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THE JOURNAL
OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONOF
BUDDHIST STUDIES
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
A . K. Narain
EDITORS
Heinz Bechert Leon Hurvitz
Lewis Lancaster A.W. MacDonald
B. J. Stavisky A lex Waym an
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Stephen Beyer
Volume 1 Number 1 1978
c/o Department of South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wiscons in 53706
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CONTENTS
I . A R T I C L E S
1. B udd hism and Pol i t i ca l Po w er in K ore an H is to ry , 9
by S. Keel
2 . M a h a m a u d g a l y a y a n a ' s S e r m o n o n t h e L e t ti n g -i n a n d N o t 2 5
Let t ing- in (of Sens i t ive Inf luences ) , by E. Waldschmidt
3 . T h e M a h a s a m g h i k a a n d t h e T a t h a g a t a g a r b h a , 3 5
by A . Way man
I I . S H O R T P A P E R S
1. Va j rayana in G os tan a-de sa , by H. W. Bailey 5 3
2 . " O u r B u d d h a " i n a n A s o k a n I n s c r i p t i o n , by A. K. Narain 5 7
3 . The Story of Vyasa and KasTsundarT, by L. Zwilling 65
4 . New Areas of Rese arch for Arc haeo logi s t s and 71
B u d d h o l o g i s t s , by G. Tucci
I I I . B O O K R E V I E W S
1 . A n A n t h o l o gy o f Bu ddh i s t Ta n t r i c Song s : a S t u dy o f 77
the CaryagTti , by Per Kvaerne
2 . Ti b e t an M ed i c i ne : Wi t h Spec ia l Re fe r ence t o Yo gasa t aka , 81
by Vaidya Bhagwan Dash
I V . N O T E S A N D N E W S
On Bud dh i s t Te x t I n f o r m a t i on (B .T . I. ) o f t he In s t i t u t e 87
for Advanced Studies of Wor ld Rel ig ions ( IASWR),
N e w Y o r k , by R. A . Gard
V . O B I T U A R Y
P. L. Va i dya , by P. V. Bapat 9 1
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On Buddhis t Text Informat ion (B.T. I . )
Of the Inst i tu te for Advanced Studies
Of World Rel igions ( IASWR), New York
by R. A . Gard
The Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions (IASWR, New
York) started a periodical Buddhist Text Information (BTI), in Novem
ber 1974, as a bibliographic information service for which the author is
responsible as BTI Editor. It is issued four times a year (March, June,
September, December) and numbered consecutively from Number 1,
with a Cumulative Index published annually in December. In addition
to describing texts and their published editions, translations, studies,indices, etc., the BTI devotes special attention to research planned, in
progress, or completed according to information received through cir
culated Author Entry Forms. In each BTI Number the data are ar
ranged by basic texts with romanized titles listed in A-Z order and a
brief identification. Under each text title, the bibliographic entries are
listed chronologically according to the date of publication or the
Author Entry Form received; they are numbered consecutively for each
issue. Each BTI Number has a Title Index in which the underlined numbers of entries refer to work planned, in progress, or completed but not
yet published. Where applicable, Asian words are transliterated, with
diacritics, according to the systems used by The Library of Congress
(Washington, D.C.).
The bibliographic nature of the data in BTI Numbers is indicated
by a letter code added to the entry number.- a = abridgement/abstract,
b = bibliography/catalog/list, c = concordance, d = dissertation/thesis,
e = edition, f = facsimile, g = glossary, i = index, m = manuscript, p =
pictorial data/illustrations, r = revised/corrected/added entry, s = study,
modern commentary, t = translation, v = vocabulary, x = extracts/se
lections, incomplete work. An asterisk * applied to a letter code indi
cates that the item is available in microform or xerographic copy at cost
from the IASWR Library, w ithin the provisions of the copyright law if
applicable.
The BTI Cumulative Index consists of two parts: Title Index of
basic texts, and Name Index of authors, editors, translators, and com-
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m en tato rs w i th dates and v ar iant names given wh en kno w n. To aid
cross-reference study, entr ies are coded in i tal ics and symbols: bw =
basic work descr ip t ion , tc = traditional commen tary descr ip t ion , cw =
commented work descr ip t ion , tt = traditional translation [o f bw, tc,
cw ] descr ip t ion , mw = modern work: edi t ion , t r ans la t ion , s tudy, e t c . , re
= related entry-, edi t ion, etc . by others to which may be added i f
ne ed ed : [e] = ed itor , [r] = reviewer, [ t] = tran sla tor ; = derived from;
original name , = became: transliterated/translated/reconstructed n a m e ,
/ = alternative date/variant name. The Cumula t ive Index a l so employs
the let ter code used in BTI N u m b e r s .
In each N um ber an at te m pt is m ade to includ e Bu ddhis t texts in
Pal i , Sanskr i t , Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese or other Asian languages .
The selection policy is to l is t a text on which someone reportedly is
working (edi t ing, t rans lat ing, s tudying, etc . ) add whatever informat ion
is available about i ts other Asian language versions or translat ions and
relevant Western and Asian publ icat ions , and then descr ibe the author 's
current work in his own words . The BTI Numbers and Cumula t ive
Indexes are typ ed by an IBM Correct ion Select ric I I ; Chinese, Japa nese ,
and K orean charac ter s are han dw r i t t en on the type d cop y; Tibe tan
script for t i t les is xero grap hically co pied from pu blished catalo gu es and
s t r ip-pas ted on the ty pe d c op y; oth er Asian wo rds are rom anized only.
Al ternat ive dates and var iant names are given whenever known. The
f inal copy is photopr inted. Typographical er rors are corrected when
discovered and add i t ional or upd ates inform at ion is given whe n avail
able in subsequent BTI issues.
By per iodical ly l i s t ing bo th pu bl ished and in-progress work inform at ion
ab ou t Bud dhis t tex ts , i t is ho ped tha t Buddh ist Text Information will
help supplement the data contained in publ ished bibl iographies and fa
ci l i ta te an exchange of informat ion between scholars about thei r Buddhis t textual s tudies . For the lat ter purpose, names and addresses are
given for current research entr ies . Thus, a scholar planning to work on
a par t icular Bu ddhis t text may di rect ly con tac t an oth er who is repo r t
edly working on the same text to ascer tain whether thei r research wi l l
dupl i ca te or complement each o ther . At t imes , the BTI Editor is asked
by co rresp on den ts in Asia (par t icular ly India, Jap an , Sri La nk a) , Eu rop e,
and N orth Am erica if som eo ne is wo rking on a Bud dhis t text no t yet
repor ted in the BTI. In such cases, a brief query on the matter is inser ted in a Number and the des i red informat ion, i f and when received,
is forwarded to the inquir ing scho lar .
A dm it ted ly, tex tua l s tudies are only a smal l and very specialized
pa rt of the wh ole of B ud dhist s tu dies, as catego rized above in nine f ields.
Current ly, much more research and publ icat ions are being under taken
in Buddhis t int roductory, doct r inal , ins t i tut ional -social , and cul tural
subjects , evidently less in historical , biographical , and l i terary subjects
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and, comparat ively l i t t le , but much needed, in reference and general
wo rk. Avai lable publ ishe d Bud dhist bibl iographies are no w inad eq ua te:
the y are unav oidably inco m plete , issued to o infreq uen t ly, and are be
coming outdated. Fur thermore , how can Buddhis t s tudents , beginners
or advanced scholars , in North America, Asia, and Europe know suff i
cient ly about each others ' work publ ished or in progress?
Buddhist mater ials , or f ields of Buddhist s tudies , may be divided
into nine or mo re ca tegories: I . Reference Works (bibl iographies, ency
clopaedias, directories , etc .) , I I . General Works (col lected wri t ings, com
memorative volumes, series, periodicals, audiovisual aids, etc.) , III . In
t rodu ct ions (method ologies , in t rod uct ion s , surveys, com para t ive s tudies ,etc . ) , IV. Histor ies (s tudies of Bud dhist per iod s, areas, cou ntr ie s , and
topics such as events, councils, schisms, etc. , as well as Buddhist values,
welfare activit ies, education, etc. , in various societies), V. Biographies
and th e Bud dha ideal (s tudies of Bud dhist m on ast ics , teach ers , lay per
sonages, and of ideal ized f igures, pantheons, etc .) , VI. Li teratures and
Te xts (s tud ies of B uddh ist folklore, essays, po etr y, s tor ies , etc . , and of
texts and c om me ntar ies , both canonica l and ext racan onica l ) , VII . P r in
ciples and P ract ices (s tudies of Buddh ist con cep ts , do ctr ine s, ceremo nies,cus toms, medi ta t ion, e tc . ) , VII I . Organiza t ion, Movements , Schools /
Sects (s tudies of Buddhist inst i tut ions, organizat ional developments ,
Sangha and monastic l ife, lay groups and religious l ife, etc.) , IX. Cul
tural Arts (s tudies of Buddhist aesthet ics and symbolism, archi tecture,
dance, drama, handicraf ts , music, the pictor ial ar ts , and sculpture (for
cerem onial ar ts see above, V II; for l i terature see abov e, VI) .
Within these nine bibliographic categories or fields of Buddhist
s tudies , textual s tudies (part VI. Li teratures and Texts) are of pr imaryim po rtan ce for m ost of the o the r f ields, and it is par t icular ly helpful
for prospect ive edi tors , t rans la tors , and commenta tors to know what
has been publ ished, or is being undertaken or even planned, by others
on a part icular Bud dhist text before th ey begin wo rk on i t. Th roug h ap
propriate bibl iographic information, individual t ime and effort can be
conserved and, i f desired, cooperat ion can be achieved in Buddhist
textual s tudies .
In these circumstances, should The Inst i tute for Advanced Studiesof World Rel igions s tar t another bibl iographic service complementary
to Buddhist Text Information? Tentatively, i t might be called Bud-
dhist Studies Survey (BSS) and list periodically reports and inquiries
ab ou t Bu ddhist research in the nine f ields m en tion ed abov e. If so, i t
would necessar i ly exclude references to work already publ ished; other
wise, to revive the Bibliographie Bouddhique (Par i s , 1930-1961) , which
covered Janvier 191 8 to Mai 19 54 , wo uld require very sub stant ial fund
ing and staff org aniz ation .
Responses from readers of the Journal of the International A sso-
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ciation of Buddhist Studies concerning the desirability, scope, format,
and potential circulation-subscription of a Buddhist Studies Survey
would be greatly appreciated. (Similarly, author entries and subscrip
tions to Buddhist Text Information are always welcome.) Please sendyour comments to: Dr. Richard A. Gard, Director of Institute Services,
The Ins titute for Advanced Studies of World Religions, Melville Mem o-
riial Library, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York
11794, U.S.A.
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