Theravada Studies

1. Theravada Buddhism: An Outline of History, Doctrines
and Practice................................................................................. 1
2. Three ‘Endangered Species’ in Theravada Buddhist Studies 34
3. Personality Differences of Arahants and the Origins
of Theravada; A Study of Two Great Elders of the
Theravada Tradition: Mahakassapa and Ananda.................... 55
4. Authentication of the Scripture: A Study in the
Theravada Hermeneutics......................................................... 82
5. Hermeneutics in Buddhism: A Historical and
Philosophical Approach......................................................... 104
6. Saṅgīti and Sāmaggi: Communal Recitation and the
Unity of the Sangha................................................................ 119
7. Buddhist Heritage of Sri Lanka: Two Lasting
Contributions to World Buddhism....................................... 136
8. Explaining the Absence of One Single Revered Text in
Theravada................................................................................ 152
9. The Buddha and Sangha: A Study of Their Inter-relation
in Theravada Tradition........................................................... 162
10. The Mahasi Sayadaw Method of Vipassanā Meditation:
An Abbreviated Path to Nirvana or a Misunderstanding? 179
11. ‘Return to lower state’ (hīnāyāvattana) and ‘straying’
(vibbhamana): A Study of the Practice of Leaving
Monastic Life in Theravada Tradition................................... 203
12. Donation of Children and Wives and Related Matters in
the Theravada Buddhist Ethics.............................................. 218
13. The Theravada Standpoint on Meat Eating.......................... 236
14. Socio-historical Approach to Buddhism, Buddhist Social
Theory/Philosophy and Buddhist Social Activism:
Towards Clarification of Some Theoretical Issues................ 252
15. Xuan Zang and Fa Hsien on the History and Religion of
Sri Lanka ................................................................................. 268
16. Traditional Theravada Meditation and Its Modern-Era
Suppression............................................................................. 278
17. Sermon Studies and Buddhism: A Case Study of Sri
Lankan Preaching................................................................... 290
18. Merit in Buddhism: Concept and Adaptation in Ritual
Buddhism................................................................................ 299