Dhammajoti, K.

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K. L. Dhammajoti

English Phonetics	K. L. Dhammajoti
Sort Name	Dhammajoti, K. L.
Title Suffix	Bhikku

Dates

Birth:	1949

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

About

Biographical Information

K. L. Dhammajoti (born 29 May 1949) is a Buddhist monk from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was ordained according to the Theravada tradition of Buddhism.

He is also one of the leading scholars on Sarvastivada Abhidharma. and is well known in the world of Buddhist scholarship for several contributions. These include some of his own personal work, such as Sarvastivada abhidharma, The Chinese Version of the Dhammapada, Entrance into the Supreme Doctrine, and Abhidhamma Doctrines and Controversies on Perception. He is also the founding editor of an annual academic Journal of Buddhist Studies from the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka. Currently, he is serving as the director of Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong Ltd. (Source Accessed Jan 8, 2024)

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Abhidharma generally refers to the corpus of Buddhist texts which deals with the typological, phenomenological, metaphysical, and epistemological presentation of Buddhist concepts and teachings. The abhidharma teachings present a meta-knowledge of Buddhist sūtras through analytical and systemic schemas and are said to focus on developing wisdom among the three principles of training. The Abhidharma is presented alongside Sūtra and Vinaya as one of the three baskets of the teachings of the Buddha.