These fine essays by some of the best scholars in the field meaningfully enhance our collective understanding of Sri Lankan Buddhism. —Ananda Wickremeratne, PhD, theology professor, Loyola University-Chicago
Eleven eminent Buddhist studies scholars have contributed essays to this collection, assembled to celebrate the life of the late Sri Lankan scholar, social worker, and meditation master Godwin Samararatne.
Anne Blackburn, PhD, is an assistant professor in Asian studies at Cornell University and the author of Buddhist Learning and Textual Practice in Eighteenth Century Lankan Monastic Culture. She lives in Ithaca, New York. Jeffrey Samuels, PhD, is an assistant professor at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he has taught Asian Religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Buddhist-Christian Monasticism as well as courses in Pali and Sanskrit.
Religion & Theology, Spirituality
282 pages, Trade Paper, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Distribution Rights: WOR
$21.00 (CAN $28.00)
9781928706199 (1928706193) Pub Date: September 2003
Pariyatti Publishing