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Buddhist Studies Review

Co-Editors
Peter Harvey, University of Sunderland
Alice Collett, Nalanda University

Book Review Editor
Christopher Jones, University of Cambridge

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Buddhist Studies Review is published by Equinox on behalf of the UK Association for Buddhist Studies. The Association was founded in 1996 and two years later took over publication of Buddhist Studies Review, which had been run since 1983 by Russell Webb and Sara Boin-Webb. Membership in the Association includes a subscription to the journal among other benefits.You can join the Association through the membership pages on their website.

The journal seeks to publish quality articles on any aspect of Buddhism, with submitted papers being blind peer-reviewed by two experts prior to acceptance. Relevant fields for the journal are: the different cultural areas where Buddhism exists or has existed (in South, Southeast, Central and East Asia); historical and contemporary aspects (including developments in 'Western' Buddhism); theoretical, practical and methodological issues; textual, linguistic, archaeological and art-historical studies; and different disciplinary approaches to the subject (e.g. Archaeology, Art History, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Comparative Religion, Law, Oriental Studies, Philosophy, Philology, Psychology, Religious Studies, Theology). It will consider articles from both established scholars and research students, from the UK or elsewhere.

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Publication and Frequency: May and November
ISSN:0265-2897 (print)
ISSN: 1747-9681 (online)

Editorial Address: Peter Harvey, School of Art, Design, Media and Culture, Priestman Building, Green Terrace, Sunderland SR2 3PZ.


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Popular Buddhist Ritual in Contemporary Hong Kong: Shuilu Fahui, a Buddhist Rite for Saving All Sentient Beings of Water and Land

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Vol 36, No 1 (2019)

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Table of Contents

Editorial

Editorial PDF
Peter Harvey 1

Articles

The Etymology and Semantic Spectrum of adhimukti and Related Terms in Buddhist Texts PDF
Giacomo Benedetti 3-29
From the Blacksmith’s Forge to the Fires of Hell: Eating the Red-Hot Iron Ball in Early Buddhist Literature PDF
Joseph Marino 31-51
Do the Arahant and the Buddha Experience Dukkha and Domanassa? PDF
Ashin Sumanacara 53-70
The Transformation of Poṣadha/Zhai in Early Medieval China (third–sixth centuries CE) PDF
Yi Ding 71-98
Mobilizing Gendered Piety in Sri Lanka’s Contemporary Bhikkhunī Ordination Dispute PDF
Tyler A. Lehrer 99-121

Reviews

The Administration of Buddhism in China: A Study and Translation of Zanning and the Topical Compendium of the Buddhist Clergy (Da Song Seng shiüe 大宋僧史略), by Albert Welter PDF
Janine Nicol 123-126
Mountain Mandalas: Shugendō in Kyūshū, by Allan G. Grapard PDF
Emanuela Sala 127-130
Remembering the Present: Mindfulness in Buddhist Asia, by Julia L. Cassaniti PDF
Jian Cheng Shi (Ya-Chu Lee) 131-134
Responsible Living: Explorations in Applied Buddhist Ethics — Animals, Environment, GMOs, Digital Media, by Ron Epstein PDF
Nick Swann 135-137


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