Mahinda Deegalle (Bath Spa University College)
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Mahinda Deegalle
Lecturer in the Study of Religions
School of Historical and Cultural Studies
Bath Spa University College
Newton Park
Bath BA2 9BN, United Kingdom
Phone: 44/1225-875429
FAX: 44/1225-875503
Email: m.deegalle@bathspa.ac.uk
Email: dmahinda@yahoo.com
Working Languages: Sinhala, Pali, Sanskrit, English, (French and German
reading only) and Japanese
Teaching Interests: (1) Theravada Buddhism, (2) Japanese Religions, (3)
Methodological Issues in the Study of Religions, (4) Ethics,
Monastic Practices and Asceticism
Research Interests: (1) Buddhist Preaching in Theravada, (2) Mahayana Movement
in Sri Lanka, (3) Buddhism, Conflict Resolution and Violence,
(4) Ascetic Spirituality in Japan
Selected Publications:
BOOKS
Budusamaya saha Sri Lankave Janavargika Ghattaanaya ('Buddhism and Ethnic
Conflict in Sri Lanka'), ed. Mahinda Deegalle. Oslo: Buddhist Federation
of Norway, 2003, pp. xx+378.
Bana saha Budusamaya ('Preaching and Buddhism'). Wadduwa: Wivekarama
Sanvardhana Padanama, 1997, pp. xvi+102.
Pali Buddhism, edited with Frank J. Hoffman. Surrey, U.K.: Curzon Press,
1996, pp. xiv+233.
Nirvanaya saha Sadacaraya (Nirvana and Morality). Nugegoda: Deepani Press,
1986, pp. xii+97.
ARTICLES
"Poetic Preaching: Monastic Strategies in Constituting Buddhist
Communities in Modern Sri Lanka and Thailand," Constituting Communities:
Theravada Buddhism and the Religious Cultures of South and Southeast Asia,
ed. John C. Holt, Jacob N. Kinnard, and Jonathan W. Walters
(Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2003).
"All Ceylon Buddhist Congress" (37-38), "Hosso Shu" (606-07), "Ontake Kyo"
(975-76), "Sarvodaya" (1134-35), and "Young Men's Buddhist Association" (1446-47), in
Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices,
ed. J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002).
"Is Violence Justified in Theravada Buddhism?" Current Dialogue 39 (2002):
8-17.
"Textuality of the Jayamangala Gatha and Its Liturgical Role in Modern Buddhist
Marriage Ceremony," in Buddhist Studies: Essays in Honour of Professor Lily de
Silva, ed. P.D. Premasiri et al (Peradeniya: The Department of Pali and Buddhist
Studies, University of Peradeniya, 2002), pp. 183-97.
"Soteriological Fundamentalism and Interreligious Dialogue," Current Dialogue 37
(2001): 9-12.
"Asceticism: Buddhist Perspectives" (89-92), "Death Rituals" (364-67), "Marathon
Monks" (821-22), "Music: Buddhist Perspectives" (909-11), "Sri Lanka: History"
(1198-99), "Sri Lanka: Recent Changes" (1200), "Temple" (1238-40), and "Virtues"
(1329-30), in Encyclopedia of Monasticism, ed. William M. Johnston (Chicago and
London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000).
"Buddhist Critical Attitudes for Postmodern Age," Buddhism for the New
Millennium, ed. Lakshman S. Perera et al (London: World Buddhist Foundation,
2000), pp. 133-39.
"From Buddhology to Buddhist Theology: An Orientation to Sinhala Buddhism,"
Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars, eds.
Roger Jackson and John Makransky (Surrey, U.K.: Curzon Press, 2000), pp. 331-45.
"Noviyat Hudijana: Local Consciousness within Disappearing Cosmopolitan
Buddhism," Sambhasa: Vidyodaya 125 Vana Sastriya Samaru Sangrahaya, ed.
G.D. Ratnapala et al. Vol. 10. (Battaramulla: Pirivena Education Branch,
Ministry of Education and Higher Education, 1999), pp. 483-503.
"A Search for Mahayana in Sri Lanka," Journal of the International
Association for Buddhist Studies, 22 (2) 1999: 343-57.
"Buddha's Rock: Mahayana Legacy at Buduruvagala," Journal of Pali and
Buddhist Studies 12 (1998): 103-15.
"Mahayana Ideas within Theravada?" Buddhist Studies 27 (1998): 99-118.
"Marathon Preachers: The Two-pulpit Tradition in Sri Lanka," Asiatische
Studien 52 (1) 1998: 15-56.
"A Bibliography on Sinhala Buddhism," Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 1997
(on-line journal) http://jbe.la.psu.edu; http://www.jbe.gold.ac.uk
"Buddhist Preaching and Sinhala Religious Rhetoric: Medieval Buddhist
Methods to Popularize Theravada," Numen 44 (1997): 180-210.
"Buddhist Principles of Democracy: An Exploration of Ethical and
Philosophical Foundations," Buddhist Studies 26 (1997): 89-107.
"Innovations in Theravada Buddhist Rituals," Journal of Indian and
Buddhist Studies 46 (1997): 685-692.
"Reconsidering Buddhist Preaching: Bana Tradition in Sri Lanka," Recent
Researches in Buddhist Studies: Essays in Honour of Professor Y. Karunadasa, ed.
K. Dhammajoti, Asanga Tilakaratne and Kapila Abhayawansa (Colombo and Hong
Kong: Y. Karunadasa Felicitation Committee and Chi Ying Foundation, 1997), pp. 427-53.
"Vernacular Buddhism: Neglected Sources in the Study of Sri Lankan Theravada,"
Journal of the Japanese Association for South Asian Studies 9 (1997): 69-101.
"Buddhist Preaching in Sri Lanka: Sinhala Rhetoric in the Popularization
of Theravada," Sri Lanka Journal of Buddhist Studies 5 (1996): 30-41.
"Buddhist Preaching: Rethinking of History of Religions Categories,"
Transactions of the International Conference of Eastern Studies 41 (1996): 42-59.
"Introduction," (with F. Hoffman), Pali Buddhism, ed. Frank J. Hoffman and
Deegalle Mahinda (Surrey, U.K.: Curzon Press, 1996), pp. 1-13.
"The Moral Significance of Buddhist Nirvana: The Early Buddhist Model of
Perfection," Pali Buddhism, ed. Frank J. Hoffman and Deegalle Mahinda
(Surrey, U.K.: Curzon Press, 1996), pp. 105-116.
"The Origins of Mahayana Buddhism," The Buddhist 61 (1990): 12-21.
Key Words
Preaching, bana, Theravada Buddhism, nirvana, violence, Mahayana, Sri Lanka,
Pali Buddhism, Vernacular Buddhism, Democracy, Sinhala Buddhism, Two-pulpit,
Buddhology, Buddhist Theology, Buduruvagala, Jayamangala Gatha, Ethnic Conflict
in Sri Lanka, Asceticism, Buddhist communities, Interreligious Dialogue,
Critical Attitudes