Arhant Mahinda – Redactor of the Buddhapujàva
Posted on November 4th, 2012
PRESS RELEASE (Oct 31, 2012)
The Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies
is pleased to present groundbreaking research
in its SPECIAL ISSUE (No. 8, 2012) on the
Authorship of the BuddhapƒÆ’-¦ƒ”š‚«jƒÆ’-¾ƒ”š‚
ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”Homage to the BuddhaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢.
In this issue
Canadian Buddhist Scholar
Prof. Suwanda H J Sugunasiri
identifies
Arhant Mahinda
as the Redactor of the BuddhapƒÆ’-¦ƒ”š‚«jƒÆ’-¾ƒ”š‚.
The two-year research traces it to the time of
the introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka
2260 years ago,
along with the Five-, Eight- and Ten Precepts
(PaƒÆ’†’ƒ”š‚±ca-sƒÆ’-¾ƒ”š‚«la, AƒÆ’†’ƒ”š‚±ƒÆ’†’ƒ”š‚±hangika-sƒÆ’-¾ƒ”š‚«la and Dasa-sƒÆ’-¾ƒ”š‚«la).
Read the full article online at
http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjbs
For enquiries, please contact Prof. Michael Berman at <mberman@brocku>.
For author interviews, please contact suwanda.sugunasiri@utoronto.ca.
(Brief Bio: Formerly of Trinity College, University of Toronto,
US Fulbright Scholar Prof. Suwanda H J Sugunasiri
is the Founder of Nalanda College of Buddhist Studies (Canada