Ven.Prof. Dr. KL Dhammajoti

Ven.Prof. Dr. KL Dhammajoti (法光)

Honorary Rector, International Buddhist College, Thailand.
Professor, Centre of Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Ph.D., University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

Venerable Professor KL Dhammajoti, Ph.D., is Glorious Sun (Endowed) Professor of Buddhist Studies at the Centre of BUddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong. He is the Rector of International Buddhist College (2008-). Prior to joning the Internatioanl Buddhist College, he was Professor and Head of the Department of Buddhist Literary Sources of the Postgraducate Institutie of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. For the past many years, he has been specializing in Abhidharma studies and early Indian Yogācra.

Primary Fields of Specialty:

Abhidharma of the Northern Tradition
Early Yogācāra

Secondary Field of Specialty:

Comparative Studies of the Pāli Nikāya and the Chinese Āgama

Current Lecture Courses:

Abhidharma Doctrines and Controversies
Yogācāra Idealism
Appearance and Reality: A Study of the Dharma-dharmatā-vibhāga
Readings in Buddhist Sanskrit texts (Elementary)
Readings in Buddhist Sanskrit texts (Advanced)
Store Consciousness: The Yogācāra Doctrine of the ālaya-vijñāna

Publications:

Books

1990. The Chinese Dharmapada. Publisher: Man Fatt Lam Temple, Singapore.

1995. The Chinese Version of the Dharmapada. Publisher: Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

1998. Entrance Into the Supreme Doctrine. Publisher: Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

2004. Abhidharma Doctrine and Controversy on Perception. Publisher: Centre for Buddhist Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 3rd ed: Centre of Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2007)

2002. Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma. Publisher: Centre for Buddhist Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka. (2nd ed: 2004, 3rd ed: Centre of Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2007)

Academic papers (selected)

1987. “The Mahāpadāna-suttanta and the Buddha’s Spiritual Lineage”, in Sri Lanka Journal of Buddhist Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Vol. I, pp.187-196.

1996. “The First Verse of the Chinese Dharmapada: A Sign-post of Sectarian Affiliation”, in Sri Lanka Journal of Buddhist Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Vol. V, pp.1-14.

1997. “A Bond that is At Once Strong and Lax?”, in Buddhist Studies Hamamatsu, Japan, Vol. XXVI, pp.9-22.

1997. “The Abhidharma Controversy on Visual Perception”, in Recent Researches in Buddhist Studies: Essays in Honour of Professor Y. Karunadasa, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp.70-117, ed., K. Dhammajoti et. al.

1998. “The Defects in an Arhat’s Enlightenment: His akliṣṭa-ajñāna and vāsanā”, in Buddhist Studies, Hamamatsu, Japan, Vol. XXVII, pp.65-98.

2002. “Sahabhū-hetu, Causality and Sarvāstitva”, in Ārcanā. Published by Professor MHF Jayasurya Felicitation Committee, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

2002. “The Sarvāstivāda Conception of Nirvāṇa”, in Buddhist and Indian Studies in Honour of Professor Dr. Sodo Mori. Published by Kokusai Bukkyoto Kyokai, Hamamatsu, Japan, pp.335-348.

2003. “The Karmic Role of the avijñapti of the Sarvāstivāda”, in Buddhist Studies, Hamamatsu, Japan, pp. 69-90.

2003. “The Sarvāstivāda Doctrine of Simultaneous Causality” (revised version), in Journal of Buddhist Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Vol. I, ed: Y Karunadasa, et. al., pp.17-54.

2004. “Logic in the Abhidharma-mahāvibhāṣā”, in Journal of Buddhist Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Vol. II, ed: Y Karunadasa et. al.

2004. Ākāra and Direct Perception, being published by the Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, Canada, in Symposium of Numata Chair-holders.

2005. "Upadeśa and Abhidharma", in Journal of Buddhist Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Vol. III, ed, Y Karunadasa, et. al.