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"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.20

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 20 Thematic Research Ⅸ (November 2015)

[article26]Shoji MORI, Yoshio KANEKO : Routes of Trade and of Religious Wandering in Early Buddhism


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.19

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 19 Thematic Research Ⅳ (September 2014)

[article(Reseach Note)1]Shoji MORI: Presumed Year of Sakya-muni 's Visit to tha Kigdom of Aṅga

[article(Reseach Note)2]Shoji MORI: Presumed Year of Jīvaka 's Various Achievements

[article(Reseach Note)3]Shoji MORI: The Life of the Poet Vaṅgīsa

[article(Reseach Note)4]Shoji MORI:Four Puṇṇa and the Presumed Years of Their Respective Achievements

[article(Reseach Note)5]Shoji MORI : Presumed Year of Aṅgulimāla's Becoming the Buddha's Disciple

[article(Reseach Note)6]Shoji MORI : Presumed Year of Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta's Death

[article(Reseach Note)7]Shoji MORI : Presumed Year of the Donation of the Monastery Pubbārāma Migāramātupāsāda

[article(Reseach Note)8]Shoji MORI : Presumed Year of the Fall of the Sakya Clan

[article(Reseach Note)9]Shoji MORI : The Route of Sakya-mini ユs Last Journey Described in the Mahāparinibbāna-suttanta : Focusing on the Crossing Points along the Ganga and Gandak Rivers


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.18

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 18 Basic Research Ⅷ (November 2013)

[article25] Shoji MORI :The Formative Process of Saṃgha and Vinaya Regulations


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.17

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 17 Basic Research VII (May 2012)

[article23]Shoji MORI : Daily Life of Sakyamuni and His Disciples Depicted in the Early Buddhist Canon

[article24]Shoji MORI : Kaṭhina (Holy Robe Made after Rainy Season)


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.16

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 16 Basic Research VI (January 2010)

[article20]Shoji MORI : Conflict Arbitration and Criminal Procedures in the Saṃgha

[article21]Shoji MORI : The Method and Idea Underlying the Majority Rule for Dispute Solution in the Saṃgha

[article22]Shoji MORI & Katsuhisa NAKASHIMA : The Average Ages for Entering School, Marriage, etc., as Seen in the Buddhist Canon ( Early Buddhist Scriptures, Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā, the Honnen Section of the Taishō Tripiṭaka, and Ancient Indian Codes )


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.15

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 15 Documentary Sources VII (October 2009)

[source material2-4]Yoshio KANEKO (ed.) : Locations of Buddha's Residence and Preaching Collected in the Early Buddhist Canons -Part 4; Other Miscellaneous Countries -


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.14

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 14 Basic Research V (May 2009)

[article16]Shoji MORI ; Religious Wandering, Monastic Construction and the Formation of the Saṃgha

[article17]Shogo IWAI ; Verifying Traditions Concerning the Location of Sakyamuni's Rainy Season Retreats

[article18]Shoji MORI ; Valuation of Traditions Concerning the Location of Sakyamuni's Rainy Season Retreats

[article19]Shoji MORI & Tsunao MOTOZAWA ; Buddhism in Kosambī


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.13

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 13 Basic Research IV (March 2008)

[article13]Shoji MORI : 'A Saṃgha Led by the Buddha' and 'Saṃghas Led by His Desciples'

[article14]Shoji MORI : The Saṃgha of Sakyamuni

[article15]Shoji MORI, Yoshio KANEKO : Janapada and Raṭṭha in Pāli Buddhist Scriptures


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.12

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 12 Documentary Sources VI (May 2007)

[source material7]Shogo IWAI, Tsunao MOTOZAWA, Bhikkhu KATAPUÑÑO (ed.) : Visākhā Migāramātā --Biographical Sources--


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.11

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 11 Thematic Research III (October 2006)

[article11]Shoji MORI & Tsunao MOTOZAWA : Biographical Study of Devadaṭṭa

[article12]Shogo IWAI : Sakyamuni's Attendants before Ananda and Locations of His Rains Retreat


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.10

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 10 Thematic Research II (April 2005)

[article10]Shoji MORI, Tsunao MOTOZAWA : Life of Mahāpajāpatī Goṭamī and the Formation of the Bhikkhunī Saṃgha

[source material5]Shogo IWAI : Accounts of Sakyamuni's Rains Retreats in the Early Buddhist Canons

[source material6]Katsuhisa NAKASHIMA : A List of References to the Ages in the Hon-nen-section of Taisho-tripiṭaka


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.9

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 9 Thematic Research I (May 2004)

[article08]Shoji MORI & Tsunao MOTOZAWA : Biographical Study of Mahākassapa

[article09]Shogo IWAI : The Tradition of 'Sharing Half a Seat'

[source material4]Katsuhisa NAKASHIMA : Materials of the Ages in Ancient Indian Codes Concerning on the Saṃskāra and the Āśrama


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.8

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 8 Documentary Sources V (March 2004)

[source material2-3]Yoshio KANEKO (ed.) : Locations of Buddha's Residence and Preaching Collected in the Early Buddhist Canons -Part 3 : Kosala -


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.7

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 7 Basic Research III (October 2003)

[article06] Shoji MORI : Brāhmaṇa-Ascetics in the Early Buddhist Sources -- jaṭila and vānaprasṭha --

[article07]Shogo IWAI : The Account of the Life of Buddha in Jū-ni-yū-gyō -- Locations of Sakyamuni 's Residence during the Rainy Season for the First Twelve years --


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.6

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 6 Basic Research II (October 2002)

[article04]Shoji MORI, Tsunao MOTOZAWA : A Study of Yojana -- Re-examination of the Ancient Indian Measure of Distance --

[article05]Shogo IWAI : Locations of Sakyamuni 's Residence during the Rainy Season -- A Comparative Study of the Early Buddhist Canons and the Late Sources --

[source material1-2]Katsuhisa NAKASHIMA : A List of References to the Ages in the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 2: References in the Sutta and Vinaya Piṭakas


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.5

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 5 Documentary Sources IV (May 2002)

[source material2-2-2]Yoshio KANEKO ( ed.): Locations of Buddha's Residence and Preaching Collected in the Early Buddhist Canons Part 2-2 ; Jetavana Anāthapiṇḍikārāma (Vinaya-piṭaka)


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.4

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 4 Documentary Sources III (December 2001)

[source material2-2-1]Yoshio KANEKO (ed.) : Locations of Buddha's Residence and Preaching Collected in the Early Buddhist Canons Part2 -1; Jetavana Anāthapiṇḍikārāma (Sutta-piṭaka)


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.3

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 3 Documentary Sources II (September 2000)

[source material3]Shoji MORI, Tsunao MOTOZAWA, Shogo IWAI (ed.) : Sources by Topics of the Buddha's Biographies and Related Documents


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.2

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 2 Documentary Sources I (March 2000)

[source material2-1]Yoshio KANEKO (ed.) : Locations of Buddha's Residence and Preaching Collected in the Early Buddhist Canons Part1 ; Magadha


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.1

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 1 Basic Research I (July 1999)

[article01]Shoji MORI: The Aims and Methods of Our Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources

[article02]Shoji MORI: On the Calendars in the Early Buddhism

[article03]Shoji MORI: The Birth, the Renunciation, the Enlightenment, and the Parinibbāna of Sakyamuni -- on the Dates and his Ages--

[source material1-1]Katsuhisa NAKASHIMA: A List of References to the Ages in the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 1:References in the "Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā"

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Articles
[article 16]
Shoji MORI ; Religious Wandering, Monastic Construction and the Formation of the Saṃgha
[article 17]
Shogo IWAI ; Verifying Traditions Concerning the Location of Sakyamuni's Rainy Season Retreats
[article 18]
Shoji MORI ; Valuation of Traditions Concerning the Location of Sakyamuni's Rainy Season Retreats
[article 19]
Shoji MORI & Tsunao MOTOZAWA ; Buddhism in Kosambī
[article 20]
Shoji MORI : Conflict Arbitration and Criminal Procedures in the Saṃgha
[article 21]
Shoji MORI : The Method and Idea Underlying the Majority Rule for Dispute Solution in the Saṃgha
[article 22]
Shoji MORI & Katsuhisa NAKASHIMA : The Average Ages for Entering School, Marriage, etc., as Seen in the Buddhist Canon ( Early Buddhist Scriptures, Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā, the Honnen Section of the Taishō Tripiṭaka, and Ancient Indian Codes )

Source materials

[source material 2-4]
Yoshio KANEKO (ed.) : Locations of Buddha's Residence and Preaching Collected in the Early Buddhist Canons -Part 4; Other Miscellaneous Countries

Fieldwork reports,etc.

[report 01]
Shoji Mori, "A Fieldwork Report: Verifying the Accounts of Religious Wandering in the Early Buddhist Canons" (Jan. 2000)
[report 02]
Shoji Mori, "A Report on the Fieldwork at Buddhist Sites in India in the Rainy Season" (Oct. 2001)
[report 03]
Shoji Mori, Keynote report at symposium on "How Shakyamuni Lived: A Discussion with Sumanasara Thera" (Dec. 2002)
[report 04]
Shoji Mori, "An Introduction to the Life of Ānanda" (Bulletin of Mori Seminar, No. 13. Apr. 2005)
[report 05]
Katsuhisa Nakashima & Shogo Iwai, "A Fieldwork Report on Jainism" (Feb. 2006)
[report 06]
Shoji Mori, "Pasenadi, King of Kosala, and Buddhism--Centering on the Year the King Became a Believer in Buddhism," Indo tetsugaku bukkyogaku (Indian Philosophy and Buddhology), No. 21, Sapporo: Hokkaido Academy of Indian Philosophy and Buddhology (Oct. 2006)
[report 07]
Shoji Mori, "Did Shakyamuni Have a Sangha? --An Introduction to Sammukhibuta Sangha and Catuddisa Sangha," Mikkyo rishu no uchu, Fukuda Ryosei sensei koki kinen (The Universe According to Adhyardhaśatikā prajñāpāramitā, in Commemoration of the Seventieth Birthday of Professor Ryosei Fukuda), Tokyo: Chizan Kangakukai (Mar. 2007)
[report 08]
Shoji Mori,"Sammukhībhūta Saṃgha and Cātuddisa Saṃgha", Bulletin of Orientology(Bulletin of the Faculty of Letters Toyo University)No.60, Tokyo : Toyo University(Mar. 2007)
[report 09]
MORI Shoji. "The Buddha in Fact: As Seen in the Lens of 'Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni' - Did Sakyamuni's Saṃgha actually exist?" (May 2010)


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