Peter Skilling

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bio Peter Skilling is a Fellow of the Lumbini International Research Institute (Lumbini, Nepal) and a Special Lecturer at Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand). He is founder of the Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation (Bangkok), a project dedicated to the preservation, study and publication of the Buddhist literature of Southeast Asia. He is a founding member of the International Centre for Buddhist Studies (Bangkok). Peter Skilling has lived in Thailand for over thirty years, and has travelled extensively in Asia. His interests include the early history of religion in Southeast Asia as known through inscriptions and archaeological remains; the history of Indian Buddhism and the development of Mahayana sutras; and the Pali and vernacular literature of pre-modern Siam, including jataka and sermon genres. He has also written about the history of the Buddhist order of nuns in India and Siam and the development of the Tibetan canonical collections (Kanjur). His publications include Mahasutras, a critical edition and study of ten Sarvastivadin texts preserved in Tibetan translation in the Kanjur compared with their Pali counterparts (Vols. I and II, Oxford: The Pali Text Society, 1994, 1997; Vol. III, translations, forthcoming). Skilling is reported to be overly fond of durian. He lives in Nandapuri on the outskirts of Bangkok with a turtle rescued from the streets after a flood some years ago.

Translation & Transmission Conference Bio: Professor Skilling is a Fellow of the Lumbini International Research Institute (Lumbini, Nepal) and a Special Lecturer at Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand). At present he is Maître de Conférences with the École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO) and Head of the Buddhist Studies Group of the EFEO. He is founder of the Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation (Bangkok), a project dedicated to the preservation, study and publication of the Buddhist literature of Southeast Asia. He received a PhD with honours and a Habilitation in Paris (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes). Peter’s publications include numerous articles and several books, the most recent being How Theravada is Theravada? (University of Washington Press, 2012) and Mahāsātras: Great Discourses of the Buddha (2 vols., Oxford, The Pali Text Society, 1994 and 1997) and the edited volume Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai: Art, Architecture and Inscriptions (River Books, Bangkok, 2008).

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Peter Skilling A. Books

1994-1997, Mahāsūtras: Great Discourses of the Buddha. Vol. I. Texts. Critical editions of the Tibetan Mahāsūtras with Pāli and Sanskrit counterparts as available. 1994. Vol. II, Parts I & II. 1997. Oxford: The Pali Text Society (Sacred Books of the Buddhists XLIV, XLVI).

2002 (with Santi Pakdeekham). Pāli Literature Transmitted in Central Siam: A catalogue based on the Sap Songkhro. Bangkok: Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation/Lumbini International Research Institute (Materials for the Study of the Tripitaka, Volume 1).

2004, (with Santi Pakdeekham), Pāli and Vernacular Literature Transmitted in Central and Northern Siam. Bangkok: Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation/Lumbini International Research Institute (Materials for the Study of the Tripitaka, Volume 2).

2009, Buddhism and Buddhist Literature of South-East Asia: Selected Papers by Peter Skilling. Edited by Claudio Cicuzza. Bangkok and Lumbini: Fragile Palm Leaves 2009 (Materials for the Study of the Tripitaka Volume 5).

B. Edited books

1999, (ed). Beyond Worldly Conditions. Bangkok: Fragile Palm Leaves. [On the eight lokadhamma: Pāli texts in Thai and roman scripts; Thai translations by Ven. Dhammapitaka; English translations by Bruce Evans, Friedrich Grohmann, and Peter Skilling].

2008, (ed). Past Lives of the Buddha. Wat Si Chum – Art, Architecture and Inscriptions (with contributions by Pattaratorn Chirapravati, Pierre Pichard, Prapod Assavavirulhakarn, Santi Pakdeekham, Peter Skilling). Bangkok.

2009, Images et imagination – Le bouddhisme en Asie (Conférences Iéna, Cycle 2007-2008) Sous la direction de Peter Skilling. Paris: École française d’Extrême-Orient.

C. Articles and contributions

1976, « The Sūtra on Impermanence », WFB Review XIII.6 (Nov.–Dec., BE 2519): 15–16.

1976, « A Passage from the Cloud of Jewels Sutra », International Buddhist Forum Quarterly, Introductory Issue (Bangkok): 11–15.

1978, « Un passage du Sūtra du Nuage de Joyaux (1) », LSPÉB 3 (mai): 20–26.

1978, « Une édition critique de la version tibétaine d’un passage de l’Abhidharma-kośatīkopāyikā de Śamathadeva—tirée de l’ensemble le plus étendu des matériaux d’Āgama trouvables en tibétain: “Les quatre sortes de karma” », LSPÉB 3 (mai): 27–30,

1978, « Addenda à “Une note sur les Trois Sortes de Sagesse” », LSPÉB 4 (août): 14–16.

1978, « Les Quatre Sortes de Karma », LSPÉB 44 (août): 16–24.

1978, « L’Ārya-kalyānamitrasevana-sūtra », LSPÉB 5 (novembre): 13–22.

1979, « Discourse on the Four Kinds of Karma », The Journal of Religious Studies (Punjabi University, Patiala) VII/1 (Spring): 86–91.

1979 [2522]. « A Discourse comparing different types of knowledge (Vidyāsthānopamasūtra) », Visakha Puja (Bangkok): 64–67.

1979 « Une note sur l’Upālipariprcchā », LSPÉB 6 (février): 19–27.

1979 « Un Discours comparant différentes sortes de connaissance (Vidyāsthānopamasūtra) », LSPÉB 7 (mai): 15–20.

1980 « The Daśottara-sūtra, the Satsūtraka-nipāta, and the Śīlaskandhikā », LSPÉB 10 (mars): 26–35.

1980 « On the Five Aggregates of Attachment [I] », LSPÉB 11 (juin): 20–31.

1980 « On the Five Aggregates of Attachment [II] », LSPÉB 12 (septembre): 25–30.

1980 « On the Five Aggregates of Attachment [III] », LSPÉB 13 (décembre): 30–37.

1981 « The Unconditioned (I) », LSPÉB 16 (septembre): 20–26.

1981-1982 « The Unconditioned (II) », LSPÉB 17/18 (décembre 1981/mars 1982): 32–47.

1981-1982 « Uddaka Rāmaputta and Rāma », Pali Buddhist Review 6/2: 99–104.

1981-1982 « The Three Similes », Pali Buddhist Review 6/2: 105–112.

1982 « History and Tenets of the Sāmmatīya School », LSPÉB 19 (juin–septembre): 38–52.

1987 « The Samskrtāsamskrta-viniścaya of Daśabalaśrīmitra », BSR 4/1: 3–23.

1990 « A possible Citation of Candragomin’s lost *Kāyatrayāvatāra », JIABS 13/1: 41–51.

1991 « A Brief Guide to the Golden Tanjur », JSS 79/2: 138–146.

1991 « A Buddhist Verse Inscription from Andhra Pradesh », Indo-Iranian Journal 34: 239–246.

1992 « The Raksā Literature of the Śrāvakayāna », JPTS XVI: 109–182.

1992 [2535]. « Preliminary Report on a Recently Discovered Pāli Inscription », JSPS I/1 (Oct.–Dec.): 83–86.

1992 « Two Ports of Suvarnabhūmi: A brief Note », JSS 80/1: 131.

1992 « Symbols on the Body, Feet, and Hands of a Buddha, Part I–Lists », JSS 80/2: 67–79.

1993 « A Citation from the *Buddhavamsa of the Abhayagiri School », JPTS XVIII: 165–175.

1993 « Theravādin Literature in Tibetan Translation », JPTS XIX: 69–201.

1993 « A Note on the Sambuddhe Verses and Later Theravādin Buddhology », JSPS I/2 (Jan.–Mar.): 73–85.

1993 « Righteous and Unrighteous: Tales of a Two-headed Bird », JSPS II/3 (April–June): 65–66 (+ Thai summary, pp. 67–68).

1993 « A Note on the History of the Bhikkhunī-sangha (I): Nuns at the time of the Buddha », JSPS II/5 (Oct.–Dec.): 39–46 (+ Thai summary, pp. 47–50).

1993 [2536]. « A Note on the History of the Bhikkhunī-sangha (II): The order of nuns after the Parinirvāna », In Pathompong Bodhiprasiddhinand (ed.). Pāli and Sanskrit Studies: Mahāmakut Centenary Commemorative Volume and Feliciation Volume presented to H.H. The Supreme Patriarch on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday. Bangkok: Mahāmakuta Rājavidyālaya Foundation: 208–251.

1993-1994 [2536-2537]. « A Note on the History of the Bhikkhunī-sangha (II): The order of nuns after the Parinirvāna », WFB Review XXX/4-XXXI/1 (Oct.-Dec. [2536] 1993 – Jan.–Mar. [2537] 1994): 29–49 [corrected version of 1993].

1994 « Kanjur Titles and Colophons », In Per Kvaerne (ed.). Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the 6th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Fagernes 1992, Volume 2. Oslo: The Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture: 768–780.

1994 [2537], « A Note on the History of the Bhikkhunī-sangha (I): Nuns at the time of the Buddha », WFB Review XXXI/2–3 (April–Sept.): 47–55 [= 1993].

1994, « The Synonyms of Nirvāna according to Prajñāvarman, Vasubandhu, and Asanga », BSR 11/1: 29–49.

1994, « Vimuttimagga and Abhayagiri: the form-aggregate according to the Samskrtāsamkrtaviniścaya », JPTS XX: 171–210.

1995, « Female Renunciants (nang chi) in Siam according to Early Travellers’ Accounts », JSS 83: 55–61.

1995, « On the Five Aggregates of Attachment », WFB Review XXXII/2: 39–55 [revised version of 1980].

1996, « Symbols on the Body, Feet, and Hands of a Buddha, Part II–Short Lists », JSS 84/1: 5–28.

1996, « Verses associated with the *Rāhula-sūtra », In Michael Hahn, Jens-Uwe Hartmann and Roland Steiner (ed.). Suhrllekhāh: Festgabe für Helmut Eimer. Swisttal-Odendorf: Indica et Tibetica 28: 201–226.

1996, « The Sambuddhe Verses and Later Theravādin Buddhology », JPTS XXII: 151–183 [revised version of 1993].

1996, « An Arapacana Syllabary in the Bhadrakalpika-sūtra », JAOS 116/3 (July–Sept.): 522–523.

1997, « Citations from the Scriptures of the “Eighteen Schools” in the Tarkajvālā », In Petra Kieffer-Pülz and Jens-Uwe Hartmann (ed.). Bauddhavidyāsudhākarah: Studies in Honour of Heinz Bechert on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday. Swisttal-Odendorf: Indica et Tibetica 30: 605–614.

1997, « L’arrivée du bouddhisme theravāda en Asie du sud-est continentale », Bulletin de liaison des recherches au Cambodge 3 (avril) (École française d’Extrême-Orient): 43–48 (translated from English by Olivier de Bernon).

1997, « On the School-affiliation of the “Patna Dhammapada” », JPTS XXIII: 83–122.

1997, « New Pāli Inscriptions from South-east Asia », JPTS XXIII: 123–157 [contains I. A Recently Discovered Pāli Inscription From Nakhon Pathom, pp. 123–133; II. Pāli Inscriptions on a Stone Dhammacakka and an Octagonal Pillar from Chai Nat, pp. 133–151; III. A Paritta Inscription from Śrīksetra in Burma, pp. 152–157].

1997, « “Eight Appropriate Similes” (‘Thun pa’i dpe brgyad): Verse 5 of Nāgārjuna’s Pratītyasamutpādahrdaya-kārikā and the Sūtra on the Questions on how Transmigration Occurs », In Bhikkhu Tampalawela Dhammaratana and Bhikkhu Pāsādika (ed.). Dharmadūta—Mélanges offerts au Vénérable Thích Huyên-Vi à l’occasion de son soixante-dixième anniversaire. Paris: 251–260.

1997, « From bKa’ bstan bcos to bKa’ ‘gyur and bsTan ‘gyur », In Helmut Eimer (ed.). Transmission of the Tibetan Canon: Papers Presented at a Panel of the 7th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Graz 1995. Vienna: 87–111 (= Vol. III of Ernst Steinkellner [gen. ed.]. Proceedings of the 7th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Graz 1995. Vienna: Beitrāge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens, Nr. 22 (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften, 257.’ Band): 87–111.

1997, « The Advent of Theravāda Buddhism to Mainland South-east Asia », JIABS 20/1: 93–107.

1997, « Dharmakīrti’s Durbodhāloka and the Literature of Śrīvijaya », JSS 85: 187–194.

1998, « A Note on King Milinda in the Abhidharmakośabhāsya », JPTS 24: 81–101.

1998, « A Note on Dhammapada 60 and the Length of the Yojana », JPTS 24: 149–170.

1998, « Sources for the Study of the Mangala and Mora-suttas », JPTS 24: 185–193.

1998, « Praises of the Buddha beyond Praise », JPTS 24: 195–200.

1998, « The Sūtra on the Four Conditions: A (Mūla)Sarvāstivādin Discourse on Causality », WZKS XLII: 139–149.

1999, « “Arise, go forth, devote yourselves…”: A verse summary of the teaching of the Buddhas », In Socially Engaged Buddhism for the New Millennium: Essays in honor of the Ven. Phra Dhammapitaka (Bhikkhu P.A. Payutto) on his 60th birthday anniversary. Bangkok: Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation: 440–444.

1999 [2542], « A Buddhist inscription from Go Xoai, Southern Vietnam and notes towards a classification of ye dharmā inscriptions », In 80 pi śāstrācāry dr. prahsert na nagara: ruam pada khwam vijākāra dan charük lae ekasāraporāna [80 Years: A collection of articles on epigraphy and ancient documents published on the occasion of the celebration of the 80th birthday of Prof. Dr. Prasert Na Nagara]. Bangkok, 21 March: 171–187.

1999, « The Sixty-four Destructions according to the Samskrtāsamskrta-viniścaya », JPTS 25: 113–120.

2000, « Nonnen, Laienanhängerinnen, Spenderinnen, Göttinnen: Weibliche Rollen im frühen indischen Buddhismus », In Ulrike Roesler (ed.). Aspekte des Weiblichen in der indischen Kultur. Swisttal-Odendorf: Indica et Tibetica 39: 47–102 (translation by Ulrike Roesler of paper ‘Nuns, Laywomen, Donors, Goddesses: Female Roles in Early Indian Buddhism’ given at University of Marburg).

2000, « A Survey of the Vyākhyāyukti Literature », JIABS 23/2: 297–350.

2000, « Jātaka and Paññāsa-jātaka in South-East Asia », Japanese translation by Toshiya Unebe, Otani University, Kyoto.

2001, « The Batang Manuscript Kanjur in the Newark Museum: A Preliminary Report », Annual Report of The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, Vol. 4/71–92.

2001, « The Place of South-East Asia in Buddhist Studies », Buddhist Studies (Bukkyō Kenkyū) XXX: 19–43 (talk given at the International College for Advanced Buddhist Studies, Tokyo, 21 November, 2000).

2001, « Some Literary References in the “Grande Inscription d’Angkor” (IMA 38) », Aséanie. Sciences humaines en Asie du Sud-Est 8 (Bangkok): 57-66.

2001, « Esā agrā: Images of nuns in (Mūla-)Sarvāstivādin literature », JIABS 24/2: 135–156.

2001, « Nuns, Laywomen, Donors, Goddesses: Female Roles in Early Indian Buddhism », JIABS 24/2: 241–274.

2002, « On a New Edition of the Syāmaratthassa Tepitakatthakathā », JPTS XXVII: 155–158.

2002, « Some Citation Inscriptions from South-East Asia », JPTS XXVII: 159–175.

2002, « Ārādhanā Tham: “Invitation to Teach the Dhamma” », Manusaya: Journal of Humanities, Special Issue No 4 (Bangkok): 84–92.

2002, « Three Types of Bodhisatta in Theravādin Tradition: A Bibliographical Excursion », Buddhist and Indian Studies in Honour of Professor Sodo Mori. Hamamtsu: Kokusai Bukkyoto Kyokai (International Buddhist Association): 91–102.

2003 [2546], « Ideology and Law: The Three Seals Code on Crimes related to Relics, Images, and Bodhi-trees », In Winai Phongsipan (ed.). Sichamai-achan: Phiphit niphon chert chu kiat satsadachan dr. prasert na nakhon — satsadachan wisuth butsayakun nuang nai okat mi ayu 88 pi nai pho. so 2546. Bangkok: Fuang Fa Printing. [Sichamai-achan: Articles in honour of Prof. Dr. Prasert Na Nagara and Prof. Visuddh Busyakul on the occasion of their 84th birthday in BE 2546]: 287–307.

2003 « Dvāravatī: Recent Revelations and Research », Dedications to Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra on her 80th birthday. Bangkok: The Siam Society: 87–112.

2003 « An Om manipadme Hūm Inscription from South-East Asia », Aséanie 11 (June 2003): 13–20.

2003 [2546], « Manuscripts and Inscriptions, Languages and Letters », Phasa-Charük, Vol. 9 (88 Years of Prof. Dr. Prasert Na Nagara). Bangkok: Faculty of Eastern Languages, Department of Archæology, Silpakorn University: 85–96.

2003, « On the agnihotramukhā yajñāh verses », In Olle Qvarnstrom (ed.). Jainism and Early Buddhism: Essays in Honor of Prof. Padmanabh S. Jaini. Fremont, California: Asian Humanities Press, Part II: 637–667.

2003-2004, « Traces of the Dharma: Preliminary reports on some ye dhammā and ye dharmā inscriptions from Mainland South-East Asia », BEFEO 90–91: 273–287.

2004 [2547], « Mahāyāna and Bodhisattva: An essay towards historical understanding », In Pakorn Limpanusorn, Chalermpon Iampakdee (ed.). Phothisatawa barami kap sangkhom thai nai sahatsawat mai [Bodhisattvaparami and Thai Society in the New Millennium]. Bangkok: Chinese Studies Centre, Institute of East Asia, Thammasat University. [Proceedings of a seminar in celebration of the fourth birth cycle of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn held at Thammasat University, 21 January 2546 (2003)]: 139–156.

2004, « Random Jottings on Śrīghana: An Epithet of the Buddha », Annual Report of The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University for the Academic Year 2003, Vol. VII. Tokyo: The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University: 147–158.

2004, « Jambudvīpe pracaramānah: The Circulation of Mahāyāna Sūtras in India », Journal of the International College for Advanced Buddhist Studies, Vol. VII. Tokyo: 73–87.

2004 [2547]. « Pāli in Early South-East Asia and in Sukhothai », In Tharapong Srisuchat (ed.). Boranakhadi lae prawatisat sukhothai: khwam ru ruang sukhothai nai 4 totsawat/Archaeology and History of Sukhothai. Sukhothai: Samnak Silpakon ti 6: 65–72 (Proceedings of seminar held at Sukhothai, 6–8 September, 2003).

2004, « Bunds, Bells, and Bazaars: Notes on the Vocabulary of Inscription No. 1 », In Winai Pongsripian and Weerawan Ngamsuntikul (ed.). Catusansaniyachan: Essays in honour of Maj. Gen. M.R. Suphawat Kasemsri, Chulthusna Byaghrananda, Dr. Kasem Sirisumpundh, and Khunying Kanita Lekhakul, and on the occasion of their seventy-second birthday anniversary in 2004. Bangkok: Historical Commission, Ministry of Culture: 294–325.

2005, « Cutting across categories: The ideology of relics in Buddhism », Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University for the Academic Year 2004. Vol. VIII, Tokyo: The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University: 269–322.

2005, « Unsettling Boundaries: Verses shared by Śrāvaka and Mahāyāna texts », Journal of the International College for Postgraduate Buddhist Studies IX: 99–112.

2005 [2548], « Pieces in the Puzzle: Sanskrit Literature in Pre-modern Siam », Phasa-Charük 10 (Bangkok: Faculty of Eastern Languages, Department of Archæology, Silpakorn University): 1–13.

2005, « Worship and Devotional Life: Buddhist Devotional Life in Southeast Asia », In Lindsay Jones (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion. Second Edition. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA/Thomson Gale, Vol. 14: 9826–9834.

2005, « “Buddhist sealings”: Reflections on terminology, motivation, donors’ status, school-affiliation, and print-technology », In Catherine Jarrige and Vincent Lefèvre (ed.). South Asian Archaeology 2001. Vol. II, Historical Archaeology and Art History. Paris: Éditions Recherches sur les Civilisations: 677–685.

2005, « Nuns, Laywomen, Donors, Goddesses: Female Roles in early Indian Buddhism », In Paul Williams (ed.), Buddhism: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies, Vol. I. London and New York: Routledge: 272-(Originally published in JIABS 24,2 [2001]).

2005, (avec Paul Harrison), « What’s in a Name? Sarvāstivādin Interpretations of the Epithets “Buddha” and “Bhagavat” », In Buddhism and Jainism, Essays in Honour of Dr. Hojun Nagasaki on his Seventieth Birthday. Kyoto: 700–675 [131–156].

2006, « Daśabalaśrīmitra on the Buddhology of the Sāmmitīyas », Nagoya Studies in Indian Culture and Buddhism - Sambhasa No. 25. Nagoya: Department of Indian Studies, Graduate School of Letters, Nagoya University: 98–123.

2006, « Jātaka and Paññāsa-jātaka in South-East Asia », JPTS XXVIII: 113–173.

2006, « Buddhism: Imperfection and Transcendence », Journal for the Comparative Study of Civilizations (Reitaku University) 11: 26–32 [International Symposium to Commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Center for the Comparative Study of Civilizations and Cultures].

2006, « Pata (Phra Bot): Buddhist Cloth Painting of Thailand », In François Lagirarde and Paritta Chalermpow Koanantakool (ed.). Buddhist Legacies in Mainland Southeast Asia: Mentalities, Interpretations and Practices. Paris: École française d’Extrême-Orient (Études thématiques 19)/Bangkok: Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (SAC Publication 61): 223–275.

2006, (avec Sieglinde Dietz et Olle Qvarnström), « A Fragment of a Commentary (?) on a Hitherto Unknown Recension of the Mahasamājasūtra », In Jens Braarvig (gen. ed.). Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection: Buddhist Manuscripts, Vol. III. Oslo: Hermes Publishing: 195–206.

2006, « La vie du Bouddhe: Traditions et Histoire », In Religions et Histoire 8 (mai-juin): 18–23.

2006, « Le Jâtaka: Vies entérieure et Perfections du Bouddha », In Religions et Histoire 8 (mai-juin): 52–57.

2007, « King, Sangha, and Brahmans: Ideology, ritual and power in pre-modern Siam », In Ian Harris (ed.). Buddhism, Power and Political Order. London and New York: Routledge: 182–215.

2007, « Geographies of Intertextuality: Buddhist Literature in Pre-modern Siam », Aséanie - Sciences humaines en Asie du Sud-est 19 (June 2007): 91–112.

2007, « Zombies and Half-Zombies: Mahāsūtras and Other Protective Measures », Journal of the Pali Text Society XXIX (Festschrift in honour of the 80th birthday of K.R. Norman in 2005 and the 125th anniversary in 2006 of the founding of the Pali Text Society): 313–330.

2007, « For merit and Nirvāna: The production of art in the Bangkok Period », Arts Asiatiques 62: 76–94.

2007, « Mrgāra’s Mother’s Mansion: Emptiness and the Śūnyatā Sutras », Journal of Indian and Tibetan Studies 11 (ed. Shoryu Katsura, Association for the Study of Indian Philosophy, Kyoto, Japan): 225–247.

2007, « “Dhammas are as swift as thought …”: A note on Dhammapada 1 and 2 and their parallels », Journal of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka V: 23–49.

2008, « Buddhist sealings and the ye dharmā stanza », In Gautam Sengupta and Sharmi Chakraborty (ed.). Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia. New Delhi/Kolkata: Pragati Publications (Centre for Archaeological Studies and Training, Eastern India): 503–525.

2008, « Buddhist Sealings in Thailand and Southeast Asia: Iconography, Function, and Ritual Context », In Elisabeth A. Bacus, Ian C. Glover and Peter D. Sharrock (eds.), with the editorial assistance of John Guy and Vincent C. Pigott. Interpreting Southeast Asia’s Past – Monument, Image and Text. Selected Papers from the 10th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, Volume 2. Singapore: NUS Press: 248–262.

2008, « New Discoveries from South India: The life of the Buddha at Phanigiri, Andhra Pradesh », Arts Asiatiques 63 (2008): 96-118.

2008, « Bhutan, Himalayan Buddhism and Siam: Shared Values, Shared Texts », In John A. Ardussi and Sonam Tobgay (ed.), Written Treasures of Bhutan: Mirror of the Past and Bridge to the Future, Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Rich Scriptural Heritage of Bhutan, Thimphu: National Library of Bhutan, 2008, Vol. II: 399-415.

2008, « Dharma, Dhāranī, Abhidharma, Avadāna: What was taught in Trayastrimśa? », In Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University for the Academic Year 2007. Vol. XII, Tokyo: The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University: 37–60.

2009, « A Recently Discovered Sūrya Image from Thailand », In Gerd J.R. Mevissen and Arundhati Banerji (ed.). Prajñādhara: Essays on Asian Art, History, Epigraphy and Culture in Honour of Gouriswar Bhattacharya. New Delhi: Kaveri Books: 455–465 and pls. 46.1–10.

2009, « Redaction, Recitation, and Writing: Transmission of the Buddha’s Teachings in India in the Early Period », Chap. 4. In Stephen C. Berkwitz, Juliane Schober, and Claudia Brown (eds.). Buddhist Manuscript Cultures: Knowledge, Ritual, and Art. London: Routledge.

2009, « Des images moulées au service de l’idéologie du mérite », In Pierre Baptiste et Thierry Zéphir (ed.), Dvaravati – aux sources du bouddhisme en Thaïlande. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux/Établissement public du musée des Arts asiatiques Guimet, 2009, pp. 107-125.

2009, « L’énigme de Si Thep », In Pierre Baptiste et Thierry Zéphir, Dvaravati – aux sources du bouddhisme en Thaïlande, Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux/Établissement public du musée des Arts asiatiques Guimet, 2009, pp. 117-125..

2009, « Seeing the preacher as the Teacher: A note on śāstrasamjñā », In Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University for the Academic Year 2008. Vol. XII, Tokyo: The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University: 73–100.

2009, « Quatre vies de Sakyamuni: à l’aube de sa carrière de Bodhisatta », In Bouddhismes d’Asie: monuments et littératures, Journée d’étude en hommage à Alfred Foucher (1865-1952) réunie le 14 décembre 2007 à l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (palai de l’Institute de France), receuil édité pas Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat et Jean Leclant, Paris: AIBL – Diffusion De Boccard, 2009, pp. 125-139.

2009, « Nouvelles découvertes en Andhra Pradesh : la vie du Bouddha de Phanigiri », In Peter Skilling (ed.), Images et imagination – Le bouddhisme en Asie (Conférences Iéna, Cycle 2007-2008). Paris: École française d’Extrême-Orient, 2009, pp. 26-58.

2009, « Similar Yet Different: Buddhism in Siam and Burma in the Nineteenth Century », In Forrest McGill (ed.), Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma, 1775-1950. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, 2009, pp. 46-73.

2009, « Commentary at Nālandā in the Age of Dharmapāla: Vīryaśrīdatta’s Nibandhana on the Arthaviniścaya-dharmaparyāya », In Martin Straube, Roland Steiner, Jayandra Soni, Michael Hahn and Mitsuyo Demoto (ed.), Pāsādikadānam: Festschrift für Bhikhu Pāsādika, Indica et Tibetica Verlag Marburg, 2009 (Indica et Tibetica 52), pp. 399-447.

2009, « Keynote Speech: Remarks on Philology and Buddhist Studies with special reference to German philology and manuscript studies. » dans Pornsan Watangura and Heinrich Detering (eds.), On the Reception of Buddhism in German Philosophy and Literature: An Intercultural Dialogue, Bangkok: Centre for European Studies at Chulalongkorn University, 2009, pp. 1-7.

2010, « Notes on the Bhadrakalpika-sūtra » Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University for the Academic Year 2009. Vol. XIII, Tokyo: The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University, 2010: 195-229.

D. Collaborations

1982, Introduction à la traduction anglaise du Sūtra du Coeur in Jen Wen (ed.), Prajñāpāramitā-Hrdaya-Sūtra, Das Sūtra vom Herzen der Vollkommenen Weisheit, The Heart Sūtra, Zero Verlag, Rheinberg.

1982, Traduction anglaise du Sūtra du Coeur dans la version thaïe du preceding, Bhikkhu Dhammavīro, Laiat Silanoi (tr.), Prajñāpāramitā-hrdayasūtra, Bangkok, BE 2527.

1996, avec Jampa Samten, « On the Date of the Śel dkar (London) Manuscript bKa’ ‘gyur (Or. 6724) », In Ulrich Pagel and Séan Gaffney, Location List to the Texts in the Microfiche Edition of the Śel dkar (London) Manuscript bKa’ ‘gyur (Or. 6724), The British Library: London (Catalogus Codicum Tibetanorum I): 1-9.

1999, avec Prapod Assavavirulhakarn, « Vasubandhu on Travel and Seclusion », Manusaya: Journal of Humanities, Vol. 2, No. 1, March, 1999. Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University: 13-24.

2002a, avec Prapod Assavavirulhakarn. « Tripitaka in Practice in the Fourth and Fifth Reigns: Relics and Images according to Somdet Phra Sangharāja Pussadeva’s Pathamasambodhi Sermon », Manusaya: Journal of Humanities, Special Issue 4: Tripitaka (The Buddhist Canon): 1–6.

2002b, avec Santi Pakdeekham. « Charuk phra savok lae charuk phra chao sutthothana phop mai thi phiphitaphan sathan haeng chat u thong ch. suphanburi’/’Hearers of the Buddha and the Buddha’s Father: A Preliminary Reprot on Inscribed Artefacts in U Thong National Museum », Fragile Palm Leaves Newsletter No. 7 (December 2545/2002): 11–14.

2002c, avec Santi Pakdeekham. « Wannakam ang ing nai charuk yai haeng nakhon wat », Muang Boran Vol. 28 No. 4 (October–December 2002): 79–85 (revised and expanded Thai version of Skilling 2001c).

2006-2007, avec Prapod Assavavirulhakarn. « New Readings of Early Indic-language Inscriptions from Nakhon Si Thammarat, Southern Thailand », Bulletin d’Études Indiennes 24-25: 11-23.

2008, avec François Lagirarde and Santi Pakdeekham. « Note sur une inscription du Lanna conservée au musée de l’Histoire du Viêt-nam d’Hô Chi Minh-Ville », Aséanie 21 (2008): 115-119.

E. Forewords, etc.

2009, Introduction to Santi Pakdeekham (ed.), Jambūpati-sūtra: A synoptic romanized edition. Bangkok and Lumbini: Fragile Palm Leaves 2009 (Materials for the Study of the Tripitaka Volume 4).

F. Miscellanea

Writings in Fragile Palm Leaves Newsletter 1 (March, 1997) 2 (October, 1997), 3 (June, 1998), 4 (September, 1998), 5 (May, 1999), 6 (Dec. 2000), 7 (Dec. 2002). Bangkok.

G. Books reviews

1976, W.F.B. Review XIII/6 (Nov.–Dec., BE 2519): 22–24.

1977, Tenzin Gyatso, The Buddhism of Tibet and the Key to the Middle Way; Nāgārjuna and the Seventh Dalai Lama, The Precious Garland and Song of the Four Mindfulnesses, International Buddhist Forum Quarterly, Introductory Issue, Bangkok: 71–73. - Aséanie 3 (mai 1999): 162–63 ; Aséanie 4 (1999): 206–208 - Bulletin of the Asia Institute New Series Vol. 14 (2000): 163–164 - Crossroads 12.2 (1999): 108–110 - BSR 7 (1990).1–2: 115–21 - IIJ 45.3 (2002): 264–266 ; 263-264 ; 45.4 (2002): 373–377 - JSS 79.2 (1991): 152–56 ; 80.1 (1991): 162–63 ; 135–43 ; 85 (1997): 201–202 ; 205-206 ; 206-207 ; 245-247 ; 247-248 ; 88 (2000): 248–249 ; 249 ; 89 (2001): 131–132 - JPTS XIV (1991) - JAOS 117.3 (1997): 579–80. - Material Religion, Volume 4, Issue 2 (2008): 241-242 - Orientations 38/8 (Nov./Dec. 2007): 102–103.

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