka crux: What does the word mean?Bryan Levman Shifts in Diasporic and Buddhist Identities Among Second Generation Cambodians in OntarioJanet McLellan ‘Asoulity’ as Translation of Anattā: Absence, not NegationSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri The Meditative Dynamics of the Early Buddhist AppamāasGiuliana Martini Book ReviewsA Review of Wild Geese: Buddhism in CanadaBrian Somers, Kaitlyn Evers News and ViewsNews and Views Roundup: Buddhist Studies in CanadaMichael Berman ContributorsContributors CorrectionsCorrections
No. 6 (2010)
EditorialSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri ArticlesPaccekabuddhas in the Isigili-sutta and its Ekottarika-àgama ParallelBhikkhu Anālayo No-Mind and Nothingness: From Zen Buddhism to HeideggerWing-Cheuk Chan Aśokan Phonology and the Language of the Earliest Buddhist TraditionBryan Levman Universal Buddhist Temple (世界佛教會): Embracing a Myriad DharmasPaul Crowe The First Ten-Precept Nun of Sri Lanka and the Burmese Thila-Shin ConnectionBhikkhuni Kusuma Book ReviewsBook ReviewsMichael Picard, Paul MacRae News and ViewsNews and ViewsMichael Berman ContributorsContributors
No. 5 (2009)
EditorialSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri ArticlesThe Vicissitudes of Memory and Early Buddhist Oral TransmissionBhikkhu Anālayo Vedhamissakena: Perils of the Transmission of the BuddhadhammaBryan Levman Uncaged: Buddhism, John Cage and the Freeing of the WorldPeter Timmerman ‘Against Belief’: Mindfulness Meditation (satipaṭṭhāna bhāvanā) as Empirical MethodSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri World’s First Intelligence Quiz? Arhant Mahinda queries Sinhala King Devanampiya-TissaArhant Mahinda A discourse of the Buddha: Cūlahatthipadopama-sutta ‘The Shorter Discourse on the Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint’Bhikkhu Nānamoli, Bhikkhu Bodhi News and ViewsNews and ViewsMichael Berman ContributorsContributors
No. 4 (2008)
EditorialSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri ArticlesThe Verses on an Auspicious Night, Explained by Mahakaccana – A Study and Translation of the Chinese VersionBhikkhu Analayo Dzong-ka-ba on Candrakīrti’s Assertion of “non-dependence on another” as the Object to Be Negated in the View of EmptinessWilliam Magee Ontological Minimalism: Dharmakirti’s Buddhist Critique of RelationsRohit S. Dalvi “Establishing of Mindfulness Meditation” (satipaṭṭhāna bhāvanā): the Creative Interplay of Cognition, Praxis and AffectionSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri Mahayana Buddhist Attitudes Towards AnimalsMartin T. Adam Seeing Into the Nature of Mind: The Confluence of Zen and DzogchenAngela Sumegi Book ReviewsBook ReviewsDave Valliere, Wayne Codling News and ViewsNews and ViewsSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri ContributorsContributors
No. 3 (2007)
EditorialSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri ArticlesOral Dimensions of Pali Discourses: Pericopes, other Mnemonic Techniques and the Oral Performance ContextBhikkhu Analayo The Yogacara Doctrine of Buddha-Nature: Paramartha vs. the Fa-hsiang SchoolWing-cheuk Chan Entrepreneurial Action: Enacting Buddhist Economics in the SmallDave Valliere La médecine au service du pouvoir angkorien: Universités monastiques, transmission du savoir et formation médicale sous le règne de Jayavarman VII (1181-1220 A.D.)Rethy K. Chhem Early Buddhist Practice of MeditationKottegoda S. Warnasuriya Book ReviewsBook ReviewsDavid Higgins, Christina Yanko, Tinu Ruparell, Paul MacRae
No. 2 (2006)
EditorialSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri Herbert Guenther: Striving for Insight and UnderstandingIlse Guenther ArticlesThe Homology of Emotionality and Rationality (Part 2)Herbert V. Guenther The Jewel of BuddhahoodHerbert V. Guenther A Metaphysics of Morality: Kant and BuddhismMichael Berman Buddhism in Canada: A Statistical Overview from Canadian Censuses, 1981-2001Peter Beyer Inherited Buddhists and Acquired BuddhistsSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri Sakyadhita: Buddhist Women in a Transnational ForumKay Koppedrayer, Mavis L. Fenn Recollecting and Envisioning: Buddha in Theravada and Mahayana PracticeAngela Sumegi
No. 1 (2005)
EditorialSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri Pariyatti, paṭipatti and paṭivedhaSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri ArticlesThe Homology of Emotionality and Rationality (Part I)Herbert V. Guenther The Buddhalaksana and the Gandavyuha SutraBryan G. Levman Two Traditions, Two Teachers, One DharmaJames G. Mullens Buddhist Studies in OntarioHenry C.H. Shiu Buddhism in OttawaAngela Sumegi The Installation of the First Buddhist Chaplain at Dalhousie UniversityTerry Woo Foundations of MindfulnessSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri News and ViewsAdiyana: an alternative to Hinayana, Sravakayana and TheravadaSuwanda H.J. Sugunasiri B.A. (Hons.) in Buddhadharma StudiesNalanda College of Buddhist Studies Conference: Buddhism in Canada: State of the Art and Future DirectionsJames Beckman Pali as a Living LanguageNalanda College of Buddhist Studies