Articles The Literature of the Pudgalavādins 7-16 Modern Japanese Buddhology: Its History and Problematics 17-36 Marginalia to Sa-skya Pandita's Oeuvre 37-55 The Problem of the Icchantika in the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra 57-81 The Sanmon-Jimon Schism in the Tendai School of Buddhism: A Preliminary Analysis 83-105 The Indravarman (Avaca) Casket Inscription Reconsidered: Further Evidence for Canonical Passages in Buddhist Inscriptions 107-123 The Tibetan "Wheel of Life": Iconography and doxography 125-146 Notes on the Buddha's Threats in the Dīgha Nikāya 147-158
Book Reviews A Buddhist Spectrum (Marco Pallis) 159-162 The Heart of Buddhism (Takeuchi Yoshinori) 162-164 Paritta: A Historical and Religious Study of the Buddhist Ceremony for Peace and Prosperity in Sri Lanka (Lily de Silva) 164-168 The Threefold Refuge in the Theravāda Buddhist Tradition (ed. John Ross Carter); Buddhist Images of Human Perfection (Nathan Katz) 169-173 The Word of the Buddha: the Tripiṭaka and Its Interpretations in Theravāda Buddhism (George D. Bond) 173-175
Presidential Address Ascent and Descent: Two-Directional Activity in Buddhist Thought 176-183 A Report on the Sixth Conference of the IABS, Held in Conjunction with the 31st CISHAAN, Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan, August 31- September 7, 1983 184-195
