About the author Ven. Dhammadipa (1949) has been a Buddhist monk since 1986 in both Southern (Theravāda) and Northern (Chinese) traditions of Buddhism. He has published several books in Chinese, which are collections of his teachings in Taiwan collected by his students, mainly concerned with meditation in the Theravāda Abhidharma tradition such as: The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, The Introduction into Abhidharma, The Four Noble Truths, The Four Divine Abodes. He also translated Śāntideva’s Bodhicaryāvatāra into Czech, and some other treatises like Aśvaghoṣa’s Awakening of Faith in Mahāyāna from Chinese, and Mahāyāna Sandhinirmocanasūtra also from Chinese to be published next year. He also translatedThe Short Introduction to Meditation Methods by Kumārajīva, which is briefly discussed in the present paper. Dhammadipa has been teaching Buddhism at several Buddhist institutes and universities such as Fa gu shan, Fa guan shan, Yuan guan in Taiwan, Hong Kong University, Pune University, Somaiya University in Mumbay, and Nalanda University in India. 54 (10) Bhante Dhammadipa
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