The Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies

Welcome to the Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies.

This Journal publishes articles which enhance knowledge and/or understanding of any aspect of Buddhism. Whilst maintaining academic rigour we also work toward publishing articles that are accessible to non-specialist readers.

There will be other distinctive features. We will publish many book reviews and letters. We strongly encourage anyone who reads a book on Buddhism to which they feel attention should be drawn for any reason, positive or negative, to send us a review. That review will be published over the author’s name without being subject to peer review like an article. We shall make it clear that the opinions expressed may not reflect those of the editors. Anyone may reply to a review. We will thus encourage discussions, though of course we reserve the right not to publish any contribution we think may be libellous or untrue.

We shall therefore not be afraid of controversy, but hope to avoid bad manners or bad taste.

Volume One

Volume One is now publishes.  To view the Table of Contents for Volume One please click here.

Subscription

The Journal is held on this website in electronic format.  A subscription buys you access to the Journal Hosting page for a year's worth of issues.  This page contains PDF versions of the Journal in various configurations for you to access and download as you wish.

Rates are as follows:

Students £20/yr

Individuals £30/yr

Institutions £45/yr

Universities £55/yr

Countries from the following list receive 50% discount on all of the above prices:

Bangladesh, Burma, Laos, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Pakistan, all African Countries

Thank you for your support of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies and we hope you find much stimulating material within the Journal.

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Details for submission

Articles should be provided with the usual scholarly apparatus. Footnotes should be used rather than endnotes. British English will be preferred to American English but will not be pedantically enforced. The preferred form of references etc. will be that used in the Journal of Asian Studies, but again, complete uniformity will not be insisted on.

We shall, initially at least, have an editorial board of five and an advisory board of nearly twenty scholars spread across many countries. The editorial board are:

Richard Gombrich: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Tse-fu Kuan: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Karma Phuntsho: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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