Publications by Bhikkhu Anālayo

Bhikkhu Anālayo’s genius is, in part, to [analyze] the terse, sometimes obscure language of the Buddha’s discourses and reveal them as fresh, practical guidance for contemporary meditators.

-Guy Armstrong

Books

1)       Abiding in Emptiness: A Guide for Meditative Practice, New York: Wisdom Publications, 2024.

2)       Bhikkhunī Ordination from Ancient India to Contemporary Sri Lanka / භික්ෂුණී පැවිද්දපුරාණ ඉන්දියාවේ පටන් වර්තමාන 
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව දක්වා, New Taipei City: Āgama Research Group, 2018. download
– Italian trsl.: L’ordinazione monastica delle bhikkhunī: dall’India antica allo Sri Lanka contemporaneo (in preparation).
– Myanmar trsl.: ဘိက္ခုနီဥပသမ္ပဒါပြုခြင်း ရှေးခေတ်အိန္ဒိယမှသည် မျက်မှောက်ခေတ်သီရိလင်္ကာသို့, New Taipei City: Āgama Research Group, 2023. download
– Thai trsl.: การอุปสมบทภิกษุณีจากอินเดียยุคโบราณจนถึงศรีลังกาในยุคปัจจุบัน (in preparation).

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.
– 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.: Vedanā e visione penetrante: la sensazione secondo il buddhismo antico, Napoli: Diana Edizioni (in preparation).

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)       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.

15)       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.

16)       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.
– German trsl.: (in preparation), Herrnschrot: Beyerlein & Steinschulte.
– Italian trsl.: Dall’attacamento al vuoto, Escursioni nel pensiero del buddhismo antico II, Napoli, Diana Edizioni, 2019.

17)       The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal, (Hamburg Buddhist Studies 1), Hamburg: Hamburg University Press, 2010. download

18)       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.

19)       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).

20)       Madhyama-āgama Studies, (Dharma Drum Buddhist College Research Series 5), Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation, 2012. download

21)       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.

22)       Mindfully Facing Climate Change, Barre: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, 2019. download
– Italian trsl.: La presenza mentale e cambiamento climatico, Napoli: Diana Edizioni (in preparation).

23)       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.

24)       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,

25)       Mindfulness in Early Buddhism, Characteristics and Functions, Cambridge: Windhorse, 2020. download

26)       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.
– Korean trsl.: 한역으로 읽는 알아차림의 확립 수행, 알아차림의 확립에 대한 새로운 관점, Seoul: Minjoksa, 2021.
– Russian trsl.: Перспективы Сатипаттханы. Moscow: Svatan Research Center, 2018.

27)       The Perfection of Wisdom in First Bloom: Relating Early Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā to Āgama Literature, New York: Wisdom, 2025 (forthcoming).

28)       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, (forthcoming).

29)       Saṃyukta-āgama Studies, (Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts Research Series 2), Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation, 2015. download

30)       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.

31)       Satipaṭṭhāna Meditation: A Practice Guide, Cambridge: Windhorse, 2018. download
– Dutch trsl.: Praktijkboek satipatthana, Waarbeke: Asoka Publishers, 2021.
– Italian trsl.: Meditazione satipaṭṭhāna secondo il buddhismo antico, una guida pratica, Napoli: Diana Edizioni, forthcoming.
– 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.

32)       The Scripture on the Monk Nāgasena, BDK English Tripiṭaka Series, Berkeley: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2021. download

33)       The Signless and the Deathless: On the Realization of Nirvana, New York: Wisdom Publications, 2023.

34)       Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature, New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. download

35)       Superiority Conceit in Buddhist Traditions, A Historical Perspective, Somerville: Wisdom Publications, 2021.
– Chinese trsl.: 從歷史視角觀察佛教傳統裡的傲慢 (provisional title), Taipei: Dharma Drum Corporation (in preparation)
– Italian trsl.: Presunzione di superiorità e tradizioni buddhiste: una prospettiva storico-religiosa, Roma: Ubiliber, 2024 (in preparation)
– Thai trsl.:  ก้าวพ้นความทระนงในนิกาย (provisional title), Bangkok: สำนักพิมพ์สำนักนิสิตสามย่าน (in preparation).

36)       Vinaya Studies, (Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts Research Series 7), Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation, 2017. download

Chapters in books:

37)       “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.

38)       “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. download

39)       “Bhikṣuṇī Ordination”, in Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Ethics, D. Cozort and J.M. Shields (ed.), 2018, 116–134, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

40)       “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. download

41)       “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)

42)       “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.

43)       “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. download
– Chinese trsl.: 上座部觀禪的原動力, Dharma Drum Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2010, 7: 1–22.

44)       “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).

45)       “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)

46)       “Fa-xian and the Chinese Āgamas”, in India on the Silk Route, K. Sheel et al. (ed.), Delhi: Buddhist World Press, 2010, 57–93.

47)       “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.

48)       “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

49)       “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.

50)       “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.

51)       “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. download

52)       “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.
– Chinese trsl.: 註釋書對阿含經文的影響, Satyābhisamaya, 2009, 48: 1–48.

53)       “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)

54)       “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. download

55)       “Meditation Leading to Suicide”, in Meditation Sickness, C. P. Salguero (ed.), (forthcoming).

56)       “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

57)       “The Meditative Cultivation of Joy”, in Felicitation Volume for Corrado Pensa, C. Neri and F. Sferra (ed.), (forthcoming).

58)       “Mindfulness in the Pāli Nikāyas”, in Buddhist Thought and Applied Psychological Research, K. Nauriyal (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

59)       “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

60)       “‘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. download

61)       “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. download

62)       “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.

63)       “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.

64)       “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. download

65)       “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

66)       “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

67)       “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).

68)       “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

69)       “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. download

70)       “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)

71)       “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 download.

72)       “Three Chinese Dīrgha-āgama Discourses Without Parallels”, in Research on the Dīrgha-āgama, Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā (ed.), 2014, 1–55, Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation. download

73)       “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.

74)       “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.

75)       “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. download

76)       “Understanding and Practicing the Ānāpānasati-sutta”, in Buddhist Foundations of Mindfulness, E. Shonin et al. (ed.), 2015, 55–69, Cham: Springer.

77)       “Understanding and Practicing the Satipaṭṭhāna-sutta”, in Buddhist Foundations of Mindfulness, E. Shonin et al. (ed.), 2015, 71–88, Cham: Springer.

78)       “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.

79)       “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.

80)       “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

81)       “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.

82)       “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. 

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.

311)       “Absorption in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

312)       “Āgama/Nikāya”, in BEB 2015, 1: 50–59.

313)       “Aggregate in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

314)       “Anāgāmin”, in EIR, 2017, 99–101.
– Italian trsl.: “Anāgāmin”, Āgama Research Group, 2022. download

315)       “Anattā”, in ESR, 2013, 96–98.

316)       “Anicca”, in EIR, 2017, 127–129.

317)       “Arahant”, in EIR, 2017, 138–144.
– Italian trsl.: “Arahant”, Āgama Research Group, 2022. download

318)       “Arahant in Early Buddhist Soteriology”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

319)       “Asceticism (Buddhism)”, in EIR, 2017, 161–164.

320)       “Asceticism in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

321)       “Attention and Mindfulness in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

322)       “Avijjā”, in EIR, 2017, 202–205.

323)       “Awakening”, in ESR, 2013, 183–185.

324)       “Awakening in Early Buddhist Soteriology”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

325)       “Awakening Factor in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.) 

326)       “Bare Awareness in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

327)       “Base of Success in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

328)       “Bhāvanā”, in EIR, 2017, 228–230.

329)       “Bodhisattva Ideal”, in ESR, 2013, 275–277.

330)       “Bodhisattva Ideal in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

331)       “Body in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

332)       “Body Scan in Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

333)       “Brahmā”, in EIR, 2017, 268–270.

334)       “Brahmā, Śakra, and Māra”, in BEB, 2019, 85–91.

335)       “Breath Meditation in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

336)       “Buddha’s First Sermon”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

337)       “Buddhist Canonical Literature”, in ESR, 2013, 297–300.

338)       “Buddhist Meditation Practices”, in ESR, 2013, 300–302.

339)       “Chinese Āgamas”, in OBB, 2017, DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780195393521-0250.

340)       “Clear Discernment in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

341)       “Clinging in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

342)       “Compassion in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

343)       “Concentration in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

344)       “Consciousness”, in ESR, 2013, 473–475.

345)       “Cosmology and Meditation in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

346)       “Craving”, in EIR, 2017, 332–334.

347)       “Craving in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

348)       “Death in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

349)       “Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta”, in EIR, 2017, 372–374.

350)       “Defilement in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

351)       “Dependent Arising”, in ESR, 2013, 608–610.

352)       “Dependent Arising in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

353)       “Divine Abode in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

354)       “Dukkha”, in ESR, 2013, 647–649.

355)       “Dukkha in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

356)       “Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

357)       “Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

358)       “Earth, Buddhism”, in EIR, 2017, 417–419.

359)       “Eightfold Path in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

360)       “Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

361)       “Equanimity and Mindfulness in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

362)       “Establishment of Mindfulness in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

363)       “External Mindfulness in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

364)       “Fasting and Overeating in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

365)       “Feeling in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

366)       “Fetter in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

367)       “Four Noble Truths”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

368)       “God and Devil in Buddhism”, in ESR 2013, 952–954 .

369)       “Gotama Buddha”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

370)       “Higher Knowledge in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

371)       “Hīnayāna Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
– Italian trsl.: “Il buddhismo ‘hīnayāna'”, Āgama Research Group, 2023. download

372)       “Hindrances”, in ESR 2013, 987–989.

373)       “Hindrance in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

374)       “Iddhi”, in EIR, 2017, 573–575.

375)       “Ignorance in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

376)       “Immaterial Sphere in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

377)       “Impermanence”, in ESR 2013, 1044–1046.

378)       “Impermanence in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

379)       “Influx in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

380)       “Insight”, in EIR, 2017, 578–581.

381)       “Insight in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

382)       “Insight Knowledge in Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

383)       “Intention in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

384)       “Jarā-maraṇa”, in EIR, 2017, 585–587.

385)       “Karma”, in ESR 2013, 1119–1121.

386)       “Karma in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

387)       “Kasiṇa in Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

388)       “Lay Meditation in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

389)       “Levitation in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

390)       “Liberation in Buddhism”, in EIR, 2017, 696–701.

391)       “Liberation in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

392)       “Māra”, in EIR, 2017, 749–751.

393)       “Mind, Buddhism”, in EIR, 2017, 779–781.

394)       “Mind in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

395)       “Mindfulness”, in ESR, 2013, 1323–1325.

396)       “Mindfulness in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

397)       “Mindfulness in Theravāda Buddhism “, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

398)       “Nāma-rūpa”, in EIR, 2017, 802–804.

399)       “Nimitta”, in EB, 2003, 7.1: 177–179. download
-Italian trsl.: “Nimitta nel buddhismo antico”, Āgama Research Group, 2023. download

400)       “Nirvana in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

401)       “Nonduality in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
– Italian trsl.: “Non-dualità nel pensiero del buddhismo antico”, Āgama Research Group, 2023. download

402)       “Non-return in Early Buddhist Soteriology”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

403)       “Not Self in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

404)       “Omniscience in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

405)       “Once-return in Early Buddhist Soteriology”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

406)       “Oral Transmission”, in EIR, 2017, 820–822.

407)       “Paccekabuddha in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

408)       “Pain in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

409)       “Passion in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

410)       “Rāga”, in EB, 2005, 7.3: 478–481. download

411)       “Rathavinīta Sutta”, in EB, 2005, 7.3: 518–520. download

412)       “Rebirth in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

413)       “Recitation in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

414)       “Recollection in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

415)       “Right Endeavor in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

416)       “Sakadāgāmi”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 626–627. download

417)       “Sakadāgāmin”, in EIR, 2017, 1029–1031.
– Italian trsl.: “Sakadāgāmin”, Āgama Research Group, 2022. download

418)       “Sakkāyadiṭṭhi”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 641–644. download

419)       “Samādhi”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 650–655. download

420)       “Sāmaññaphala Sutta”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 665–667. download

421)       “Samatha”, in EIR, 2017, 1038–1041.

422)       “Samatha & Vipassanā”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 673–675. download

423)       “Sammādiṭṭhi”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 675–679. download

424)       “Sampajañña”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 682–683. download

425)       “Saṅkhārā”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 732–737. download

426)       “Saṃkhāra”, in EIR, 2017, 1045–1048.

427)       “Santuṭṭhi”, in EB, 2006, 7.4: 755–756. download

428)       “Sati”, in EB, 2007, 8.1: 7–12. download

429)       “Satipaṭṭhāna”, in EB, 2007, 8.1: 12–15. download

430)       “Satipaṭṭhāna”, in EIR, 2017, 1089–1092.

431)       “Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta”, in EB, 2007, 8.1: 15–18. download

432)       “Satipaṭṭhāna-sutta”, in OBB, 2016, DOI 10.1093/OBO/9780195393521-0217.

433)       “Sotāpanna”, in EIR, 2017, 1126–1129.
– Italian trsl.: “Sotāpanna”, Āgama Research Group, 2022. download

434)       “Sotāpatti”, in EB, 2007, 8.1: 141–144. download

435)       “Spiritual Faculty in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

436)       “Stream-entry in Early Buddhist Soteriology”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

437)       “Suicide”, in EB, 2007, 8.1: 161–164. download

438)       “Suicide in Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

439)       “Sukha”, in EB, 2007, 8.1: 164–168. download

440)       “Śūnyatā”, in EB, 2007, 8.1: 194–200. download

441)       “Taṇhā”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 244–250. download  

442)       “Tathāgata”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 277–283. download  

443)       “Tathāgata”, in EIR, 2017, 1184–1186.

444)       “Tevijjavacchagotta Sutta”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 302–303. download  

445)       “Thīna-middha”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 325–326. download  

446)       “Thinking in Early Buddhism”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)
– Italian trsl.: “Pensiero e riflessione nel buddhismo antico”, Āgama Research Group, 2023. download

447)       “Tranquility in Early Buddhist Meditation”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

448)       “Truths, Four Noble”, in ESR 2013, 2307–2309.

449)       “Tuṇhībhāva”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 372–373. download  

450)       “U Ba Khin”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 373–374. download  

451)       “Udāna”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 375–384. download  

452)       “Uddesavibhaṅga Sutta”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 389–390. download  

453)       “Uddhaccakukkucca”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 390–393. download  

454)       “Underlying Tendency in Early Buddhist Thought”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

455)       “Upādāna”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 402–408. download  

456)       “Upakkilesa Sutta”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 420–422. download  

457)       “Upekkhā”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 442–449. download  

458)       “Uttarakuru”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 460–461. download  

459)       “Uttarimanussadhamma”, in EB, 2008, 8.2: 462–465. download  

460)        “Vācā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 466–467. download  

461)        “Vacīkamma”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 468–470. download  

462)        “Vammika Sutta”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 494. download  

463)       “Vāseṭṭha Sutta”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 494–496. download  

464)        “Vatthūpama Sutta”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 512–513. download  

465)        “Vedanā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 513–517. download  

466)        “Vedanānupassanā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 517–521. download  

467)       “Veramaṇī”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 522–525. download  

468)       “Vesārajja”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 540–541. download  

469)       “Veyyākaraṇa”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 549–554. download  

470)       “Vibhajjavāda”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 556–558. download  

471)        “Vibhava”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 558–560. download  

472)        “Vibhavataṇhā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 560–561. download  

473)        “Vicikicchā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 561–564. download  

474)       “Vihesā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 597–598. download  

475)       “Vihiṃsā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 599–600. download  

476)       “Vijjacaraṇa”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 601–605. download  

477)       “Vīmaṃsā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 607–609. download  

478)       “Vīmaṃsaka Sutta”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 609–610. download  

479)       “Vimokkha”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 611–613. download  

480)       “Vimuttāyatana”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 613–615. download  

481)       “Vimutti”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 615–622. download  

482)       “Vimuttimagga”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 622–632. download  

483)       “Vinaya”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 647–650. download  

484)       “Viññāṇa”, in EIR, 2017, 1349–1351.

485)       “Viññāṇañcāyatana”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 667–668. download  

486)       “Vipāka”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 669–671. download  

487)       “Vipassanā”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 672–681. download  

488)       “Vipassanāñāṇa”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 681–686. download  

489)       “Virāga”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 688–690. download  

490)       “Viriya”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 691–695. download  

491)       “Vitakka”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 712–716. download  

492)       “Vitakkasaṇṭhāna Sutta”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 717–718. download  

493)       “Vivāda”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 718–720. download  

494)       “Viveka”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 720–722. download  

495)       “Vohāra”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 723–725. download  

496)       “Vossagga”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 725–728. download  

497)       “Vyāpāda”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 728–732. download  

498)       “War and Peace”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 733–739. download  

499)       “Waxing Syllables”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 740–741. download  

500)       “Wholesomeness in Early Buddhist Soteriology”, in EMB 2022 (online publ.)

501)       “Women in Buddhism”, in ESR 2013, 2347–2349.

502)       “Writing”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 764–768. download  

503)       “Yamakapāṭihāriya”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 776–777. download  

504)       “Yāna”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 778–780. download  

505)       “Yañña”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 780–782. download  

506)       “Yasa”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 783–784. download  

507)       “Yathābhūtañāṇadassana”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 791–797. download  

508)       “Yinshun”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 797–798. download  

509)       “Yodhājīva Sutta”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 798–799. download  

510)       “Yoga”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 799–802. download  

511)       “Yona”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 807–808. download  

512)       “Yoniso manasikāra”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 809–815. download  

513)       “Yuganaddha Sutta”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 815–817. download  

514)       “Zeng-yi A-han”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 822–827. download

515)       “Zhong A-han”, in EB, 2009, 8.3: 827–830. download 

Articles in Journal:

83)       “Abbreviation in the Ekottarika-āgama”, Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 2022, 25: 61–71. download

84)       “Abbreviation in the Madhyama-āgama”, Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 2021, 24: 23–38. download

85)       “Adding Historical Depth to Definitions of Mindfulness”, Current Opinion in Psychology, Special Issue on Mindfulness, 2019, 28: 11–14.

86)       “Āgama and aṅga in the Early Buddhist Oral Tradition”, Singaporean Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2016, 3: 9–37 download.

87)       “Ancient Indian Education and Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.5: 964–969. download

88)       “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 Studiesdownload

89)       “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

90)       “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)

91)       “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)

92)       “Attention and Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.5: 1131–1138. download

93)       “Awakening or Enlightenment? On the Significance of bodhi,” Mindfulness, 2021, 12.7: 1653–1658. download

94)       “The Bāhiya Instruction and Bare Awareness”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2018, 19: 1–19. download

95)       “The Bahudhātuka-sutta and its Parallels on Women’s Inabilities”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2009, 16: 137–190. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)

96)       “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. download

97)       “Being Mindful of What is Absent,” Mindfulness, 2022, 13.7: 1671–1678 download
– Italian trsl.: “Presenza all’assenza,” Āgama Research Group, 2023. download

98)       “Beyond the Limitations of Binary Thinking: Mindfulness and the Tetralemma,” Mindfulness, 2022, 13.6: 1410–1417. download

99)       “Bhikkhave and Bhikkhu as Gender-inclusive Terminology in Early Buddhist Texts”, (in collaboration with Alice Collett), Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2014, 21: 760–797. download
– German trsl.: “Bhikkhave und Bhikkhu als Terminologie in frühen buddhistischen Texten, die alle Geschlechter einschließt”, Dhammaregen, 2020.

100)       “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. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)

101)       “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. download

102)       “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. download

103)       “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)

104)       “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. download

105)       “A Brief Criticism of the ‘Two Paths to Liberation’ Theory”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2016, 11: 38–51. download

106)       “A Brief History of Buddhist Absorption”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.3: 571–586. download

107)       “The Buddha and His Son”, Mindfulness, Special Issue on Mindful Parenting, 2021, 12.2: 269–274. download

108)       “The Buddha and Omniscience”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2006, 7: 1–20. download

109)       “The Buddha’s Awakening”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.9: 2141–2148. download

110)       “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.

111)       “The Buddha’s Fire Miracles”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2015, 9: 9–42. download

112)       “The Buddha’s Last Meditation in the Dīrgha-āgama”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2014, 15: 1–43. download

113)       “The Buddha’s Past Life as a Princess in the Ekottarika-āgama”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2015, 22: 95–137. download

114)       “The Buddha’s Pre-awakening Practices and Their Mindful Transformation”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.8: 1892–1898. download

115)       “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)

116)       “Buddhist Antecedents to the Body Scan Meditation”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.1: 194–202. download

117)       “Canonical Exegesis in the Theravāda Vinaya”, (in collaboration with Bhikkhu Brahmāli) Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2017, 24: 225–246. download

118)       “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.

119)       “The Case for Reviving the Bhikkhunī Order by Single Ordination”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2018, 25: 931–962. download

120)       “A Case Study in Interreligious Dialogue: Christian Insight Meditation”, Journal de l’Académie bouddhique Linh-Son, 2022, 1: (forthcoming).

121)       “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. download

122)       “The Centrality of Mindfulness-related Meditations in Early Buddhist Discourse”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.8: 1935–1942. download

123)       “The Challenge of Pain”, Insight Journal, 2018, 44: 11–20. download

124)       “Channa’s Suicide in the Saṃyukta-āgama”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2010, 27.2: 125–137. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies)

125)       “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)

126)       “The Chinese Parallels to the Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta (1)”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2012, 3: 12–46. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studiesdownload

127)       “The Chinese Parallels to the Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta (2)”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2013, 5: 9–41.download

128)       “The Chinese Version of the Dantabhūmi Sutta”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2006, 23.1: 5–19. (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)

129)       “Chos sbyin gyi mdo, Bhikṣuṇī Dharmadinnā Proves Her Wisdom”, Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal, 2011, 24: 3–33. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)

130)       “Clear Knowing and Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.4: 862–871. download

131)       “Clearing the Path Continues: Notes on Ñāṇavīra Thera’s ‘Notes on Dhamma’,” Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2021, 18: 97‒117.

132)       “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.

133)       “Compassion in the Āgamas and Nikāyas”, Dharma Drum Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2015, 16: 1–30. download

134)       “Confronting Racism with Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.10: 2283–2297. download

135)       “Consciousness and Dependent Arising”, Insight Journal, 2019, 46: 55–63. download
– Italian trsl.: “Coscienza e genesi dipendente”, Āgama Research Group, 2020. download

136)       “The Conversion of Aṅgulimāla in the Saṃyukta-āgama”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2008, 25.2: 135–148. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies)

137)       “The Conversion of the Brahmin Sela in the Ekottarika-āgama”, Thai International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2011, 2: 37–56.    download

138)       “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

139)       “Craving and dukkha”, Insight Journal, 2019, 45: 35–42. download

140)       “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.

141)       “The Cullavagga on Bhikkhunī Ordination”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2015, 22: 401–448. download
– reprinted as a booklet together with translations into Sinhala, Thai and Burmese: West Malaysia, Selangor 2016. download

142)       “Dabba’s Self-cremation in the Saṃyukta-āgama”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2012, 29.2: 153–174. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies)

143)       “The Dangers of Mindfulness: Another Myth?”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.12: 2890–2895. download

144)       “Debate with a Sceptic – The Dīrgha-āgama Parallel to the Pāyāsi-sutta (1)”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2012, 13: 1–26. download

145)       “Debate with a Sceptic – The Dīrgha-āgama Parallel to the Pāyāsi-sutta (2)”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2013, 14: 1–27. download

146)        “Definitions of Right Concentration in Comparative Perspective”, Singaporean Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2019, 5: 9–39. download

147)       “Dependent Arising”, Insight Journal, 2020, 46: 1–8. download
Italian trsl.: “Genesi dipendente”, Āgama Research Group, 2020. download

148)       “Dependent Arising and Interdependence”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.5: 1094–1102. download
– Italian trsl.: “Genesi dipendente e interdipendenza,” Āgama Research Group, 2022. download

149)       “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

150)       “The Development of the Pāli Udāna Collection”, Bukkyō Kenkyū, 2009, 37: 39–72. download

151)       “Dimensions of the ‘Body’ in Tranquility Meditation”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.10: 2388–2393. download

152)       “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. download

153)       “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.

154)       “Early Buddhism”, Insight Journal, 2023, 49: 23–34.
– Italian trsl.: “Il buddhismo antico”, Āgama Research Group, 2023. download
– Spanish trsl.: “El buddhismo temprano”, Āgama Research Group, 2023. download

155)       “Early Buddhist Meditation, Part 1: The Immeasurables”, Mindfulness, 2024, 15.1: 253–256.

156)       “Early Buddhist Meditation, Part 2: Nondual Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2024, 15.2: 518–522.

157)       “Early Buddhist Meditation, Part 3: The Establishments of Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2024, 15.3.

158)       “Early Buddhist Meditation, Part 4: Mindfulness of Breathing”, Mindfulness, 2024, 15.4.

159)       “Early Buddhist Meditation, Part 5: Dimensions of Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2024, 15.5.

160)       “Early Buddhist Mindfulness and Memory, the Body, and Pain”, Mindfulness, 2016, 7.6: 1271–1280.

161)       “Early Buddhist Oral Transmission and the Problem of Accurate Source Monitoring”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.12: 2715–2724. download

162)       “Education and Mindfulness: An Early Buddhist Contribution to the Ongoing Dialogue”, Mindfulness, 2022, 13.10: 2413–2419.

163)       “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.

164)       “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.

165)       “The Ekottarika-āgama Parallel to the Saccavibhaṅga-sutta and the Four (Noble) Truths”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2006, 23.2: 145–153.

166)       “The Emphasis on the Present Moment in the Cultivation of Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.3: 571–581. download

167)       “Energy Practices and Mindfulness Meditation”, (in collaboration with Christiane Steffens-Dhaussy, Fred Gallo, and Dawn Scott) Mindfulness, 2022, 13.11: 2705–2713.

168)       “Ethical Dimensions of Mindfulness in Early Buddhist Thought”, The Humanist Psychologist, 2021, 49.1: 89–93.

169)       “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 Studiesdownload

170)       “Exploring Satipaṭṭhāna in Study and Practice”, Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2014, 10: 73–95. download   audio
Chinese      German

171)       “External Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.7: 1632–1646. download

172)       “The First Saṅgīti and Theravāda Monasticism”, Sri Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2015, 4: 2–17. download

173)       “The Five ‘Fingers’ of Name”, Insight Journal, 2020, 46: 27–36. download
Italian trsl: “Le cinque dita del nome”, Āgama Research Group, 2020. download

174)       “Food and Insight”, Insight Journal, 2019, 45: 1–10. download

175)       “The Four Assemblies and Theravāda Buddhism”, The Mahā Bodhi, 2015, 122: 13–21. download

176)       “Four Element Meditation”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.1: 215–225. download

177)       “The Four Levels of Awakening”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.4: 831–840. download

178)       “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

179)       “The Function of Silence in Āgama Literature,” Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 2023, 26: 67–76. download

180)       “Global Concerns and Local Requirements in the Bhikkhunī Ordination Controversy”, 元智全球在地文化報, 2013, 36: 2–3. download

181)       “The Going Forth of Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī in T 60”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2016, 23: 1–31. download

182)       “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 Studiesdownload

183)       “The Gradual Path of Training in the Dīrgha-āgama, From Sense-restraint to Imperturbability”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2016, 17: 1–24. download

184)       “The Gurudharma on Bhikṣuṇī Ordination in the Mūlasarvāstivāda Tradition”, (in collaboration with Jampa Tsedroen), Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2013, 20: 743–774. download

185)       “Healing in Early Buddhism”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2015, 32.1: 19–33.

186)       “Hearing, Reflection, and Cultivation: Relating the Three Types of Wisdom to Mindfulness,” Religions, 2021, 21.441: 1–12. download

187)       “Heart Rate Variability, Mindfulness of Breathing, and Religious Identity,” (in collaboration with Oleg Medvedev) Mindfulness, 2022, 13.1: 54–56.

188)       “The Historical Value of the Pāli Discourses”, Indo-Iranian Journal, 2012, 55: 223–253.

189)       “The Hīnayāna Fallacy”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2014, 6: 9–31. download

190)       “How Compassion Became Painful”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2017, 14: 85–113. download

191)       “How Mindfulness Came to Plunge Into Its Objects”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.6: 1181–1185. download
– Italian trsl.: “Come la compassione si fece dolorosa”, Āgama Research Group, 2023. download

192)       “Ichimura Shohei, The Canonical Book of the Buddha’s Lengthy Discourses”, The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2020, 21: 159–170. download

193)       “The Idea of Dhammadāna”, Insight Journal, 2021, 47: 1–9. download

194)       “Immeasurable Meditations and Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.12: 2620–2628. download

195)       “The Influxes and Mindful Eating”, Insight Journal, 2018, 44: 31–42. download

196)       “In the Seen Just the Seen: Mindfulness and the Construction of Experience”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.1: 179–184. download

197)       “The Insight Knowledge of Fear and Adverse Effects of Mindfulness Practices”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.10: 2172–2185. download

198)       “An Inspired Utterance on Annihilation”, Sri Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2021, 7.1: 1–13. download

199)       “The Interplay Between Meditation Theory and Practice”, Insight Journal, 2021, 47: 131–137. download

200)       “Karma and Female Birth”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2014, 21: 109–153. download

201)       “Lay Meditation in Early Buddhism,” Mindfulness, 2022, 13.2: 318–325.

202)       “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). download

203)       “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

204)       “Levitation in Early Buddhist Discourse”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2016, 10: 11–26. download

205)       “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. download

206)       “The Luminous Mind in Theravāda and Dharmaguptaka Discourses”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2017, 13: 10–51. download

207)       “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)

208)       “Mahāpajāpatī’s Going Forth in the Madhyama-āgama”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2011, 18: 268–317. download (reprinted in Madhyama-āgama Studies)

209)       “On the Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhaya-sutta”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2019, 20: 143–157. download

210)       “Mahāyāna in the Ekottarika-āgama”, Singaporean Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2013, 1: 5–43. download

211)       “Maitreya and the Wheel-turning King”, Asian Literature and Translation: A Journal of Religion and Culture, 2014, 2.7: 1–29. download

212)       “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. download

213)       “Meditation on the Breath: Mindfulness and Focused Attention”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.8: 1684–1691. download

214)       “Meditation Maps, Attainment Claims, and the Adversities of Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.9: 2102–2112. download

215)       “Memories of Past Lives in Nikāya/Āgama and Mahāyāna Literature”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2024, 23: 1–22.

216)       “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.

217)       “Mindfulness Constructs in Early Buddhism and Theravāda: Another Contribution to the Memory Debate”, Mindfulness, 2018, 9.4: 1047–1051.  download

218)       “Mindfulness in Early Buddhism”, Journal of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka 2013, 11: 147–174. download

219)       “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

220)       “Mindfulness-Based Interventions and the Four satipaṭṭhānas”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.4: 611–615. download

221)       “The Mind-made Body and Levitation: A Brief Clarification”, Annali di Ca’ Foscari, Serie Orientale, 2021, 57: 7–8. download

222)       “Miracle-working Nuns in the Ekottarika-āgama”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2015, 16: 1–27. download

223)       “Monitoring and Acceptance: Key Dimensions in Establishing Mindfulness,” Mindfulness, 2022, 13.8: 1901–1906. download

224)       “The Myth of McMindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.2: 472–479. download

225)       “A Note on the Term Theravāda”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2013, 30.2: 216–235.

226)       “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

227)       “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

228)       “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

229)       “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

230)       “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

231)       “Once again on Bakkula”, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2010, 11: 1–28. download

232)       “Once again on External Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.11: 2651–2657. download

233)       “Once again on Mindfulness and Memory”, Mindfulness, 2018, 9.1: 1–6. download

234)       “On the Bhikkhunī Ordination Controversy”, Sri Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2014, 3: 1–20. 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

235)       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

236)       “On the Supposedly Liberating Function of the First Absorption”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2016, 33.1/2: 271–280. download

237)       “On Time”, Insight Journal, 2019, 45: 11–20. download

238)       “On the Two Paths Theory: Replies to Criticism”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2018, 15: 1–22. download

239)       “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

240)       “Open Monitoring and Mindfulness “, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.7: 1437–1442. download

241)       “The Opening Debate in the Milindapañha”, Sri Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2021, 7.2: 15–27. download

242)       “Oral Dimensions of Pāli Discourses: Pericopes, Other Mnemonic Techniques, And the Oral Performance Context”, Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2007, 3: 5–33. 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.”Orality and Writing in Early Prajñāpāramitā”, Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 2024, 27: 77–93.

243)       “Overcoming Fear by Recollecting the Buddha: His Role in Early Buddhist Texts”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.3: 594–603. download

244)       “Overeating and Mindfulness in Ancient India”, Mindfulness, 2018, 9.5: 1648–1654,  download

245)       “Paccekabuddhas in the Isigili-sutta and its Ekottarika-āgama Parallel”, Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2010, 6: 5–36. download

246)       “Pārājika Does Not Necessarily Entail Expulsion”, Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 2019, 22: 3–8. download

247)       “The Potential of Facing Anger with Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2018 9.6: 1966–1972. download

248)       “The Potential of Pleasant Feelings”, Insight Journal, 2018, 44: 1–10. download

249)       “Pratyekabuddhas in the Ekottarika-āgama”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2015, 8: 10–27. download

250)       “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 Studiesdownload
Italian trsl.: “Proteggere se stessi e gli altri attraverso la presenza mentale, la similitudine dell’acrobata nel Saṃyukta-āgama”, Āgama Research Group, 2020.  download

251)       “Purification in Early Buddhist Discourse and Buddhist Ethics”, Bukkyō Kenkyū, 2012, 40: 67–97. download

252)       “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)

253)       “The Qualities Pertinent to Awakening: Bringing Mindfulness Home”, Mindfulness, 2022, 13.12: 2979–2996.

254)       “Rebirth and the Gandhabba”, Mahachulalongkorn Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2008, 1: 91–105. download

255)       “Rebirth and the West”, Insight Journal, 2019, 45: 55–64. download

256)       “Reflections on Comparative Āgama Studies”, Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal, 2008, 21: 3–21. download

257)       “Reinterpreting Absorption: A Critical Examination of a Trend in Buddhist Studies”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2022, 19: 121–149. download

258)       “Relating Equanimity to Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2021, 12.11: 2635–2644. download

259)       “Remembering with Wisdom Is Not Intrinsic to All Forms of Mindfulness”, Mindfulness, 2018, 9.6: 1987–1990. download

260)       “The Revival of the Bhikkhunī Order and the Decline of the Sāsana”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2013, 20: 110–193. download

261)       “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 Studiesdownload

262)       “The Robes of a bhikkhunī” (in collaboration with Oskar von Hinüber), Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2016, 13: 79–90. download

263)       “The Role of Absorption for Entering the Stream”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2022, 19: 1–26. download

264)       “The Role of Brahmā in Pāli Discourses”, The Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities, 2004, 29/30: 157–166.

265)       “The Role of Mindfulness in the Cultivation of Absorption”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.11: 2341–2351. download

266)       “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 Studiesdownload

267)       “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 Studiesdownload

268)       “The Saṃyukta-āgama Parallel to the Sāleyyaka-sutta”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2006, 13: 1–22. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studiesdownload

269)       “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)

270)       “Selected Madhyama-āgama Discourse Passages and their Pāli Parallels”, Dharma Drum Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2016, 19: 1–61. download

271)       “The Seven Stages of Purification in Comparative Perspective”, Journal of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka, 2005, 3: 126–138. download

272)       “Sarah Shaw: Mindfulness: Where it Comes from and What it Means”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.8: 2035–2037. download

273)       “Situating Mindfulness, Part 1: Early Buddhism and Scientific Research in Psychology,” Mindfulness, 2022, 13.3: 577–583. download

274)       “Situating Mindfulness, Part 2: Early Buddhist Soteriology,” Mindfulness, 2022, 13.4: 855–862. download

275)       “Situating Mindfulness, Part 3: Unmasking Buddhism?,” Mindfulness, 2022, 13.5: 1136–1143.

276)       “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

277)       “On the Six Sense-spheres (2) ―A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 230 to 249”, Satyābhisamaya, 2019, 88: 75–131. download

278)       “On the Six Sense-spheres (3) ―A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 250 to 255”, Satyābhisamaya, 2019, 90: 139–187. download

279)       “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)

280)       “The Sixteen Steps of Mindfulness of Breathing in Three Vinayas”, Anveṣaṇā, 2016, 10–25.

281)       “The Sixty-two Views – A Comparative Study”, Fuyan Buddhist Studies, 2010, 5: 23–42, (based on extracts from “Views and the Tathāgata”). download

282)       “Skill in Means and Mindfulness,” Mindfulness, Special Issue on Compassion and Skillful Means, 2023, 14.10: 2323–2330. download

283)       “Somatics of Early Buddhist Mindfulness and How to Face Anxiety”, Mindfulness, 2020, 11.6: 1520–1526. download

284)       “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.

285)       “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.

286)       “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. download

287)       “Structural Aspects of the Majjhima-nikāya”, Bukkyō Kenkyū, 2010, 38: 35–70. download

288)       “Superiority Conceit in Buddhist Traditions: A Survey of Reviews”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2023, 20.

289)       “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. download

290)       “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. download

291)       “The Tale of King Nimi in the Ekottarika-āgama”, Journal of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka, 2012, 10: 69–94. download

292)       “A Task for Mindfulness: Facing Climate Change”, Mindfulness, 2019, 10.9: 1926–1935. 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

293)       “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 Studiesdownload

294)       “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).

295)       “The Tevijjavacchagotta-sutta and the Anupada-sutta in Relation to the Emergence of Abhidharma Thought”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2020, 17: 21–33. download

296)       “Theories on the Foundation of the Nuns’ Order – A Critical Evaluation”, Journal of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka, 2008, 6: 105–142. download

297)       “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.

298)       “The Underlying Tendencies”, Insight Journal, 2018, 44: 21–30. download

299)       “Vakkali’s Suicide in the Chinese Āgamas”, Buddhist Studies Review, 2011, 28.2: 155–170. (reprinted in Saṃyukta-āgama Studies)

300)       “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. download

301)       “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)

302)       “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)

303)       “The Vessantara-Jātaka and Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya Narrative”, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2016, 11: 11–37. download

304)       “The Vicissitudes of Memory and Early Buddhist Oral Transmission”, Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2009, 5: 5–19. download

305)       “‘Visions of the Buddha’: A Critical Reply”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2021, 18: 1‒36. download

306)       “Visualization in Early Buddhism,” Mindfulness, 2022, 13.9: 2155–2161.

307)       “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)

308)       “What About Neutral Feelings?”, Insight Journal, 2017, 43: 1–10. download

309)       “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.

310)       “Women in Early Buddhism”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2019, 16: 33–76. download