Books
1) Abiding in Emptiness: A Guide for Meditative Practice, New York: Wisdom Publications, 2024.
– Korean trsl. [비어있음에 머물기: 명상 수행을 위한 지침서]: Seoul: Isiggwa Gamseong, 2025.
2) Bhikkhunī Ordination from Ancient India to Contemporary Sri Lanka / භික්ෂුණී පැවිද්ද, පුරාණ ඉන්දියාවේ පටන් වර්තමාන ශ්රී ලංකාව දක්වා, New Taipei City: Āgama Research Group, 2018. download
– Myanmar trsl.: ဘိက္ခုနီဥပသမ္ပဒါပြုခြင်း ရှေးခေတ်အိန္ဒိယမှသည် မျက်မှောက်ခေတ်သီရိလင်္ကာသို့, New Taipei City: Āgama Research Group, 2023. download
3) Buddhapada and the Bodhisattva Path, (Hamburg Buddhist Studies 8), Bochum: Projektverlag, 2017. download
4) A Comparative Study of the Majjhima-nikāya, (Dharma Drum Buddhist College Research Series 3), Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation, 2011 (2 vols.), 1: download, 2: download
5) Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation, Cambridge: Windhorse, 2015. download
– Dutch trsl.: Compassie en Leegte, Het Vroegboeddhistische Pad van Meditatie, Asoka Publishers, 2018.
– German trsl.: Mitgefühl und Leerheit in der früh-buddhistischen Meditation, Berlin: Edition Steinreich. download
– Korean trsl.: 자비와 공-아날라요 스님의 초기불교 명상 수업, Seoul: Minjoksa, 2018.
– Spanish trsl.: Prácticas de Meditación: Compasión y Vacuidad, Editorial Siglantana, 2021.
6) Daughters of the Buddha, Teachings by Ancient Indian Women, Somerville: Wisdom Publications, 2022.
7) The Dawn of Abhidharma, (Hamburg Buddhist Studies 2), Hamburg: Hamburg University Press, 2014. download
8) Deepening Insight, Teachings on vedanā in the Early Buddhist Discourses, Washington: Pariyatti, 2021. download
– Italian trsl.: Visione penetrante: Insegnamenti su vedanā secondo i testi del buddhismo antico, Napoli: Diana Edizioni, 2025.
9) Developments in Buddhist Meditation Traditions: The Interplay Between Theory and Practice, Barre: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, 2022. download
10) Dīrgha-āgama Studies, (Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts Research Series 6), Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation, 2017. download
11) Early Buddhist Meditation Studies, Barre: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, 2017 download.
12) Early Buddhist Oral Tradition: Textual Formation and Transmission, Somerville: Wisdom Publications, 2022.
13) Ekottarika-āgama Studies, (Dharma Drum Buddhist College Research Series 4), Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation, 2016. download
14) Facets of Mindfulness: Collected Studies, New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan, 2025 .
15) The Foundation History of the Nuns’ Order, (Hamburg Buddhist Studies 6), Bochum: Projektverlag, 2016. download
– Korean trsl.: 비구니 승가 설립의 역사, Seoul: Unjusa (운주사), 2022.
16) From Craving to Liberation – Excursions into the Thought-world of the Pāli Discourses (1), New York: Buddhist Association of the United States, 2009, (collection of revised articles originally published in the Encyclopaedia of Buddhism). download
reprinted in Excursions into the Thought-world of the Pāli Discourses, Washington: Pariyatti, 2012.
– Asian edition Malaysia: Selangor Buddhist Vipassana Meditation Society, 2009.
– German trsl.: Vom Verlangen zur Befreiung – Exkursionen in die Gedankenwelt der Pāli Lehrreden (1), Herrnschrot: Beyerlein & Steinschulte 2012. download
– Italian trsl.: Dalla brama alla liberazione, Escursioni nel mondo di pensiero del buddhismo antico I, Napoli, Diana Edizioni, 2019. download
17) From Grasping to Emptiness – Excursions into the Thought-world of the Pāli Discourses (2), New York: Buddhist Association of the United States, 2010, (collection of revised articles originally published in the Encyclopaedia of Buddhism). download
reprinted in Excursions into the Thought-world of the Pāli Discourses, Washington: Pariyatti, 2012.
– Asian edition Malaysia: Selangor Buddhist Vipassana Meditation Society, 2010.
– Italian trsl.: Dall’attacamento al vuoto, Escursioni nel pensiero del buddhismo antico II, Napoli, Diana Edizioni, 2019. download
18) The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal, (Hamburg Buddhist Studies 1), Hamburg: Hamburg University Press, 2010. download
19) In Love with Wisdom: Ancient Greek and Early Buddhist Philosophies (in collaboration with Alexandra Pappas), New York: Wisdom Publications, 2026.
20) Introducing Mindfulness: Buddhist Background and Practical Exercises, Cambridge: Windhorse, 2020. download
– Durch trsl.: Kennismaken met Mindfulness, Boeddhistische Achtergronden en praktische Oefeningen, Waarbeke: Asoka Publishers, 2023
– Italian trsl.: Introduzione alla Mindfulness, origini buddhiste ed esercizi pratici, Napoli: Diana Edizioni, 2022.
– Russian trsl.: Введение в практику внимательного наблюдения, Издательство Ганга, Москва, 2023.
21) The Madhyama Āgama (Middle Length Discourses), (ed. in collaboration with Marcus Bingenheimer (chief editor for the first volume) and Rod Bucknell co-editor for all volumes), BDK English Tripiṭaka Series, Berkeley: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2013 (vol. 1); 2020 (vol. 2); 2022 (vol. 3), and 2023 (vol. 4).
22) Madhyama-āgama Studies, (Dharma Drum Buddhist College Research Series 5), Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation, 2012. download
23) A Meditator’s Life of the Buddha, Based on the Early Discourses, Cambridge: Windhorse, 2017. download
– Italian trsl.: Una vita meditativa del Buddha secondo i testi del buddhismo antico, Rome: Ubiliber, 2021.
24) Mindfully Facing Climate Change, Barre: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, 2019. download
– Dutch trsl.: Bewust omgaan met klimaatverandering: Handreikingen vanuit het vroege boeddhisme, Waarbeke: Asoka Publishers, 2025.
25) Mindfully Facing Disease and Death, Compassionate Advice from Early Buddhist Texts, Cambridge: Windhorse, 2016. download
Italian trsl.: La presenza mentale nella malattia e nella morte, Gli insegnamenti degli antichi testi buddhisti, Napoli: Diana Edizioni, 2020.
Korean trsl.: 붓다의 영적 돌봄, 병과 죽음에 대한 알아차림, Seoul: CIR Publishing (씨아이알출판사), 2020.
26) Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change, Barre: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, 2024. download
27) Mindfulness of Breathing: A Practice Guide and Translations, Cambridge: Windhorse, 2019. download
– Italian trsl.: Presenza al respiro, guida pratica ad ānāpānasati secondo il buddhismo antico, Napoli: Diana Edizioni, forthcoming.
– Korean trsl.: 호흡 마음챙김 명상: 초기불교 문헌과 수행법 안내, Seoul: Isiggwa Gamseong, 2021 download
– Portguese trsl.: Consciência plena da respiração: Um guia prático com traduções, Teresópolis: Editora Lúcida Letra, 2024.
– Spanish trsl.: Mindfulness de la respiración, Spain: Editorial Siglatana, 2023.
28) Mindfulness in Early Buddhism, Characteristics and Functions, Cambridge: Windhorse, 2020. download
29) Perspectives on Satipaṭṭhāna, Cambridge: Windhorse, 2013. download
– Chinese trsl.: 從比較的觀點看念住的實修方法, Taipei: Dharma Drum Corporation, 2020.
– German trsl.: Satipaṭṭhāna aus der Perspektive des frühen Buddhismus, Herrnschrot: Beyerlein & Steinschulte, 2018. download
– Korean trsl.: 한역으로 읽는 알아차림의 확립 수행, 알아차림의 확립에 대한 새로운 관점, Seoul: Minjoksa, 2021.
– Russian trsl.: Перспективы Сатипаттханы. Moscow: Svatan Research Center, 2018.
30) The Perfection of Wisdom in First Bloom: Relating Early Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā to Āgama Literature, New York: Wisdom, 2025.
31) Rebirth in Early Buddhism and Current Research, Somerville: Wisdom Publications, 2018. download
– Indonesia trsl.: Kelahiran Kembali: dalam Buddhisme Awal & Riset Terkini, Nusantara: Penerbit Yayasan Pengembangan dan Pelestarian Lamrim/Lamrimnesia, 2022.
– Italian trsl.: Sul rinascere, buddhismo antico e studi contemporanei, Rome: Ubiliber.
32) Saṃyukta-āgama Studies, (Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts Research Series 2), Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation, 2015. download
33) Satipaṭṭhāna, the Direct Path to Realization, Birmingham: Windhorse, 2003. download
– Asian editions: Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society, 2003; Selangor: Buddhist Wisdom Centre, 2006; Taipei: Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation, 2011; Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2012.
– Chinese trsl.: 念住: 通往證悟的直接之道, Taiwan: Luminary Institute 2013. download
– Dutch trsl.: Satipaṭṭhāna, De directe weg naar bevrijding, Waarbeke: Asoka Publishers, 2012.
– French trsl.: Satipaṭṭhāna, Le chemin direct pour la réalisation, Paris: Éditions Almora.
– German trsl.: Der Direkte Weg der Achtsamkeit, Satipaṭṭhāna, Herrnschrot: Beyerlein & Steinschulte, 2010. download
– Hungarian trsl.: Szatipatthana – A megvalositas egyenes utja, Budapest Buddhist University, 2007.
– Indonesian trsl.: Satipatthana Jalan Langsung Ke Tujuan, Jakarta Potowa Center, 2012 download.
– Italian trsl.: Satipaṭṭhāna, il cammino diretto, Frasso Sabino: Edizioni Santacittarama, 2018/2021.
– Korean trsl.: 사띠파타나, 깨달음의 길, Meditation Counselling Research Institute, 2014.
– Russian trsl.: Прямой путь к реализации. Основы внимательности. Moscow: Svatan Research Center, 2014.
– Sinhala trsl. (partial): Satiya, Sri Lanka: Nissarana Vanaye, 2003. download
– Spanish trsl.: Satipaṭṭhāna, Los Orígenes del Mindfulness, Spain: Editorial Siglatana, 2019. download
– Vietnamese trsl. (with unauthorized addition of material): Con Đường Thẳng Tới Chứng Ngộ & Nghiên Cứu Đối Chiếu với các bộ A Hàm, Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Hồng Đức, 2017.
34) Satipaṭṭhāna Meditation: A Practice Guide, Cambridge: Windhorse, 2018. download
– Dutch trsl.: Praktijkboek satipatthana, Waarbeke: Asoka Publishers, 2021.
– German trsl.: Satipaṭṭhāna-Meditation: Ein Praxisleitfaden, Berlin: Edition Steinreich, 2025.
– Italian trsl.: Meditazione satipaṭṭhāna, guida pratica secondo il buddhismo antico, Napoli: Diana Edizioni, 2023.
– Korean trsl.: 마음챙김 확립수행, 아날라요 비구의 마음챙김 확립수행, Seoul: Bulkwang 2019.
– Portuguese trsl.: Meditação satipaṭṭhāna, Um Guia Prático, Teresópolis, Editora Lúcida Letra, 2024.
– Russian trsl.: Медитация Сатипаттхана, Moscow: Svatan Research Center, 2020.
– Spanish trsl.: Meditación Satipaṭṭhāna, Una Guía Práctica, Spain: Editorial Desclée de Brouwer, 2019.
35) The Scripture on the Monk Nāgasena, BDK English Tripiṭaka Series, Berkeley: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2021. download
36) The Signless and the Deathless: On the Realization of Nirvana, New York: Wisdom Publications, 2023.
– Italian trsl.: Senza segno senza morte: Sulla realizzazione del Nirvana, Roma: Ubiliber, 2025.
37) Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature, New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan, 2023. download
38) Superiority Conceit in Buddhist Traditions, A Historical Perspective, Somerville: Wisdom Publications, 2021.
– Italian trsl.: Presunzione di superiorità e tradizioni buddhiste: una prospettiva storico-religiosa, Roma: Ubiliber, 2024.
39) Vinaya Studies, (Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts Research Series 7), Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation, 2017. download
Book Chapters:
40) “Achtsamkeit aus frühbuddhistischer Sicht,” in Achtsamkeit, Ein buddhistisches Konzept erobert die Wissenschaft, mit einem Beitrag S. H. des Dalai Lama, M. Zimmerman et al. (ed.), Bern: Hans Huber Verlag, 2012, 277–290.
41) “Assessing the Field of Āgama Studies in Twentieth-century China: With a Focus on Master Yinshun’s 印順 Three-aṅga Theory” (in collaboration with S. Travagnin), in Research on the Saṃyukta-āgama, Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā (ed.), 2020, 933–1007, Taipei: Dharma Drum Corporation. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
42) “Bhikṣuṇī Ordination”, in Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Ethics, D. Cozort and J.M. Shields (ed.), 2018, 116–134, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (reprinted in Vinaya Studies)
43) “Comparing the Tibetan and Chinese Parallels to the Cūḷavedalla-sutta”, in Investigating Principles: International Aspects of Buddhist Culture, Essays in Honour of Professor Charles Willemen, L. Shravak and S. Rai (ed.), 2019, 1–36, Hong Kong: The Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
44) “Defying Māra – Bhikkhunīs in the Saṃyukta-āgama”, in Women in Early Indian Buddhism: Comparative Textual Studies, Alice Collett (ed.), New York: Oxford University Press, 2014, 116–139. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies)
45) “The Divine Messengers”, in Buddhist Studies in Honour of Venerable Kirindigalle Dhammaratana, S. Ratnayaka (ed.), Colombo: Felicitation Committee, 2007, 15–26. download
– Chinese trsl.: 巴利與漢譯經典中天使 (Devadūta) 的意涵, Fuyan Buddhist Studies, 2008, 3: 1–7.
46) “The Dynamics of Theravāda Insight Meditation”, in 佛教禪坐傳統國際學術研討 會論文集, [Buddhist Meditation Traditions: An International Symposium], Kuo-pin Chuang (ed.), Taiwan: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation, 2012, 23–56. (reused in Developments in Buddhist Meditation Traditions) download
– Chinese trsl.: 上座部觀禪的原動力, Dharma Drum Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2010, 7: 1–22.
47) “An Ekottarika-āgama Discourse Without Parallels: From Perception of Impermanence to the Pure Land”, in Buddhist Path Buddhist Teachings, Studies in Memory of L. S. Cousins, Peter Harvey and Naomi Appleton (ed.), 2019, 145–156, Sheffield: Equinox Publishing, (also in Buddhist Studies Review, 2018, 35.1/2: 125–134). (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature)
48) “The Evolution of the Bodhisattva Concept in Early Buddhist Canonical Literature”, in The Bodhisattva Ideal, Essays on the Emergence of Mahāyāna, Bhikkhu Ñāṇatusita (ed.), 2013, 165–208, Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society. (based on extracts from The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal)
49) “Fa-xian and the Chinese Āgamas”, in India on the Silk Route, K. Sheel et al. (ed.), Delhi: Buddhist World Press, 2010, 57–93. (reprinted in Vinaya Studies)
50) “The First Absorption (Dhyāna) in Early Indian Buddhism – A Study of Source Material from the Madhyama-āgama”, in Hindu, Buddhist and Daoist Meditation Cultural Histories, H. Eifring (ed.), 2014, 69–90, Oslo: Hermes Publishing. (reused in Early Buddhist Meditation Studies)
51) “The Four Assemblies in Pāli Buddhism”, in K Sri Dhammananda, Essays in Honor of his Centenary, Volume 2, Contemporary Perspectives, B.L.W. Khin, V. Samarawickrama, and T.H. Soon (ed.), 8–17, Selangor: Nalanda Buddhist Society, 2018. download
52) “Gotama Buddha: His Quest and Teachings”, in The Routledge Handbook of Indian Buddhist Philosophy, William Edelglass, Pierre-Julien Harter and Sara McClintock (ed.), 2022, 11–26, London: Routledge Curzon.
53) “The Healing Potential of the Awakening Factors in Early Buddhist Discourse”, in Buddhism and Medicine, An Anthology of Premodern Sources, C. P. Salguero (ed.), New York: Columbia University Press, 2017, 12–19.
54) “How the Steps of Mindfulness of Breathing Decreased from Sixteen to Two”, in Illuminating the Dharma: Buddhist Studies in Honour of Venerable Professor K.L. Dhammajoti, T. Endo (ed.), Hong Kong: Centre of Buddhist Studies, University of Hong Kong, 2021, 11–28. (reused in Developments in Buddhist Meditation Traditions) download
55) “The Influence of Commentarial Exegesis on the Transmission of Āgama Literature”, in Translating Buddhist Chinese, Problems and Prospects, (East Asia Intercultural Studies 3), K. Meisig (ed.), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2010: 1–20. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies)
– Chinese trsl.: 註釋書對阿含經文的影響, Satyābhisamaya, 2009, 48: 1–48.
56) “Karma and Liberation – The Karajakāya-sutta (AN 10.208) in the Light of its Parallels”, in Pāsādikadānaṃ, Festschrift für Bhikkhu Pāsādika, (Indica et Tibetica 52), M. Straube et al. (ed.), 2009, 1–24, Marburg: Indica et Tibetica. (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
57) “Living in Seclusion and Facing Fear –The Ekottarika-āgama Counterpart to the Bhayabherava-sutta”, in Buddhism as a Stronghold of Free Thinking? Social, Ethical and Philosophical Dimensions of Buddhism, S.C.A. Fay and I.M. Bruckner (ed.), 2011, 203–231, Germany, Nuesttal: Edition Ubuntu. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
58) “Meditation Leading to Suicide: A Discourse from the Saṃyukta-āgama”, in Meditation Sickness: A Sourcebook on the Dangers of Buddhist Practice, C. P. Salguero (ed.), Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 25–30 (forthcoming).
59) “The Meditative Cultivation of Joy”, in Teaching Awareness in the Buddhist Tradition: Essays in Honour of Professor Corrado Pensa, C. Neri and F. Sferra (ed.), 2024, 3–13, Sheffield: Equinox.
60) “Memento Mori: Recollection of Death in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in From Local to Global, Papers in Asian History and Culture, K. Sheel, C. Willemen, K. Zysk (ed.), 2017, 581–599, Delhi: Buddhist World Press. download
61) “Mindfulness in the Pāli Nikāyas”, in Buddhist Thought and Applied Psychological Research, D. K. Nauriyal, Michael S. Drummond, and Y. G. Lal (ed.), 2006, 229–249, London: Routledge Curzon (based on extracts from Satipaṭṭhāna, the Direct Path to Realization).
– German trsl.: Sati in den Pāli Lehrreden, München: BGM 2007. download
62) “Mindfulness ‘Internally’, ‘Externally’, and ‘Internally and Externally’ by Lambert Schmithausen”, in Buddhist Thought & Application, Essays in Honour of Professor P. D. Premasiri, G. A. Somaratne, Wadinagala Pannaloka, Jnan Nanda Tanchangya (ed.), Hong Kong: Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong, 2021, 15–27. download
63) “‘Mūlasarvāstivādin and Sarvāstivādin’: Oral Transmission Lineages of Āgama Texts”, in Research on the Saṃyukta-āgama, Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā (ed.), 2020, 387–426, Taipei: Dharma Drum Corporation. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
64) “The Name Theravāda in an Eighteenth-Century Inscription: Reconsidering the Problematization of the Term”, in Śāntamatiḥ: Manuscripts for Life, Essays in Memory of Seishi Karashima, N. Kudo (ed.), 1–25, Tokyo: International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University, 2023. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
65) “Outstanding Bhikkhunīs in the Ekottarika-āgama”, in Women in Early Indian Buddhism: Comparative Textual Studies, Alice Collett (ed.), 2014, 97–115, New York: Oxford University Press. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies)
66) “Perspectives on the Body in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in Buddhist Meditative Traditions: Their Origin and Development, Chuang Kuo-pin (ed.), 2014, 21–49, Taipei: Shin Wen Feng Print. (reused in Early Buddhist Meditation Studies)
67) “Peyāla in the Skandha-saṃyukta, Contraction and Expansion in Textual Transmission”, in Research on the Saṃyukta-āgama, Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā (ed.), 2020, 53–108, Taipei: Dharma Drum Corporation. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
68) “A Quantitative Textual Analysis of the Translation Idiom of the Madhyama-āgama and the Ekottarika-āgama” (in collaboration with Jen-Jou Hung), in Research on the Madhyama-āgama, Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā (ed.), 2017, 177–196, Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation. download
69) “The Repercussions of Lack of Proper Governance”, in Justice and Statecraft: Ancient Buddhist Ideals Inspiring Contemporary World, D. Mahinda (ed.), 2017, 119–128, Nagananda International Buddhist University. download
70) “Sati & Samādhi”, in Preserving the Dhamma, Writings in Honor of the Eightieth Birthday of Bhante Henepola Gunaratana Mahā Thera, Y. Rahula (ed.), 2007, 89–92, West Virginia: Bhavana Society, (based on extracts from Satipaṭṭhāna, the Direct Path to Realization).
71) “The ‘School Affiliation’ of the Madhyama-āgama”, in Research on the Madhyama-āgama, Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā (ed.), 2017, 55–76, Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation. download
72) “The Second Absorption in Early Buddhist Discourse”, in Buddhist Meditative Traditions: Dialogue and Comparison, Chuang Kuo-pin (ed.), 2016, 25–58, Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation. (reused in Early Buddhist Meditation Studies) download
73) “Teaching and Liberation – Rāhula’s Awakening in the Saṃyukta-āgama”, in Dharmapravicaya, Aspects of Buddhist Studies, Essays in Honour of N.H. Samtani, ed. L. Shravak and C. Willemen, 2012, 1–21, Delhi: Buddhist World Press. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies)
74) “Theravāda Vinaya and bhikkhunī Ordination”, in Rules of Engagement, Medieval Traditions of Buddhist Monastic Regulations, S. Andrews, J. Chen, C. Liu, (ed.), 2017, 333–367, Bochum: Projekt Verlag (reprinted in Vinaya Studies) download.
75) “Three Chinese Dīrgha-āgama Discourses Without Parallels”, in Research on the Dīrgha-āgama, Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā (ed.), 2014, 1–55, Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies) download
76) “Der Tod aus der Perspektive der frühbuddhistischen Schriften”, in Sterben, Tod und Trauer in den Religionen und Kulturen der Welt; Gemeinsamkeiten und Besonderheiten in Theorie und Praxis, C. Elsas (ed.), 2007, 111–130, Hamburg: EB Verlag.
77) “Turning the Wheel of Dharma”, in Handbook of Ethical Foundations of Mindfulness, S. Stanley, R. Purser, and N. Singh (ed.), 2018, 33–49, Cham: Springer.
78) “Two Versions of the Mahādeva Tale in the Ekottarika-āgama, A Study in the Development of Taishō 125”, in Research on the Ekottarika-āgama (Taishō 125), Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā (ed.), 2013, 1–70, Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
79) “Understanding and Practicing the Ānāpānasati-sutta”, in Buddhist Foundations of Mindfulness, E. Shonin et al. (ed.), 2015, 55–69, Cham: Springer.
80) “Understanding and Practicing the Satipaṭṭhāna-sutta”, in Buddhist Foundations of Mindfulness, E. Shonin et al. (ed.), 2015, 71–88, Cham: Springer.
81) “Understanding Early Buddhist Oral Narrative”, in Dharmayātrā, Felicitation Volume in Honour of Ven. Tampalawela Dhammaratana, François Chenet, Mahinda Deegalle, Malini Dias, Xiaoping Dong, Patricia Gaden, Siyan Jin, Godagama Mangala, Bhikkhu Pāsādika, Wei Shan, Siddharth Singh, Bhikkhuni Soun, Bangwei Wang, and François Wang-Toutain (eds.), 1–19. Paris: Éditions Nuvis, 2021. The felicitation volume has been re-issued by the same publisher and with Mahinda Degalle as editor in 2022, with the differing pagination 1–16. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature)
82) “Views and the Tathāgata – A Comparative Study and Translation of the Brahmajāla in the Chinese Dīrgha-āgama”, in Buddhist and Pali Studies in Honour of the Venerable Professor Kakkapalliye Anuruddha, K.L. Dhammajoti and Y. Karunadasa (ed.), 2009, 183–234, Hong Kong: Centre of Buddhist Studies, University of Hong Kong. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies)
83) “Were the Ekottarika-āgama and the Madhyama-āgama Translated by the Same Person? An Assessment on the Basis of Translation Style” (in collaboration with Michael Radich), 2017, 209–237, in Research on the Madhyama-āgama, Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā (ed.), Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation. download
84) “Who said it? Authorship Disagreements between Pāli and Chinese Discourses”, in Indica et Tibetica 65, Festschrift für Michael Hahn zum 65. Geburtstag von Freunden und Schülern überreicht, K. Klaus and J.-U. Hartmann (ed.), 2007, 25–38, Wien: Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien.
– Chinese trsl.: 誰說的法, 誰說的話–巴利與漢譯經典關於說者的差異, Satyābhisamaya, 2008, 47: 1–23.
85) “Women’s Renunciation in Early Buddhism – The Four Assemblies and the Foundation of the Order of Nuns”, in Dignity & Discipline, Reviving Full Ordination for Buddhist Nuns, T. Mohr and J. Tsedroen (ed.), 2010, 65–97, Somerville: Wisdom Publications.
– German trsl.: “Die Weltentsagung der Frauen im frühen Buddhismus: Die vier Versammlungen und die Gründung des Nonnenordens”, in Mit Würde und Beharrlichkeit, Die Erneuerung buddhistischer Nonnenorden, A. Hubig (trsl.), Berlin: Steinrich, 113–161.
Journal Articles:
86) “Abbreviation in the Ekottarika-āgama”, Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 2022, 25: 61–71. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
87) “Abbreviation in the Madhyama-āgama”, Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 2021, 24: 23–38. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
88) “Acitta in Early Prajñāpāramitā: Unconsciousness, Cessation Attainment, or Signlessness?”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2024, 24:1–41. download
89) “Adding Historical Depth to Definitions of Mindfulness”, Current Opinion in Psychology, Special Issue on Mindfulness, 2019, 28: 11–14.
90) “Āgama and aṅga in the Early Buddhist Oral Tradition”, Singaporean Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2016, 3: 9–37 (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies) download.
91) “Ancient Indian Education and Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.5: 964–969. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
92) “The Ancient Roots of the U Ba Khin Vipassanā Meditation”, Journal of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka, 2006, 4: 259–269. download
– Chinese trsl.: 烏巴慶內觀禪修之古老根源, download
– German trsl.: “Die historischen Wurzeln der U Ba Khin Meditation”, in Aspekte der Atembetrachtung, München: BGM 2009, 20–30. download
93) “The Āneñjasappāya-sutta and its Parallels on Imperturbability and on the Contribution of Insight to the Development of Tranquillity”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2009, 26.2: 177–195. (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
94) “The Arahant Ideal in Early Buddhism – The Case of Bakkula”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2007, 8: 1–21. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
95) “Attention and Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.5: 1131–1138. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
96) “Attitudes Towards Nuns – A Case Study of the Nandakovāda in the Light of its Parallels”, (with a contribution by Giuliana Martini) Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2010, 17: 332–400. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies) download
97) “Awakening or Enlightenment? On the Significance of bodhi,” Mindfulness, 2021, 12.7: 1653–1658. download
98) “The Bāhiya Instruction and Bare Awareness”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2018, 19: 1–19. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
99) “The Bahudhātuka-sutta and its Parallels on Women’s Inabilities”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2009, 16: 137–190. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
100) “Beautiful Eyes Seen with Insight as Bereft of Beauty – Subhā Therī and Her Male Counterpart in the Ekottarika-āgama”, The Journal of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies, 2014, 2: 39–53. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
101) “Being Mindful of What is Absent,” Mindfulness, 2022, 13.7: 1671–1678 (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
– Italian trsl.: “Presenza all’assenza,” Āgama Research Group, 2023. download
102) “Beyond the Limitations of Binary Thinking: Mindfulness and the Tetralemma,” Mindfulness, 2022, 13.6: 1410–1417. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
103) “Bhikkhave and Bhikkhu as Gender-inclusive Terminology in Early Buddhist Texts”, (in collaboration with Alice Collett), Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2014, 21: 760–797. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies) download
– German trsl.: “Bhikkhave und Bhikkhu als Terminologie in frühen buddhistischen Texten, die alle Geschlechter einschließt”, Dhammaregen, 2020.
104) “Bhikkhunīs: Worthy of Respect and Support”, Sri Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2025, 10: 1–32.
105) “The Bodhisattva and Kassapa Buddha – A Study Based on the Madhyama-āgama Parallel to the Ghaṭikāra-sutta”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2009, 10: 1–33. (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies) download
106) “The Brahmajāla and the Early Buddhist Oral Tradition”, Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 2014, 17: 41–59. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies) download
107) “The Brahmajāla and the Early Buddhist Oral Tradition (2)”, Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 2015, 18: 79–94. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies) download
108) “Brahmā’s Invitation, The Ariyapariyesanā-sutta in the Light of its Madhyama-āgama Parallel”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2011, 1: 12–38. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
109) “Brahmavihāra and Awakening, A Study of the Dīrgha-āgama Parallel to the Tevijja-sutta”, Asian Literature and Translation: A Journal of Religion and Culture, 2015, 3.4: 1–27. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies) download
110) “A Brief Criticism of the ‘Two Paths to Liberation’ Theory”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2016, 11: 38–51. (reused in Early Buddhist Meditation Studies) download
111) “A Brief History of Buddhist Absorption”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.3: 571–586. (reused in Developments in Buddhist Meditation Traditions) download
112) “The Buddha and His Son”, Mindfulness, Special Issue on Mindful Parenting, 2021, 12.2: 269–274. download
113) “The Buddha and Omniscience”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2006, 7: 1–20. download
114) “The Buddha’s Awakening”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.9: 2141–2148. download
115) “The Buddha’s Awakening Insights, His Role, and His Smile, Together with a Reassessment of the ‘Play of Formulas'”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2023, 20: 1–36. download
116) “The Buddha’s Fire Miracles”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2015, 9: 9–42. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies) download
117) “The Buddha’s Last Meditation in the Dīrgha-āgama”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2014, 15: 1–43. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies) download
118) “The Buddha’s Past Life as a Princess in the Ekottarika-āgama”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2015, 22: 95–137. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
119) “The Buddha’s Pre-awakening Practices and Their Mindful Transformation”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.8: 1892–1898. download
120) “The Buddha’s Truly Praiseworthy Qualities – According to the Mahāsakuludāyi-sutta and its Chinese Parallel”, Journal of the Pali Text Society, 2009, 30: 137–160. (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
121) “Buddhist Antecedents to the Body Scan Meditation”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.1: 194–202. (reused in Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change) download
122) “Canonical Exegesis in the Theravāda Vinaya”, (in collaboration with Bhikkhu Brahmāli) Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2017, 24: 225–246. download
123) “Canonical Jātaka Tales in Comparative Perspective – The Evolution of Tales of the Buddha’s Past Lives”, Fuyan Buddhist Studies, 2012, 7: 75–100. download
(based on an extract from The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal)
– Chinese trsl.: 從對讀觀點看佛典中的「本生經」—佛陀諸多前生故事的演進, ibid. 101–113.
124) “The Case for Reviving the Bhikkhunī Order by Single Ordination”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2018, 25: 931–962. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
125) “The Case of Sudinna: On the Function of Vinaya Narrative, Based on a Comparative Study of the Background Narration to the First Pārājika Rule”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2012, 19: 396–438. (reprinted in Vinaya Studies) download
126) “The Centrality of Mindfulness-related Meditations in Early Buddhist Discourse”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.8: 1935–1942. (reused in Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change) download
127) “The Challenge of Pain”, Insight Journal, 2018, 44: 11–20. download
128) “Channa’s Suicide in the Saṃyukta-āgama”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2010, 27.2: 125–137. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies)
129) “The Chinese Madhyama-āgama and the Pāli Majjhima-nikāya – In the Footsteps of Thich Minh Chau”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2008, 9: 1–21. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
130) “The Chinese Parallels to the Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta (1)”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2012, 3: 12–46. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies) download
131) “The Chinese Parallels to the Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta (2)”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2013, 5: 9–41. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
132) “The Chinese Version of the Dantabhūmi Sutta”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2006, 23.1: 5–19. (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
133) “Chos sbyin gyi mdo, Bhikṣuṇī Dharmadinnā Proves Her Wisdom”, Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal, 2011, 24: 3–33. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
134) “Christian Insight Meditation”, Insight Journal, 2024, 50: 1–12. download
135) “Clear Knowing and Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.4: 862–871. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
136) “Clearing the Path Continues: Notes on Ñāṇavīra Thera’s ‘Notes on Dhamma’,” Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2021, 18: 97‒117. download
137) “Comparative Notes on the Madhyama-āgama”, Fuyan Buddhist Studies, 2007, 2: 33–56. download
– Chinese trsl.: 《中阿含》比較研究摘要, ibid.: 1–32.
138) “Compassion in the Āgamas and Nikāyas”, Dharma Drum Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2015, 16: 1–30. (reused in Developments in Buddhist Meditation Traditions) download
139) “Confronting Racism with Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.10: 2283–2297. (reused in Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change) download
140) “Consciousness and Dependent Arising”, Insight Journal, 2019, 46: 55–63. download
– Italian trsl.: “Coscienza e genesi dipendente”, Āgama Research Group, 2020. download
141) “The Conversion of Aṅgulimāla in the Saṃyukta-āgama”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2008, 25.2: 135–148. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies)
142) “The Conversion of the Brahmin Sela in the Ekottarika-āgama”, Thai International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2011, 2: 37–56. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
143) “Correspondence Table for Parallels to the Discourses of the Majjhima Nikāya: Toward a Revision of Akanuma’s Comparative Catalogue”, (in collaboration with Rod Bucknell), Journal of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka, 2006, 4: 215–243. download
144) “Craving and dukkha”, Insight Journal, 2019, 45: 35–42. download
145) “Crescendo Repetitions: From the Madhyama-āgama to the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā”, Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 2024, 27: 49–76. download
146) “The Cullavagga on Bhikkhunī Ordination”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2015, 22: 401–448. (reprinted in Vinaya Studies) download
– reprinted as a booklet together with translations into Sinhala, Thai and Burmese: West Malaysia, Selangor 2016. download
147) “Dabba’s Self-cremation in the Saṃyukta-āgama”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2012, 29.2: 153–174. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies)
148) “The Dangers of Mindfulness: Another Myth?”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.12: 2890–2895. (partially reused in Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change) download
149) “Debate with a Sceptic – The Dīrgha-āgama Parallel to the Pāyāsi-sutta (1)”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2012, 13: 1–26. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies) download
150) “Debate with a Sceptic – The Dīrgha-āgama Parallel to the Pāyāsi-sutta (2)”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2013, 14: 1–27. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies) download
151) “Definitions of Right Concentration in Comparative Perspective”, Singaporean Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2019, 5: 9–39. download
152) “Dependent Arising”, Insight Journal, 2020, 46: 1–8. download
Italian trsl.: “Genesi dipendente”, Āgama Research Group, 2020. download
153) “Dependent Arising and Interdependence”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.5: 1094–1102. (partially reused in Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change) download
– Italian trsl.: “Genesi dipendente e interdipendenza,” Āgama Research Group, 2022. download
154) “The Development of Insight – A Study of the U Ba Khin Vipassanā Meditation Tradition as Taught by S.N. Goenka in Comparison with Insight Teachings in the Early Discourses”, Fuyan Buddhist Studies, 2011, 6: 151–174. download
155) “The Development of the Pāli Udāna Collection”, Bukkyō Kenkyū, 2009, 37: 39–72. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies) download
156) “Dimensions of the ‘Body’ in Tranquility Meditation”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.10: 2388–2393. download
157) “Discourse Merger in the Ekottarika-āgama (1), The Parallel to the Bhaddāli-sutta and the Laṭukikopama-sutta, Together with Notes on the Chinese Translation of the Collection”, Singaporean Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2015, 2: 5–35. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
158) “Discourse Merger in the Ekottarika-āgama (2), The Parallels to the Kakacūpama-sutta and the Alagaddūpama-sutta”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka, 2014/2015, 12: 63–90. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
159) “Early Buddhism”, Insight Journal, 2023, 49: 23–34. (partially reused in Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change)
– Italian trsl.: “Il buddhismo antico”, Āgama Research Group, 2023. download
– Spanish trsl.: “El buddhismo temprano”, Āgama Research Group, 2023. download
160) “Early Buddhist Meditation, Part 1: The Immeasurables”, Mindfulness, 2024, 15.1: 253–256. download
– Dutch trsl.: “Vroegboeddhistische Meditatie, Deel 1: De onmetelijkheden,” Simsara, 3–7, 2025.
161) “Early Buddhist Meditation, Part 2: Nondual Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2024, 15.2: 518–522. download
162) “Early Buddhist Meditation, Part 3: The Establishments of Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2024, 15.3: 733–736. download
163) “Early Buddhist Meditation, Part 4: Mindfulness of Breathing”, Mindfulness, 2024, 15.4: 991–994. download
164) “Early Buddhist Meditation, Part 5: Dimensions of Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2024, 15.5: 1252–1255. download
165) “Early Buddhist Mindfulness and Memory, the Body, and Pain”, Mindfulness, 2016, 7.6: 1271–1280. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness)
166) “Early Buddhist Oral Transmission and the Problem of Accurate Source Monitoring”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.12: 2715–2724. download (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness)
167) “Education and Mindfulness: An Early Buddhist Contribution to the Ongoing Dialogue”, Mindfulness, 2022, 13.10: 2413–2419. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness)
168) “Effects of Mindfulness-Based Positive Behavior Support (MBPBS) Training Are Equally Beneficial for Mothers and Their Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or With Intellectual Disabilities”, (in collaboration with Nirbhay N. Singh, G.E. Lancioni, B.T. Karazsia, R.E. Myers, and Y.-S. Hwang), Frontiers in Psychology, 2019, 10.385: 1–13.
169) “Effects of Mindful Practices on Terror of Mortality: A Randomized Controlled Trial” (in collaboration with Oleg Medvedev, Nirbhay N. Singh, and Marie Dhaussy), Mindfulness, 2022, 13.12: 3043–3057.
170) “The Ekottarika-āgama Parallel to the Saccavibhaṅga-sutta and the Four (Noble) Truths”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2006, 23.2: 145–153. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies)
171) “The Emphasis on the Present Moment in the Cultivation of Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.3: 571–581. download (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness)
172) “Emptiness Requires Contextualization: On Rob Burbea’s ‘Seeing That Frees’,” Insight Journal, 2025, 52: 35–70 download.
173) “Emptiness Requires Contextualization (2): Clinging and Liberation,” Insight Journal, 2025, 52: 101–127. download.
174) “Energy Practices and Mindfulness Meditation”, (in collaboration with Christiane Steffens-Dhaussy, Fred Gallo, and Dawn Scott) Mindfulness, 2022, 13.11: 2705–2713. (reused in Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change)
175) “Ethical Dimensions of Mindfulness in Early Buddhist Thought”, The Humanist Psychologist, 2021, 49.1: 89–93.
176) “Exemplary Qualities of a Monastic – The Saṃyukta-āgama Counterpart to the Mahāgopālaka-sutta and the Need of Balancing Inner Development with Concern for Others”, Sri Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2010, 1: 1–23. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies) download
177) “Exploring Satipaṭṭhāna in Study and Practice”, Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2014, 10: 73–95. download audio
Chinese German
178) “External Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.7: 1632–1646. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
179) “The First Saṅgīti and Theravāda Monasticism”, Sri Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2015, 4: 2–17. (reprinted in Vinaya Studies) download
180) “The Five ‘Fingers’ of Name”, Insight Journal, 2020, 46: 27–36. download
Italian trsl: “Le cinque dita del nome”, Āgama Research Group, 2020. download
181) “Food and Insight”, Insight Journal, 2019, 45: 1–10. download
182) “The Four Assemblies and Theravāda Buddhism”, The Mahā Bodhi, 2015, 122: 13–21. download
183) “Four Element Meditation”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.1: 215–225. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
184) “The Four Levels of Awakening”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.4: 831–840. (reused in Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change) download
185) “From Compassion to Self-Compassion: A Text-Historical Perspective” (in collaboration with Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā), Mindfulness, 2021, 12.6: 1350–1360.
– Italian trsl.: “Dalla compassione alla self-compassion: una prospettiva storico-testuale”, Āgama Research Group, 2023. download
– Spanish trsl.: “De la compasión a la autocompasión: una perspectiva histórico-textual”, Āgama Research Group, 2023. download
186) “The Function of Silence in Āgama Literature,” Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 2023, 26: 67–76. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
187) “Global Concerns and Local Requirements in the Bhikkhunī Ordination Controversy”, 元智全球在地文化報, 2013, 36: 2–3. download
188) “The Going Forth of Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī in T 60”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2016, 23: 1–31. (reprinted in Vinaya Studies) download
189) “A Gradual Entry into Emptiness – Depicted in the Early Buddhist Discourses”, Thai International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2012, 3: 25–56. (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies) download
190) “The Gradual Path of Training in the Dīrgha-āgama, From Sense-restraint to Imperturbability”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2016, 17: 1–24. (reused in Early Buddhist Meditation Studies) download
191) “The Gurudharma on Bhikṣuṇī Ordination in the Mūlasarvāstivāda Tradition”, (in collaboration with Jampa Tsedroen), Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2013, 20: 743–774. download
192) “Healing in Early Buddhism”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2015, 32.1: 19–33. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies)
193) “Hearing, Reflection, and Cultivation: Relating the Three Types of Wisdom to Mindfulness,” Religions, 2021, 21.441: 1–12. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
194) “Heart Rate Variability, Mindfulness of Breathing, and Religious Identity,” (in collaboration with Oleg Medvedev) Mindfulness, 2022, 13.1: 54–56.
195) “The Historical Value of the Pāli Discourses”, Indo-Iranian Journal, 2012, 55: 223–253. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies)
196) “The Hīnayāna Fallacy”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2014, 6: 9–31. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
197) “How Compassion Became Painful”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2017, 14: 85–113. download
198) “How Mindfulness Came to Plunge Into Its Objects”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.6: 1181–1185. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
– Italian trsl.: “Come la compassione si fece dolorosa”, Āgama Research Group, 2023. download
199) “Ichimura Shohei, The Canonical Book of the Buddha’s Lengthy Discourses”, The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2020, 21: 159–170. download
200) “The Idea of Dhammadāna”, Insight Journal, 2021, 47: 1–9. download
201) “Immeasurable Meditations and Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.12: 2620–2628. download
202) “The Influxes and Mindful Eating”, Insight Journal, 2018, 44: 31–42. download
203) “In the Seen Just the Seen: Mindfulness and the Construction of Experience”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.1: 179–184. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
204) “The Insight Knowledge of Fear and Adverse Effects of Mindfulness Practices”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.10: 2172–2185. (partially reused in Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change) download
205) “An Inspired Utterance on Annihilation”, Sri Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2021, 7.1: 1–13. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
206) “The Interplay Between Meditation Theory and Practice”, Insight Journal, 2021, 47: 131–137. download
207) “Karma and Female Birth”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2014, 21: 109–153. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
208) “Lay Meditation in Early Buddhism,” Mindfulness, 2022, 13.2: 318–325. (reused in Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change)
209) “The Legal Consequences of pārājika”, Sri Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2016, 5: 1–22 (reissued 2019 in the 10th Anniversary Special Edition of the same journal). (reprinted in Vinaya Studies) download
210) “The Legality of Bhikkhunī Ordination”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Special 20th Anniversary Issue, D. Keown and C. Prebish (ed.), 2013, 20: 310–333. download
– reprinted as a booklet together with translations into Sinhala, Thai and Burmese: West Malaysia: Selangor Buddhist Vipassanā Meditation Society, 2013; and New York: Buddhist Association of the United States, 2014. download
– German trsl. Bhikkhunī Ordination, München: BGM, 2015 download
211) “Levitation in Early Buddhist Discourse”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2016, 10: 11–26. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies) download
212) “Literary Readings of Ancient Buddhist Texts: Mind the Hermeneutical Gap,” Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2024, 21: 1–59 download.
213) “The Lion’s Roar in Early Buddhism – A Study Based on the Ekottarika-āgama Parallel to the Cūḷasīhanāda-sutta”, Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal, 2009, 22: 3–23. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
214) “The Luminous Mind in Theravāda and Dharmaguptaka Discourses”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2017, 13: 10–51. (reused in Developments in Buddhist Meditation Traditions) download
215) “The Mahācattārīsaka-sutta in the Light of its Parallels – Tracing the Beginnings of Abhidharmic Thought”, Journal of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka, 2010, 8: 59–93. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
216) “Mahāpajāpatī’s Going Forth in the Madhyama-āgama”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2011, 18: 268–317. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
217) “On the Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhaya-sutta”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2019, 20: 143–157. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
218) “Mahāyāna in the Ekottarika-āgama”, Singaporean Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2013, 1: 5–43. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
219) “Maitreya and the Wheel-turning King”, Asian Literature and Translation: A Journal of Religion and Culture, 2014, 2.7: 1–29. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies) download
220) “The Mass Suicide of Monks in Discourse and Vinaya Literature”, (with an addendum by Richard Gombrich), Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2014, 7: 11–55. (reprinted in Vinaya Studies) download
221) “Meditation on the Breath: Mindfulness and Focused Attention”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.8: 1684–1691. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
222) “Meditation Maps, Attainment Claims, and the Adversities of Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.9: 2102–2112. (partially reused in Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change) download
223) “Meeting Buddhas Now, Part 1: Meditative Visions of the Buddha and Buddhafields,” Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 28: 83–108. download
224) “Meeting Buddhas Now, Part 2: Samādhi, the *Pratyutpannasamādhi-sūtra, and Prajñāpāramitā,” Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 28: 109–134. download
225) “Memories of Past Lives in Nikāya/Āgama and Mahāyāna Literature”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2023, 23: 1–22. download
226) “Mindfulness Enhances Episodic Memory Performance: Evidence from a Multimethod Investigation” (in collaboration with K. Brown, R.M. Ryan, R. Goodman), PLoS ONE, 2016, 11(4): e0153309.
227) “Mindfulness Constructs in Early Buddhism and Theravāda: Another Contribution to the Memory Debate”, Mindfulness, 2018, 9.4: 1047–1051. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
228) “Mindfulness in Early Buddhism”, Journal of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka 2013, 11: 147–174. (reused in Early Buddhist Meditation Studies) download
229) “Mindfulness of Breathing in the Saṃyukta-āgama”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2007, 24.2: 137–150. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies)
– German trsl.: “Atembetrachtung im Saṃyukta-āgama”, in Aspekte der Atembetrachtung, München: BGM 2009, 3–19. download
230) “Mindfulness-Based Interventions and the Four satipaṭṭhānas”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.4: 611–615. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
231) “The Mind-made Body and Levitation: A Brief Clarification”, Annali di Ca’ Foscari, Serie Orientale, 2021, 57: 7–8. download
232) “Miracle-working Nuns in the Ekottarika-āgama”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2015, 16: 1–27. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
233) “Monitoring and Acceptance: Key Dimensions in Establishing Mindfulness,” Mindfulness, 2022, 13.8: 1901–1906. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
234) “The Myth of McMindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.2: 472–479. (reused in Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change) download
235) “A Note on the Term Theravāda”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2013, 30.2: 216–235. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies)
236) “On the Five Aggregates (1) – A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 1 to 32”, Dharma Drum Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2012, 11: 1–61. download
237) “On the Five Aggregates (2) – A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 256 to 272”, Dharma Drum Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2013, 12: 1–69. download
238) “On the Five Aggregates (3) – A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 59 to 87”, Dharma Drum Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2013, 13: 1–65. download
239) “On the Five Aggregates (4) – A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 33 to 58”, Dharma Drum Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2014, 14: 1–71. download
240) “On the Five Aggregates (5) – A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 103 to 110”, Dharma Drum Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2014, 15: 1–64. download
241) “Once again on Bakkula”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2010, 11: 1–28. download
242) “Once again on External Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.11: 2651–2657. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
243) “Once again on Mindfulness and Memory”, Mindfulness, 2018, 9.1: 1–6. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
244) “On the Bhikkhunī Ordination Controversy”, Sri Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2014, 3: 1–20. (reprinted in Vinaya Studies) download“
– reprinted as a booklet together with translations into Sinhala, Thai and Burmese: West Malaysia, Selangor: Gotamī Vihāra Society, 2014, and New York: Buddhist Association of the United States, 2015. download
– German trsl. Bhikkhunī Ordination, München: BGM, 2015 download
245) On Rādha and Views ―A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 111 to 138 (Fascicle 6)”, Dharma Drum Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2015, 17: 1–42. download
246) “On the Supposedly Liberating Function of the First Absorption”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2016, 33.1/2: 271–280. (reused in Early Buddhist Meditation Studies) download
247) “On Time”, Insight Journal, 2019, 45: 11–20. download
248) “On the Two Paths Theory: Replies to Criticism”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2018, 15: 1–22. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
249) “On Views and Penetrative Knowledge ―A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 139 to 187 (Fascicle 7)”, Dharma Drum Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2015, 17: 43–100. download
250) “Open Monitoring and Mindfulness “, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.7: 1437–1442. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
251) “The Opening Debate in the Milindapañha”, Sri Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2021, 7.2: 15–27. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
252) “Oral Dimensions of Pāli Discourses: Pericopes, Other Mnemonic Techniques, And the Oral Performance Context”, Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2007, 3: 5–33. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies) download
– Chinese trsl. (extract): “巴利口誦傳統的形式與功能”, in 第一屆 巴利學與佛教學 術研討會, Taiwan: 南華大學世界禪學研究中心, 2006, 1–9.
253) “Orality and Writing in Early Prajñāpāramitā”, Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 2024, 27: 77–93. download
254) “Overcoming Fear by Recollecting the Buddha: His Role in Early Buddhist Texts”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.3: 594–603. download
255) “Overeating and Mindfulness in Ancient India”, Mindfulness, 2018, 9.5: 1648–1654, download
256) “Paccekabuddhas in the Isigili-sutta and its Ekottarika-āgama Parallel”, Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2010, 6: 5–36. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
257) “Pārājika Does Not Necessarily Entail Expulsion”, Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 2019, 22: 3–8. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
258) “Plumbing the Depth of Absorption (jhāna),” Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2024, 21: 117–158 download.
259) “The Potential of Facing Anger with Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2018 9.6: 1966–1972. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
260) “The Potential of Pleasant Feelings”, Insight Journal, 2018, 44: 1–10. download
261) “Pratyekabuddhas in the Ekottarika-āgama”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2015, 8: 10–27. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
262) “Protecting Oneself and Others Through Mindfulness – The Acrobat Simile in the Saṃyukta-āgama“, Sri Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2012, 2: 1–23. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies) download
Italian trsl.: “Proteggere se stessi e gli altri attraverso la presenza mentale, la similitudine dell’acrobata nel Saṃyukta-āgama”, Āgama Research Group, 2020. download
263) “Purification in Early Buddhist Discourse and Buddhist Ethics”, Bukkyō Kenkyū, 2012, 40: 67–97. (reprinted in Vinaya Studies) download
264) “Qualities of a True Recluse (Samaṇa) –According to the Samaṇamaṇḍikā-sutta and its Madhyama-āgama Parallel”, Journal of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka, 2009, 7: 153–184. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
265) “The Qualities Pertinent to Awakening: Bringing Mindfulness Home”, Mindfulness, 2022, 13.12: 2979–2996. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness)
266) “Rebirth and the Gandhabba”, Mahachulalongkorn Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2008, 1: 91–105. download
267) “Rebirth and the West”, Insight Journal, 2019, 45: 55–64. download
268) “Reflections on Comparative Āgama Studies”, Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal, 2008, 21: 3–21. download
269) “Reinterpreting Absorption: A Critical Examination of a Trend in Buddhist Studies”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2022, 19: 121–149. download
270) “Relating Equanimity to Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.11: 2635–2644. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
271) “Remembering with Wisdom Is Not Intrinsic to All Forms of Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2018, 9.6: 1987–1990. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
272) “The Revival of the Bhikkhunī Order and the Decline of the Sāsana”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2013, 20: 110–193. (reprinted in Vinaya Studies) download
273) “Right View and the Scheme of the Four Truths in Early Buddhism, The Saṃyukta-āgama Parallel to the Sammādiṭṭhi-sutta and the Simile of the Four Skills of a Physician”, Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2011, 7: 11–44. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies) download
274) “The Robes of a bhikkhunī” (in collaboration with Oskar von Hinüber), Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2016, 13: 79–90. download
275) “The Role of Absorption for Entering the Stream”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2022, 19: 1–26. download
276) “The Role of Brahmā in Pāli Discourses”, The Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities, 2004, 29/30: 157–166.
277) “The Role of Mindfulness in the Cultivation of Absorption”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.11: 2341–2351. download
278) “Saccaka’s Challenge – A Study of the Saṃyukta-āgama Parallel to the Cūḷasaccaka-sutta in Relation to the Notion of Merit Transfer”, Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal, 2010, 23: 39–70. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies) download
279) “Śakra and the Destruction of Craving – A Case Study in the Role of Śakra in Early Buddhism”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2011, 12: 157–176. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies) download
280) “The Saṃyukta-āgama Parallel to the Sāleyyaka-sutta”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2006, 13: 1–22. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies) download
281) “The Scope of Free Inquiry – According to the Vīmaṃsaka-sutta and its Madhyama-āgama Parallel”, Rivista di Studi Sudasiatici, 2010, 4: 7–20. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
282) “Selected Madhyama-āgama Discourse Passages and their Pāli Parallels”, Dharma Drum Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2016, 19: 1–61. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies) download
283) “The Seven Stages of Purification in Comparative Perspective”, Journal of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka, 2005, 3: 126–138. download
284) “Sarah Shaw: Mindfulness: Where it Comes from and What it Means”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.8: 2035–2037. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
285) “Situating Mindfulness, Part 1: Early Buddhism and Scientific Research in Psychology,” Mindfulness, 2022, 13.3: 577–583. (reused in Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change) download
286) “Situating Mindfulness, Part 2: Early Buddhist Soteriology,” Mindfulness, 2022, 13.4: 855–862. (reused in Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change) download
287) “Situating Mindfulness, Part 3: Unmasking Buddhism?,” Mindfulness, 2022, 13.5: 1136–1143. (reused in Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change)
288) “On the Six Sense-spheres (1) ―A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 188 to 229 (Fascicle 8)”, Dharma Drum Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2016, 18: 1–61. download
289) “On the Six Sense-spheres (2) ―A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 230 to 249”, Satyābhisamaya, 2019, 88: 75–131. download
290) “On the Six Sense-spheres (3) ―A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 250 to 255”, Satyābhisamaya, 2019, 90: 139–187. download
291) “The Sixfold Purity of an Arahant, According to the Chabbisodhana-sutta and its Parallel”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2008, 15: 241–277. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
292) “The Sixteen Steps of Mindfulness of Breathing in Three Vinayas”, Anveṣaṇā, 2016, 10–25.
293) “The Sixty-two Views – A Comparative Study”, Fuyan Buddhist Studies, 2010, 5: 23–42, (based on extracts from “Views and the Tathāgata”). download
294) “Skill in Means and Mindfulness,” Mindfulness, Special Issue on Compassion and Skillful Means, 2023, 14.10: 2323–2330. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
295) “Somatics of Early Buddhist Mindfulness and How to Face Anxiety”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.6: 1520–1526. (reprinted in Facets of Mindfulness) download
296) “Some Pāli Discourses in the Light of Their Chinese Parallels”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2005, 22.1: 1–14. download
– Chinese trsl.: 他山之石可以攻錯 (1)─借助四阿含解讀巴利經典, Satyābhisamaya, 2007, 42: 115–134.
297) “Some Pāli Discourses in the Light of Their Chinese Parallels (2)”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2005, 22.2: 93–105. download
– Chinese trsl.: 他山之石可以攻錯 (2)─借助四阿含解讀巴利經典, Satyābhisamaya, 2008, 43: 23–42.
298) “Some Renditions of the Term Tathāgata in the Chinese Āgamas”, Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 2017, 20: 11–21. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies) download
299) “Structural Aspects of the Majjhima-nikāya”, Bukkyō Kenkyū, 2010, 38: 35–70. download
300) “Superiority Conceit in Buddhist Traditions: A Survey of Reviews”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2023, 20: 57–79. download
301) “Summaries of the Dharma, A Translation of Dīrgha-āgama Discourse.12”, Asian Literature and Translation: A Journal of Religion and Culture, 2013, 1.6: 1–14. (reprinted in Dīrga-āgama Studies) download
302) “The Tale of King Ma(k)hādeva in the Ekottarika-āgama and the Cakravartin Motif”, Journal of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka, 2011, 9: 43–77. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
303) “The Tale of King Nimi in the Ekottarika-āgama”, Journal of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka, 2012, 10: 69–94. (reprinted in Ekottarika-āgama Studies) download
304) “A Task for Mindfulness: Facing Climate Change”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.9: 1926–1935. (reused in Mindfulness Between Early Buddhism and Climate Change) download
– Italian trsl.: “Un compito per la presenza mentale: affrontare il cambiamento climatico”, Āgama Research Group, 2019. download
– Portuguese trsl.: “Uma Tarefa de Atenção Plena (Mindfulness): Enfrentar a Mudança Climática”, Āgama Research Group, 2022. download
305) “Teaching the Abhidharma in the Heaven of the Thirty-three, The Buddha and His Mother”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2012, 2: 9–35. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies) download
306) “Teachings to Lay Disciples – The Saṃyukta-āgama Parallel to the Anāthapiṇḍikovāda-sutta”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2010, 27.1: 3–14. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies).
307) “The Tevijjavacchagotta-sutta and the Anupada-sutta in Relation to the Emergence of Abhidharma Thought”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2020, 17: 21–33. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
308) “Theories on the Foundation of the Nuns’ Order – A Critical Evaluation”, Journal of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka, 2008, 6: 105–142. (reprinted in Vinaya Studies) download
309) “The Treatise on the Path to Liberation (解脫道論) and the Visuddhimagga”, Fuyan Buddhist Studies, 2009, 4: 1–15, (based on extracts from “Vimuttimagga”). download
– Chinese trsl.: 《解脫道論》與《清淨道論》, ibid.: 16–28.
310) “The Underlying Tendencies”, Insight Journal, 2018, 44: 21–30. download
311) “Vakkali’s Suicide in the Chinese Āgamas”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2011, 28.2: 155–170. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies)
312) “The Validity of bhikkhunī Ordination by bhikkhus Only, According to the Pāli Vinaya”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2017, 12: 9–25. (reprinted in Vinaya Studies) download
313) “The Vekhanassa-sutta and its Madhyama-āgama Parallel – A Case Study in the Transmission of the Pāli Discourses”, Journal of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka, 2007, 5: 89–104. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
314) “The Verses on an Auspicious Night, Explained by Mahākaccāna – A Study and Translation of the Chinese Version”, Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2008, 4: 5–27. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
315) “The Vessantara-Jātaka and Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya Narrative”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2016, 11: 11–37. (reprinted in Vinaya Studies) download
316) “The Vicissitudes of Memory and Early Buddhist Oral Transmission”, Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2009, 5: 5–19. download
317) “‘Visions of the Buddha’: A Critical Reply”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2021, 18: 1‒36. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
318) “Visualization in Early Buddhism,” Mindfulness, 2022, 13.9: 2155–2161.
319) “What the Buddha would not do, According to the Bāhitika-sutta and its Madhyama-āgama parallel”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2007, 14: 153–179. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)
320) “What About Neutral Feelings?”, Insight Journal, 2017, 43: 1–10. download
321) “Why Be Mindful of Feelings?”, Contemporary Buddhism, Special Issue: Knowing How it Feels: The Definition, Practice, and Psychology of vedanā, 2018, 19.1: 47–53.
322) “Women in Early Buddhism”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2019, 16: 33–76. (reprinted in Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature) download
Encyclopedia Entries:
In the list below, BEB stands for Brill’s Encyclopedia of Buddhism, vol. 1 J. Silk, O. von Hinüber, and V. Eltschinger (ed.), vol. 2 J. Silk, R. Bowring, V. Eltschinger, M. Radich (ed.), Leiden: Brill, EB stands for Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, W.G. Weeraratne (ed.), Sri Lanka: Department of Buddhist Affairs; EIR stands for Encyclopedia of Indian Religions, Buddhism and Jainism, K.T.S Sarao and J.D. Long (ed.), Dordrecht: Springer; EMB stands for Encyclopedia of Mindfulness, Buddhism and Other Contemplative Practices, Nirbhay N. Singh (ed.), Dordrecht: Springer; ESR stands for Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions, A.L.C. Runehov & L. Oviedo (ed.), Dordrecht: Springer; and OBB for Oxford Bibliographies in Buddhism, R. Payne (ed.)., New York: Oxford University Press.
323) “Absorption in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
324) “Āgama/Nikāya”, in BEB 2015, 1: 50–59.
325) “Aggregate in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
326) “Anāgāmin”, in EIR, 2017, 99–101.
– Italian trsl.: “Anāgāmin”, Āgama Research Group, 2022. download
327) “Anattā”, in ESR, 2013, 96–98.
328) “Anicca”, in EIR, 2017, 127–129.
329) “Arahant”, in EIR, 2017, 138–144.
– Italian trsl.: “Arahant”, Āgama Research Group, 2022. download
330) “Arahant in Early Buddhist Soteriology”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
331) “Asceticism (Buddhism)”, in EIR, 2017, 161–164.
332) “Asceticism in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
333) “Attention and Mindfulness in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
334) “Avijjā”, in EIR, 2017, 202–205.
335) “Awakening”, in ESR, 2013, 183–185.
336) “Awakening in Early Buddhist Soteriology”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
337) “Awakening Factor in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
338) “Bare Awareness in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
339) “Base of Success in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
340) “Bhāvanā”, in EIR, 2017, 228–230.
341) “Bodhisattva Ideal”, in ESR, 2013, 275–277.
342) “Bodhisattva Ideal in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
343) “Body in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
344) “Body Scan in Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
345) “Brahmā”, in EIR, 2017, 268–270.
346) “Brahmā, Śakra, and Māra”, in BEB, 2019, 85–91.
347) “Breath Meditation in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
348) “Buddha’s First Sermon”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
349) “Buddhist Canonical Literature”, in ESR, 2013, 297–300.
350) “Buddhist Meditation Practices”, in ESR, 2013, 300–302.
351) “Chinese Āgamas”, in OBB, 2017, DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780195393521-0250.
352) “Clear Discernment in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
353) “Clinging in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
354) “Compassion in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
355) “Concentration in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
356) “Consciousness”, in ESR, 2013, 473–475.
357) “Cosmology and Meditation in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
358) “Craving”, in EIR, 2017, 332–334.
359) “Craving in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
360) “Death in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
361) “Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta”, in EIR, 2017, 372–374.
362) “Defilement in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
363) “Dependent Arising”, in ESR, 2013, 608–610.
364) “Dependent Arising in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
365) “Divine Abode in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
366) “Dukkha”, in ESR, 2013, 647–649.
367) “Dukkha in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
368) “Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
369) “Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
370) “Earth, Buddhism”, in EIR, 2017, 417–419.
371) “Eightfold Path in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
372) “Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
373) “Equanimity and Mindfulness in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
374) “Establishment of Mindfulness in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
375) “External Mindfulness in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
376) “Fasting and Overeating in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
377) “Feeling in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
378) “Fetter in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
379) “Four Noble Truths”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
380) “God and Devil in Buddhism”, in ESR 2013, 952–954 .
381) “Gotama Buddha”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
382) “Higher Knowledge in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
383) “Hīnayāna Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
– Italian trsl.: “Il buddhismo ‘hīnayāna'”, Āgama Research Group, 2023. download
384) “Hindrances”, in ESR 2013, 987–989.
385) “Hindrance in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
386) “Iddhi”, in EIR, 2017, 573–575.
387) “Ignorance in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
388) “Immaterial Sphere in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
389) “Impermanence”, in ESR 2013, 1044–1046.
390) “Impermanence in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
391) “Influx in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
392) “Insight”, in EIR, 2017, 578–581.
393) “Insight in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
394) “Insight Knowledge in Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
395) “Intention in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
396) “Jarā-maraṇa”, in EIR, 2017, 585–587.
397) “Karma”, in ESR 2013, 1119–1121.
398) “Karma in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
399) “Kasiṇa in Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
400) “Lay Meditation in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
401) “Levitation in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
402) “Liberation in Buddhism”, in EIR, 2017, 696–701.
403) “Liberation in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
404) “Māra”, in EIR, 2017, 749–751.
405) “Mind, Buddhism”, in EIR, 2017, 779–781.
406) “Mind in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
407) “Mindfulness”, in ESR, 2013, 1323–1325.
408) “Mindfulness in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
409) “Mindfulness in Theravāda Buddhism “, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
410) “Nāma-rūpa”, in EIR, 2017, 802–804.
411) “Nimitta”, in EB, 2003, 7.1: 177–179. download
-Italian trsl.: “Nimitta nel buddhismo antico”, Āgama Research Group, 2023. download
412) “Nirvana in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
413) “Nonduality in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
– Italian trsl.: “Non-dualità nel pensiero del buddhismo antico”, Āgama Research Group, 2023. download
414) “Non-return in Early Buddhist Soteriology”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
415) “Not Self in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
416) “Omniscience in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
417) “Once-return in Early Buddhist Soteriology”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
418) “Oral Transmission”, in EIR, 2017, 820–822.
419) “Paccekabuddha in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
420) “Pain in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
421) “Passion in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
422) “Rāga”, in EB, 2005, 7.3: 478–481. download
423) “Rathavinīta Sutta”, in EB, 2005, 7.3: 518–520. download
424) “Rebirth in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
425) “Recitation in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
426) “Recollection in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
427) “Right Endeavor in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
428) “Sakadāgāmi”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 626–627. download
429) “Sakadāgāmin”, in EIR, 2017, 1029–1031.
– Italian trsl.: “Sakadāgāmin”, Āgama Research Group, 2022. download
430) “Sakkāyadiṭṭhi”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 641–644. download
431) “Samādhi”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 650–655. download
432) “Sāmaññaphala Sutta”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 665–667. download
433) “Samatha”, in EIR, 2017, 1038–1041.
434) “Samatha & Vipassanā”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 673–675. download
435) “Sammādiṭṭhi”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 675–679. download
436) “Sampajañña”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 682–683. download
437) “Saṅkhārā”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 732–737. download
438) “Saṃkhāra”, in EIR, 2017, 1045–1048.
439) “Santuṭṭhi”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 755–756. download
440) “Sati”, in EB, 2007, 8.1: 7–12. download
441) “Satipaṭṭhāna”, in EB, 2007, 8.1: 12–15. download
442) “Satipaṭṭhāna”, in EIR, 2017, 1089–1092.
443) “Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta”, in EB, 2007, 8.1: 15–18. download
444) “Satipaṭṭhāna-sutta”, in OBB, 2016, DOI 10.1093/OBO/9780195393521-0217.
445) “Sotāpanna”, in EIR, 2017, 1126–1129.
– Italian trsl.: “Sotāpanna”, Āgama Research Group, 2022. download
446) “Sotāpatti”, in EB, 2007, 8.1: 141–144. download
447) “Spiritual Faculty in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
448) “Stream-entry in Early Buddhist Soteriology”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
449) “Suicide”, in EB, 2007, 8.1: 161–164. download
450) “Suicide in Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
451) “Sukha”, in EB, 2007, 8.1: 164–168. download
452) “Śūnyatā”, in EB, 2007, 8.1: 194–200. download
453) “Taṇhā”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 244–250. download
454) “Tathāgata”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 277–283. download
455) “Tathāgata”, in EIR, 2017, 1184–1186.
456) “Tevijjavacchagotta Sutta”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 302–303. download
457) “Thīna-middha”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 325–326. download
458) “Thinking in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
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459) “Tranquility in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
460) “Truths, Four Noble”, in ESR 2013, 2307–2309.
461) “Tuṇhībhāva”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 372–373. download
462) “U Ba Khin”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 373–374. download
463) “Udāna”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 375–384. download
464) “Uddesavibhaṅga Sutta”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 389–390. download
465) “Uddhaccakukkucca”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 390–393. download
466) “Underlying Tendency in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
467) “Upādāna”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 402–408. download
468) “Upakkilesa Sutta”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 420–422. download
469) “Upekkhā”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 442–449. download
470) “Uttarakuru”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 460–461. download
471) “Uttarimanussadhamma”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 462–465. download
472) “Vācā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 466–467. download
473) “Vacīkamma”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 468–470. download
474) “Vammika Sutta”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 494. download
475) “Vāseṭṭha Sutta”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 494–496. download
476) “Vatthūpama Sutta”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 512–513. download
477) “Vedanā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 513–517. download
478) “Vedanānupassanā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 517–521. download
479) “Veramaṇī”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 522–525. download
480) “Vesārajja”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 540–541. download
481) “Veyyākaraṇa”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 549–554. download
482) “Vibhajjavāda”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 556–558. download
483) “Vibhava”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 558–560. download
484) “Vibhavataṇhā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 560–561. download
485) “Vicikicchā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 561–564. download
486) “Vihesā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 597–598. download
487) “Vihiṃsā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 599–600. download
488) “Vijjacaraṇa”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 601–605. download
489) “Vīmaṃsā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 607–609. download
490) “Vīmaṃsaka Sutta”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 609–610. download
491) “Vimokkha”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 611–613. download
492) “Vimuttāyatana”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 613–615. download
493) “Vimutti”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 615–622. download
494) “Vimuttimagga”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 622–632. download
495) “Vinaya”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 647–650. download
496) “Viññāṇa”, in EIR, 2017, 1349–1351.
497) “Viññāṇañcāyatana”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 667–668. download
498) “Vipāka”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 669–671. download
499) “Vipassanā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 672–681. download
500) “Vipassanāñāṇa”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 681–686. download
501) “Virāga”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 688–690. download
502) “Viriya”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 691–695. download
503) “Vitakka”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 712–716. download
504) “Vitakkasaṇṭhāna Sutta”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 717–718. download
505) “Vivāda”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 718–720. download
506) “Viveka”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 720–722. download
507) “Vohāra”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 723–725. download
508) “Vossagga”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 725–728. download
509) “Vyāpāda”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 728–732. download
510) “War and Peace”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 733–739. download
511) “Waxing Syllables”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 740–741. download
512) “Wholesomeness in Early Buddhist Soteriology”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
513) “Women in Buddhism”, in ESR 2013, 2347–2349.
514) “Writing”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 764–768. download
515) “Yamakapāṭihāriya”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 776–777. download
516) “Yāna”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 778–780. download
517) “Yañña”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 780–782. download
518) “Yasa”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 783–784. download
519) “Yathābhūtañāṇadassana”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 791–797. download
520) “Yinshun”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 797–798. download
521) “Yodhājīva Sutta”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 798–799. download
522) “Yoga”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 799–802. download
523) “Yona”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 807–808. download
524) “Yoniso manasikāra”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 809–815. download
525) “Yuganaddha Sutta”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 815–817. download
526) “Zeng-yi A-han”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 822–827. download
527) “Zhong A-han”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 827–830. download