Buddhist Studies 1984 1990

Author(s): J W De Jong
Publisher: J W De Jong

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lem in recent years. We look forward to the publication of the proceedings of the symposium in which many prominent scholars have participated. Jens-Uwe Hartmann has written an interesting report on the symposium
18. In preparing this survey which is limited to studies relating to Indian Buddhist texts I was struck by the amount of work done in recent years. Nevertheless, this survey is far from complete. From the innumerable Japanese publications I have mentioned only the very few which have come to my notice. A more complete survey can only be made by a Japanese scholar who is able to consult the many journals published in Japan. It is perhaps possible for Japanese scholars to keep informed of the publications of their compatriots but this is practically impossible for non-Japanese scholars outside Japan. It would be extremely useful if a university or institute in Japan would take the initia- . tive to publish regularly (preferably monthly) a bulletin in English which would list recent Japanese publications relating to Buddhism.
It is regrettable that the Bibliographie bouddhique has not been continued. Perhaps it is too difficult to organise such an international bibliography but it ought to be possible to publish at regular intervals bibliographies which would cover one or more countries, languages or language groups. European publications could be covered almost entirely by bibliographies of publications in respectively Germanic, Romance, Scandinavian and Slavic languages. Furthermore it would be necessary to publish bibliographies for the U.S.A. and Canada and for India and the Theravāda countries and one for Chinese publications. This would amount to an annual or bi-annual publication of seven bibliographies which would certainly be of immense benefit to all scholars working in the field of Buddhist studies. Perhaps it would also be possible to fill in the same way the gap left since the cessation of the Bibliography bouddhique in 1958.
In one of his publications Yuichi Kajiyama relates that he used to tell (28)