Charles WILLEMEN

PB 656 - 8400 Oostende

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Supervisor Buddhist Studies

Primary Fields of Specialty

Sarvãstivãda Abhidharma,
Literary Chinese

Secondary Field of Specialty

Chinese and Japanese Buddhism

Current Lecture Courses

Abhidharma Doctrines
Japanese Buddhism
Chinese Buddhism
Publications:

1. Books

1974.Dharmapada: a concordance to Udanavarga, Dhammapada, and the Chinese Dharmapada literature.Publications de l'Institut belge des hautes études bouddhiques. Série études et textes 3. Bruxelles: Institut belge des hautes études bouddhiques.
1975.Udanavarga: Chinese-Sanskrit Glossary.Tokyo: Hokuseido, X, 101 p.
and Christian Berg, Max Elskamp. 1975. De negen overdenkingen over de onreinheid van het lichaam. Verhandelingen van het Etnografisch museum van de Stad Antwerpen 3. Antwerpen: Etnografisch museum, 40 p.: ill.

1978. Transl. and Annot.The Chinese Udanavarga: A Collection of Important Odes of the Law (Fa chi yao sung ching).Mélanges chinois et bouddhiques 19. Bruxelles: Institut belge des hautes études chinoises, 19.
1983.The Chinese Hevajratantra: the scriptural text of the ritual of the Great King of the teaching, the Adamantine one with great compassion and knowledge of the void.
Orientalia Gandensia 8. Leuven: Peeters, 208 p.

and Van der Hallen, Katelijne. 1983. Avondademen. Antwerpen: Stichting Mercator-Plantijn, 47 p.: ill.

1994. Transl.The storehouse of sundry valuables. Tsa-pao-tsang-ching.Compiled by T'an-yao. Transl. into Chinese by Kikkaya and Liu Hsiao-piao. BDK English Tripitaka 10/1. Berkeley (Calif.): Numata center for Buddhist tranlation and research, XIX, 275 p.
and Bart Dessein, Collet Cox. 1998. Sarvãstivãda Buddhist Scholasticism. Handbuch der Orientalistik. 2. Abt.: Indien 11. Leiden: Brill, XVII, 341 p.

1999.The Scriptural Text: Verses of the Doctrine, with Parables.BDK English Tripi†aka, 10 II. Berkeley: BDK, 238 pp.
Abhidharmhrdaya: The Essence of metaphysics.Bruxelles, 1975, translated and annotated by Charles Willemen, 366 pages, 26 pages (Chinese Text), Chinese-Sanskrit glossary, English-Sanskrit glossary (Publications de l'Institut Belge des Hautes Etudes Bouddhiques, Serie études et textes 4).

2. Articles

Numerous articles e.g. 1998. New Ideas about Sarvãstivãda Abidharma.Indian Journal of Buddhist Studies10, 1-2: 82-94.

Willemen, Charles. 1999-2000. The Indian Background of Buddhism in China. Some Facts and Remarks.The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies,1: 45-49.

Willemen, Charles. 2001. Sarvãstivãda Developments in Northwestern India and in China.The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies,2: 163-169.

Willemen, Charles. 2001b. Sarvãstivãda Dhyãna and Mahãyãna Prajñã. Observations about their Development in India and in China.Asiatische Studien/Études Asiatiques,55: 529-534.