Work of Professor Harvey in the field of Buddhist Studies:
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 Background
 UK Association for Buddhist Studies
 Editorships
 Editorial Board membership
 Refereeing and reviewing
 Quality assurance work
 Advisory and consultancy work

Other work
 Books in progress
 Papers in refereed journals
 Papers in books or large established websites
 Short articles
 Audio-visual publications
 International conferences at which papers have been given
 Invited papers given in the UK
Publications by research students and students from the Sunderland MA Buddhist Studies

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Background

Born 1951 in county of Yorkshire, UK.
Married, one child.
Theravada Buddhist since time at Manchester University.
Meditation teacher in the Samatha Trust tradition since 1976. The Samatha Trust  has its roots in Thai Theravada Buddhism. It is a lay organization with around 80 teachers, mostly in the UK. It teaches a carefully structured form of mindfulness of breathing, along with a range of other meditations and Pali chanting. It explores a range of texts, Sutta, Abhidhamma and a few Mahayana texts to bring alive their relevance to contemporary practice.

In July 2003, he was given, by the Thai-Buddhist Trust, a Golden Buddha award for distinguished sefivces to the advancement of Buddhism in the UK.

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UK Association for Buddhist Studies
Co-founder, with Dr Ian Harris,  of UK Association for Buddhist Studies 1995-. It has around 100 members and publishes Buddhist Studies Review. Leading scholars in the field have given papers at its annual conferences, e.g. Richard Gombrich (Oxford), Roy Norman (Cambridge), D.S. Ruegg (SOAS), Geoffrey Samuel (Lancaster), Richard Saloman (Washington), Lambert Schmithausen (Hamburg) and Padmanabh Jaini (Berkeley). In 2002, UKABS organized an international confernce on Buddhism and Conflict in Sri Lanka, with funding from the Buddhist Federation of Norway. Prof. Harvey  runs its e-mail news list and  website; he also handles unsolicited enquiries from scholars, the public and the media.He has  served as its secretary and president.

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Editorships
Editor of  Buddhist Studies Review- Journal of the UK Association for Buddhist Studies, 2006-

Editorial Board membership
International:
-Internet Journal of Buddhist Ethics. In the internet 'Buddhism and Human Rights' Conference, Oct.1-14 1995, run by the Journal of Buddhist Ethics from Pennsylvania State University, 50 of the 400 or so postings were from Prof. Harvey, including the basis of the final conference declaration. The conference's closing statement said: "Dr Peter Harvey…perhaps more than any other of the conference participants made an enormous contribution of time and energy to the conference. His work was instrumental in creating the statement that follows, and we are deeply grateful  to him for his guidance and leadership" (15/10/95, from JBE-L@PSUVM.PSU.EDU).
-DISKUS: The On-disk Journal of International; Religious Studies
-RoutledgeCurzon Critical Studies in Buddhism Series.

National:
-Contemporary Buddhism- An Interdisciplinary Journal.
-Religions of Asia
-Quaker Studies

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Refereeing and reviewing
-Refereeing for Cambridge University Press, Macmillan and Routledge.
-Reviewing for: Journal of Global Buddhism; Religion.

Quality assurance work
-Ph.D and M.Phil theses examined at the Universities of Sydney, Oxford, Bristol, School of Oriental and African Studies, St. Martin's College Lancaster,  Dundee, Warwick and Liverpool Hope University College.
-External Examiner for MA Buddhist Studies at Bristol University (2000-04) and Indian Religions component of Religious Studies degree at Stirling University (1997-2001).
-Member of Theology and Religious Studies Benchmarking Panel, July 1999-Feb.2000
-Member of Council for National Academic Awards working party on Theologyand Religious Studies (1989-91).

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Books

An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices,
Cambridge University Press, 1990, 374 pages
Publishers price £14.95/$17.95. Wisdom Books UK price, £13.46;  Amazon.co.uk  price, £11.96;  Amazon.com USA  price $14.36
Sales of around 35,000 by 2001. It will later appear in a second edition.

Review extracts:
"In its breadth and scope, without serious rival as an introductory volume...the second part of the book...breaks new ground. ... This is a large range of material never before perhaps brought together in this way. ... Harvey is to be congratulated on a rounded and sensitive presentation of Buddhist thought and practice"
(Rupert Gethin, Times Literary Supplement, 11^th January 1991).

"a rounded overview of the teachings, history and practices of all the main varieties of Buddhism"
(Damien Keown, Expository Times, Vol.6, 1991).

"an intelligent and even-handed approach to the Buddhist religion"
(Scottish Journal of Religious Studies, Vol.12, no.2, 1991).

"I would strongly recommend [it]. State of the art scholarship that nicely surveys Buddhism from its beginnings to now"
(posting on Buddha-L list, 26/3/96).

Extracts from it are reproduced in The Wisdom of the Buddha, Jean Boisselier, Discoveries series, Harry N.Abrams, Inc., New York, and New Horizons series, Thames and Hudson, London, 1994, pp.173-79.
Made into a talking book in Norway, Norsk lyd, 1999.

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Translations
Translated, with addition of enlarged sections on Buddhism in France, Italy, and Spanish-speaking world, and authorial advice on translation for the Spanish and Italian versions, as:
Le Bouddhisme, Enseignements, Histoire, Pratiques, Editions du Seuil, Paris, 1993, 441 pages.
Introduzione Al Buddhismo: Insegnamenti, Storia e Pratiche, Casa Editrice Le Lettere, Florence, 1998, 321 pages.
El Budismo, Cambridge University Press Spain, 1998, 468 pages.
A Polish translation will be published by Polish Scientific Publishers.

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Contents of  An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and  Practices
Bracketed items are sub-headings.

Introduction, pp.1-8
Ch.1: The Buddha and his Indian Context, pp.9-31
Background to the life of the Buddha (Brahmanism; The Samanas); The life of the Buddha (The renunciation and quest for enlightenment; The enlightenment and after; The first sermon and spread of the teachings; The Buddha’s charism and powers; The passing away of the Buddha); The nature and role of the Buddha; The nature and style of the Buddha's teaching.
Ch. 2: Early Buddhist Teachings: Rebirth and Karma, pp.32-46
Rebirth and cosmology (The question of a creator God and the origins of human life; The implications of the rebirth perspective); Karma (Auspicious actions and ‘merit’); Belief in rebirth and karma.
Ch. 3: Early Buddhist Teachings: The Four Holy Truths, pp.47-72
The First Holy Truth: suffering (The five factors of personality; Phenomena as impermanent and not-Self); The Second Holy Truth: the origin of suffering (Conditioned Arising); The Third Holy Truth: Nibbana (Nibbana during life; The Arahat; Nibbana beyond death); The Fourth Holy Truth: the Path .
Ch. 4: Early Developments in Buddhism, pp.73-94
The early Sangha; Emperor Asoka and Buddhism; Devotion and symbolism in early Buddhism; The Abhidhamma; The early schools and their doctrines: The rise of the Mahayana (The nature of the Mahayana and its attitude to earlier schools).
Ch. 5: Mahayana Philosophy, pp.95-120
The Perfection of Wisdom literature and the Madhyamaka school (Sources and writers; The Sunyatavadin orientation; Empty dharmas and Conditioned Arising; Conventional truth and language; Emptiness; Skilful means and the transcending of views; Ultimate truth and thusness; Nirvana and samsara) ; The Yogcara school (Sources and writers; The Yogacara orientation; The Yogacarara and Madhyamaka; The Yogacarin view of the nature of consciousness; The world as ‘thought-only’; The three natures; The Yogacara path and goal; Purity and defilement); Tathagata-garbha thought (Tathagata-garbha sources; The Tathagata-garbha; The Tathagata-garbha and the defilements; Tathagata-garbha thought in relation to the Madhyamaka and Yogacara); The Avatamsaka Sutra and the Hua-yen School.
Ch. 6: Mahayana Holy Beings, pp.121-38
The path of the Bodhisattva (Wisdom, compassion and skilful means; The perfections and stages of the Bodhisattva); The Mahayana Buddhology ; The Mahayana pantheon; The Tantric perspective.
Ch. 7: Later History and Spread of Buddhism, pp.139-69
Buddhism in India and Central Asia; Sri Lanka; South-east Asia excluding Vietnam; The lands of Northern Buddhism: China (Early history; The schools of Chinese Buddhism; The Pure Land school; The Ch’an school; Later history); Vietnam and Korea; Japan (Early history; The Pure Land schools; The Zen schools; The Nichiren school; Later history).
Ch. 8: Buddhist Practice: Devotion, pp.170-95
Focuses and locations of devotional acts; Bowing, offerings and chanting; The refuges; Attitudes to images; Protective chanting; Devotion to Avalokitesvara; Devotion to Amitabha; Devotion to Bhai· ajya-guru; Devotion to the Lotus Sutra; Pilgrimage; Festivals.
Ch. 9: Buddhist Practice: Ethics, pp. 196-216
The role and basis of ethics in Buddhism; Giving; Keeping the precepts (The first precept; The other precepts; The positive implications of the precepts; Taking extra precepts); Lovingkindness and compassion; Care for the dying and the dead; The ethics of social relationships.
Ch. 10 : Buddhist Practice: the Sangha, pp.217-43
The role of monasticism; Patterns of ordination; Nuns; The monastic code of discipline; The economic base of the monastic life; Study and meditation (Study; The meditative life); Communal life; Relations with the laity.
Ch.11: Buddhist Practice: Meditation and the Cultivation of Wisdom, pp.244-79
The approach to meditation; The practice of Calm meditation in Southern Buddhism (Lovingkindness meditation; Mindfulness of breathing; The five hindrances and access concentration; The jhanas and formless attainments; Cessation and the higher knowledges); The practice of Insight meditation in Southern Buddhism (The four foundations of mindfulness; Investigation of the ‘three marks’; The seven stages of purification); The classical path of Calm and Insight in Northern and Eastern Buddhism; Pure Land visualizations; Tantric visualizations (Mantras; The yi-dam; Mandalas; Mudras; Visualizations); Tantric techniques of spontaneity; Zen meditation (Just Sitting; No-thought; Spontaneity and discipline; Koan meditation; Kensho ; Sudden awakenings; The meditative arts of Zen.
Ch. 12: The Modern History of Buddhism in Asia, pp. 280-99
Communist Asia: Buddhism under a cloud (The People’s Republic of China; South-east Asia); The continuing tradition and its modern varieties (Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore; Korea; Japan; Thailand; Sri Lanka; Burma; Malaysia, Bangladesh, north-east and north India, Bhutan and Nepal); Recovering old ground (Indonesia; India;
Ch. 13: Buddhism Beyond Asia, pp. 300-21
Scholarship; The influence of Buddhism through literature and philosophy; The Theosophical Society: a bridge between East and West; Immigration, foreign wars and travel; Buddhist missions and organizations (The USA; Canada; The United Kingdom; Continental Europe; Australia, South America and Africa).
Appendix: Canons of Scriptures, pp. 322-24

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The Selfless Mind: Personality, Consciousness and Nirvana in Early Buddhism,
Curzon Press, Richmond, 1995, 293 pages.
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Review extracts:
"This is a bold, far-reaching study... The book sparkles with illuminating insights and astute discussions. ... In discussing the psychological underpinnings of the non-self doctrine, Harvey makes a brilliant observation... [Chapters 7-9] offer a wealth of original observations on subtle points of doctrine… his reflections are often incisive and illuminating. ... In sum, The Selfless Mind is in many respects a thought-provoking study which glistens with original insights"
(Bhikkhu Bodhi, Buddhist Publication Society, Sri Lanka, Buddhist Studies Review, 14, 1, 1997)

"the most penetrating discussion I know of the non-self doctrine in early Buddhism... the author masterfully elucidates many  knotty points of early Buddhist psychology"
(J.S. O'Leary, Sophia University, Japan, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 26, 1-2, 1999).

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Contents of The Selfless Mind: Personality, Consciences and Nirvana in Early Buddhism
Bracketed items are sub-headings.

Introduction, pp.1-16
Key non-Buddhist concepts; Key Buddhist concepts; 'Not-Self' and scholars; Sources; Methodology
                                    Part I: Exploring the Notion of Selflessness
Ch. 1: The Question of Self, pp. 17-42
Scholars who see a metaphysical Self in the 'early Suttas'; Uses of the word 'self' (atta) in the 'early Suttas'; Passages which might indicate the acceptance of a Self; Nibbana as not-Self and not related to a Self; Self as 'not being apprehended'; A Self beyond 'existence' and 'non-existence'?; Proof of the impossibility of a Self; Buddhism and the Upanisads on Self; The status of the 'person'; Why is Self not denied?: the Buddha and the Annihilationists; The 'I am' attitude: its cause, effect and its ending.
Ch. 2: The eaning of 'Not-Self', pp. 43-53
The role of viewing phenomena as not-Self; The criteria for Self-hood; Nibbana and the Self-ideal.
Ch.3: Developing a Self without Boundaries, pp. 54-63
Living with citta as an 'island'; Developing a 'great self'; 'One of developed self'; The Arahat as self-contained and 'dwelling alone'; The Arahat's boundaryless citta; The Arahat's boundaryless, self-contained self.
Ch.4: Personal Continuity and Responsibility, pp. 64-77
The person as a continuity; Responsibility for actions; The stability of character traits over lives; What conserves character traits and the unity of the 'continuity'?; To what extent are 'continuities' isolated from each other and the world?.
Ch.5: My World and its End, pp. 78-88
The Self-world link and the meaning of 'world' (loka); The Buddhist perspective on the world; The undetermined questions; The undetermined questions on the world.
Ch.6: The Life-principle and the Between-lives State, pp.89-108
The undetermined questions on the life-principle; The 'life-principle' accepted by early  Buddhism; Discernment and rebirth; The question of the intermediary existence (antara-bhava); The nature of the intermediary existence; The gandhabba: spirit-being of the intermediary existence.
                            Part II: Samsaric and Nibbanic Discernment
Ch. 7: The Centrality of Discernment, pp. 109-21
The nature and centrality of citta; A person as discernment and the sentient body; The vortical interplay of discernment and the sentient body.
Ch.8: Discernment and Conditioned Arising, pp.122-37
The nature of the constructing activities; The conditioning of discernment by the constructing activities; The conditioning of discernment by nama-rupa; Discernment as conditioned by attention; The conditioning of the sentient body by discernment; Conditioned Arising as an analysis of the perceptual process.
Ch.9: Discernment and the Perceptual Process, pp. 138-54
The perceptual process in the 'early Suttas'; The nature and functions of cognition  (sañña); The activity of discernment (viññana); The functions of discernment in the Abhidhamma 'process of cittas'; The nature of viññana; The effect of karma on discernment in the perceptual process.
Ch.10: Bhavanga and the Brightly Shining Mind, pp.155-79
Is the bhavanga concept ruled out by the 'early Sutta' world-view?; 'Early Sutta' evidence for a bhavanga-type state; The meaning of 'bhavanga'; The roles of bhavanga; The brightly shining citta; Freedom from defilements; The shining citta and bhavanga; The Arahat's ever-shining citta; The shining citta and the Buddha-nature; The shining citta and the realms of rebirth.
Ch.11: Nibbana as the Timeless 'Stopping' of the Entire Personality, pp. 180-97
The nibbana-element without remainder of upadi; Nibbana during life as not ever-present in the Arahat; The 'stopping' of the personality-factors during life; Nibbanic 'stopping' and nirodha-samapatti; Re-entry to the state of 'stopping'; Nibbana during life as 'unborn', 'unconstructed' and 'deathless'; Nibbana as a timeless object of insight.
Ch.12: Nibbana as a Transformed State of Discernment, pp. 198-226
Nibbana as a form of discernment; Nibbanic discernment as 'stopped', 'objectless' and 'unsupported'; Udana.80 as a description of nibbanic discernment; The nature of nibbanic discernment; Unsupported discernment and nibbana beyond death; The relation of nibbanic discernment to the Arahat's normal state; Theravadin perspectives; Mahayana perspectives.
Ch.13: Seeking the Tathagata, pp.227-45
The 'untraceability' of the tathagata; The 'hard to fathom' tathagata and Dhamma; The tathagata as 'not being apprehended'; Nibbanic discernment and the views on the tathagata after death.
Ch.14: Conclusion, pp.246-51
Appendix: The Theory of the Process of Cittas, pp.252-58

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An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues,
Cambridge University Press, June 2000, 498 pages.
Publisher's price £14.95/$19.95. Wisdom Books UK price £13.46; Amazon.co.uk price £11.96;  Amazon.com USA price $19.95.
7617 sold by the end of 2005.

Review extracts:
"masterful elucidation… I would recommend this book…to all thinkers keen to understand the place of ethics in the good life"
(Simon James, Durham University, Philosophy, 76, 2001).

"wide-ranging, detailed and sensitive... richly illuminating"
(Michael McGhee, Liverpool University, Contemporary Buddhism, 2, 1, 2001).

'a scholarly masterpiece; a splendid in-depth tour of the entire Buddhist ethical tradition. ... a necessary acquisition in the thousands of Dharma centers across the face of the globe... I'm deeply grateful that Peter Harvey has given us this invaluable tool with so much erudition and so many forward-looking pointers'
(Charles Prebish, co- editor of the internet Journal of Buddhist Ethics, in Christian-Buddhist Studies, Vol.22, 2002).

"marks the beginning of a new era in the study of Buddhist ethics. … This substantial volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the foundations of Buddhist ethics … an accessible and authoritative way in to a subject that is sure to become one of the major growth areas in Buddhist studies."
(Damien Keown, co- editor of the internet Journal of Buddhist Ethics, The Expository Times, 112, 10, 2001).

 "The amount of data assembled and the breadth of learning involved is impressive: much of the information is new, and there is no other work which brings to bear such a range of source material focused on individual issues. … the author’s judgements concerning the weight to be placed on different testimonies are judicious and balanced. … the first port of call for anyone pursuing research in these areas, and an ideal starting-point for student dissertations…. a seminal work…excellent and much-need"
(Damien Keown, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2001).

"This is an excellent book. ... (it) provides a full coverage of the topic, from both a historical and contemporary perspective. The style of writing is very clear, references to textual sources and secondary literature are extensive and well presented and its three topical indices enable the use of it for easy reference. I cannot imagine that anybody planning to write on Buddhist ethics in the future would do so without first studing this work. It can also serve as a stimulus and starting point for deeper research into individual problems"
(Karel Werner, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, Asian Philosophy, Vol.12, no.2, July 2002).

Currently being translated into Chinese and Korean and made into an e-book.

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Contents of An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues,
Bracketed items are sub-headings.

Introduction, pp.1-7
Ch:1: Shared Foundations of Buddhist Ethics, pp.8-59
Sources of guidance to Buddhists; Rebirth and karma (The realms of rebirth; Karma and its effects; The status and working of the law of karma; The 'karmic fruitfulness' of actions; Karmic fruitfulness and motive; The Sangha as the best 'field of karmic fruitfulness'; Karma and fatalism; Flexibility in the working of karma (Delayed results of karma; The effects of character; Remorse and the acknowledgement of fault); Rebirth, karma and motivation); The Four Noble Truths (Suffering; Impermanence; Not-Self and respecting others; The Noble Eightfold Path; Noble persons; The place of ethics on the Path; Wise, skilful, wholesome actions; The Arahat as 'beyond fruitful and deadening actions'); Philosophy of action (Criteria of good and bad; Comparisons with Western ethical systems; Intention, knowledge and degrees of unwholesomeness in actions); Conclusion.
Ch.2: Key Buddhist Values, pp.60-122
Giving (Sharing karmic fruitfulness); Keeping the lay precepts (The first precept: non-injury; The second precept: avoiding theft and cheating; The third precept: avoiding sexual misconduct; The fourth precept: avoiding lying and other forms of wrong speech; The fifth precept: sobriety; The nature of precepts and precept-taking; Partial precept-taking and the issue of precept-breaking; Taking extra precepts); Monastic values (Celibacy; The role of monasticism; The monastic code of discipline; Harmony, sharing, and spiritual companionship); Ethics of inter-personal relationships (Parents and children; Other relationships; Marriage); Lovingkindness and compassion; Social ethics (Social cohesion and equality; Engaged Buddhism; Political ideals; 'Human rights' and Buddhism); Conclusion.
Ch.3 Mahayana Emphases and Adaptations, pp. 123-49
The path of the Bodhisattva (Compassion and wisdom in the Mahayana; The arising of the thought of enlightenment; Developing the Bodhisattva perfections); The ethics of the Bodhisattva (The Bodhisattva precepts); Skilful means and overriding precepts (Compassionate killing; Compassionate stealing, non-celibacy, and lying; Who may perform such acts, and are they obligatory?); Specific strands of Mahayana thought and practice (Tantra; Pure Land Buddhism; Zen; Nichiren Buddhism); Mahayana re-assessment of monasticism; Conclusion.
Ch.4: Attitude to and Treatment of the Natural World, pp. 150-86
Humanity's place in nature: Non-harming of animals (Animal sacrifice; Meat eating (Meat eating in early and Theravada Buddhism; Meat eating in Mahayana Buddhism); Animal husbandry; Pest control; Animal experimentation); Positive regard, and help, for animals; Plants, trees and forests; Conservation and environmentalism; Conclusion.
Ch. 5: Economic Ethics, pp. 187-238
Lay economic ethics (Right livelihood; Moral and spiritual qualities aiding worldly success; Appropriate uses of income ; Buddhist giving and its socioeconomic impact; The Buddhist attitude to wealth; Economic ethics for rulers; The justice of economic distribution); The monastic economy; Buddhism and capitalism - Weber's 'Protestant Ethic' thesis (The case of Japan); 'Buddhist economics' (The purpose of economics and a critique of consumerism; Critique of capitalist and Marxist development models); Buddhism and economics in the modern world (The Sarvodaya Shramadana movement in Sri Lanka; Buddhist elements in the modern Japanese economy); Conclusion.
Ch.6: War and Peace, pp.239-85
Buddhist analyses of the causes of conflict; Solutions to conflict (Economic means; Negotiation and emphasising the mutual harm of war; A non-violent moral stance; Reflections to undermine hate and develop patience; Forbearance and forgiveness; Defusing a situation); Non-violent reflections on a violent world; The position of the soldier; Buddhist 'justifications' of, and involvement in, violence (Sri Lanka; Southeast Asia; China; Japan); Buddhist action for peace in the modern world (Peace activities of Japanese Nichiren-based schools; Sarvodaya Shramadana as a force for defusing conflict in Sri Lanka; Buddhist action to heal Cambodia); Conclusion.
Ch.7: Suicide and Euthanasia, pp.286-310
Considerations and arguments against suicide; Suicide and the precepts; Euthanasia (Buddhist reasons for rejecting euthanasia; Cases of non-intended death; The question of criteria for death); Conclusion.
Ch.8: Abortion and Contraception, pp. 311-52
Embryonic life; Abortion and Buddhist principles (Relevance of the age of the foetus; Possible grounds for abortion); Contraception; Abortion in Buddhist cultures (Among Tibetans; Lands of Southern Buddhism; Lands of Eastern Buddhism, especially Japan); Anti-abortion but pro-choice? - the relationship between morality and law; Conclusion.
Ch.9: Sexual Equality, pp. 353-410
Women in early Hinduism; The effect of Buddhism; The spiritual potential and achievement of women (Female Arahats; Mahayana images of female spiritual perfection); Gender, rebirth, and the status of women; Views on spiritual statuses unattainable by women; Images of wise and wayward women; Ascetic wariness of the opposite sex; The ordination of women; Nuns and other female religious roles in Buddhist cultures (Ancient India; Lands of Eastern Buddhism; Lands of Southern Buddhism; Lands of Northern Buddhism); Lay women in Buddhist texts; Lay women in Buddhist cultures (Lands of Southern Buddhism; Lands of Eastern Buddhism; Lands of Northern Buddhism); Conclusion.
Ch.10: Homosexuality and other forms of 'Queerness, pp. 411-34
Sex change; Hermaphrodites; Pandakas (Sexual behaviour of pandakas ; The psychological nature and limited potential of pandakas; Pandakas and rebirth); Homosexual acts; Homosexuality in Buddhist cultures (Lands of Southern Buddhism; Tibet; Lands of Eastern Buddhism; Western Buddhism); Conclusion.

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Buddhism
edited,  Continuum, 2001, 329 pages.
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Contents
Bracketed items are sub-headings.

Introduction, Peter Harvey, pp. 1-28
Buddhism and its spread; Early schools of Buddhism; The contribution of emperor Asoka; The origin and development of the Mahayana movement; The Vajrayana perspective; The decline of Buddhism in India; The Buddhist world today; Southern Buddhism; Northern Buddhism; Eastern Buddhism; Challenges and opportunities for Buddhism in the modern world; Buddhism in the West.
Ch. 1: The Sacred Writings of Buddhism, Ulrich Pagel, pp. 29-63
Divisions of Buddhist scriptures; Process of canonisation; Contents of the Buddhist Canon (The Pali Canon; Mahayana Sutras; Vajrayana Tantras); Commentarial literature; Popular works; Modes of transmission; Continuing revelation of scriptures; Editions and scribes; Buddhist languages; Utilisation of scriptures.
Ch 2: Buddhist Visions of the Human Predicament and its Resolution, Peter Harvey, pp. 64-94
The human predicament - the karma-rebirth perspective (Karma; Gender; Human, animal and other rebirth realms; Gods and holy beings); The human predicament - the unsatisfactoriness of life (The person as a cluster of impermanent, unsatisfactory, not-Self processes; The ‘brightly shining mind’ and the ‘buddha-nature’); The human make-up and human potential; The causes of suffering and evil; Buddhist goals; Solutions to the human predicament.
Ch. 3: Portrayals of Ultimate Reality and of Holy and Divine Beings, Peter Harvey, pp. 95-124
The gods; Nirvana in Theravada Buddhism; The Buddha and Arahats in Theravada Buddhism; The Mahayana perspective on Arahats and the Buddha; The Mahayana on nirvana; The Mahayana view of Bodhisattvas and Buddhas; The Mahayana pantheon; Buddha-images and symbols.
Ch. 4: Devotional Practices, Peter Harvey, pp.125-50
The refuges; Focuses and locations of devotional acts; Attitudes to images; Bowing, offerings and chanting; Protective chanting; Devotion to Avalokitesvara; Devotion to Amitabha; Devotion to Bhaisajya-guru; Devotion to the Lotus Sutra; Pilgrimage; Festivals.
Ch. 5: Rites of Passage, Christopher Lamb, pp.151-80
Buddhist rites and ceremonies; The threefold refuge; Method of taking refuge; The fourfold refuge; Monastic ordination (Lower ordination; Higher ordination); The establishment of the order of nuns; Tantric initiation or empowerment - abhiseka; The jar consecration; Asceticism as a route to consecration as a buddha; Popular Buddhism - accommodations for the ‘stages of life’; Buddhist marriage; The ceremonies of death; Ritual suicide; Funerary rituals in Ch’an/Zen.
Ch. 6: Making Moral Decisions, Stuart McFarlane, pp. 181-204
The structure of Buddhist ethical teaching; The importance of karma;The moral rules of the sangha; The sangha, ethics and society; Mahayana ethics; Vajrayana ethics; Overview.
Ch. 7: Women in Buddhism, Rita Gross, pp. 205-34
Survey of major Buddhist teachings; Women and early Indian Buddhism; Women in Mahayana Buddhism; Women in Vajrayana Buddhism; A summary of traditional Buddhist attitudes towards women; Women in Buddhism outside India; Current issues involving women and Buddhism.
Ch. 8: Attitudes to Nature, Ian Harris, pp. 235-56
Buddhism and the natural world (Time and meaning; Cosmology; The conditioned world of change); Non-injury in the Buddhist tradition (Lovingkindness; Animals); The natural environment and Buddhism (Forests; Plants; Overview.
Ch. 9: Cosmology, Myth and Symbolism, Christopher Lamb, pp. 257-89
The status of the notion of rebirth; Cosmology (Level one; Level two; Level three); Cosmology of thousands; Cosmology of innumerables; The shared Buddhist pantheon; The Mahayana pantheon; Reincarnating Lamas; The five jinas of Vajrayana Buddhism; The emptiness of tantric deities; The psych-cosmic image of the human being; The Buddha (The twelve acts of the Buddha; The seven steps of the Buddha); Mara - the Evil One; Architecture symbolism - stupa, pagoda or chorten; Mandalas and mudras and their ritual use; Shamanistic parallels.
Ch. 10: Sacred Space, Martin Boord, pp. 290-316
Building stupas; Inner sacred space; The mandala; Pilgrimage and the cult of traces; Twenty-four sacred sites of the tantras; Spirit of the earth; Mandala-temples; Unification of inner and outer; A tantric pilgrim’s guide to medieval India.
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Books in progress
New edition of An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices.

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Papers in refereed journals
1.'Consciousness and Nibbana in the Pali Suttas', Journal of Studies in Mysticism, Vol.2, No.2, Spring 1979, pp.70-85.

2.'Developing a Self Without Boundaries', Buddhist Studies Review, Vol.I, No.2, 1983-4, pp.115-26.

3.'The Symbolism of the Early Stupa', Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Vol.7, No.2, Dec. 1984, pp. 67-93.

4.'Signless Samadhis in Pali Buddhism', Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Vol.9, No.1, June 1986, pp.25-52.

5.'The Buddhist Perspective on Respect for Persons', Buddhist Studies Review Vol.4, no.1, 1987, pp.31-46.

6.'The Transmission of the Truth in the Buddha's First Sermon', Buddhist Studies Review, Vol.7, Nos.1-2, 1990, pp.19-24.

7.'The Mind-Body Relationship in Pali Buddhism: A Philosophical Investigation', Asian Philosophy, Vol.3, no.1, 1993, pp.29-41.

8.'Criteria for Judging the Unwholesomeness of Actions in the Texts of Theravada Buddhism', internet Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Vol.2, 1995, 140-51: http://www.buddhistethics.org/2/harvey.txt

9.'Contemporary Characterisations of the 'Philosophy' of Nikayan Buddhism', Buddhist Studies Review, 1995, 12, no.2,pp.109-33

10.'Buddhist Attitudes to and Treatment of Non-human Nature', translated into Thai for the Journal of the Center for Buddhist Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 1995 (ISSN 0858-8325).

11.'Buddhist Attitudes to and treatment of Non-human Nature', Eco-theology Issue 4, Jan. 1998, pp.35-50.

12.'Vinaya principles for assigning degrees of culpability', internet Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Vol.6, 1999, pp.271-91: http://www.buddhistethics.org/6/harvey991.pdf

13.'The Mind and its Development in Theravada Buddhism', Communication and Cognition, Vol.33, 2001, pp.65-81.

14.'Coming to Be and Passing away: Buddhist Reflections on Embryonic Life, Dying and Organ Donation', BuddhistStudies Review, 18, 2, 2001, pp.183-215.

15.'Buddhism: Mistranslations, Misconceptions and Neglected Territory', Contemporary Buddhism, 2, 1, 2001, pp.10-37.

16. 'Avoiding Unintended Harm to the Environment and the Buddhist Ethic of Intention', Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Vol.14, 2007, pp.1-34: http://www.buddhistethics.org/14/harvey-article.pdf
This  has been linked to from the Green Tara website http://www.cbs.columbia.edu/weblog/2007/10/peter-harvey-un.html , which is run by the Columbia Buddhist Studies Seminar, an ongoing public forum, sponsored by Columbia University, for presentations on Buddhist studies research. In response to a call in the paper, 'Writers sometimes simply assume that Buddhist ethics are supportive of the full range of environmental concerns, but this needs to be critically argued', he was  been invited to give the  keynote paper at a seminar at Columbia University on 'Buddhism and Environmental Ethics' in Spring 2008, with responses from Mark Blum (SUNY Albany), Tom Yarnall  and Wendi Barnard (both Columbia).  On the e-list of the International Society for Environmental Ethics (isee-l@listserv.tamu.edu Oct. 18^th 2007), Dale W. Jamieson, a noted philosopher of environmental ethics, described the above paper as, ‘the most interesting thing I’ve read on the subject [of Buddhist environmental ethics]’.

17. '"Freedom of the Will" in the Light of Theravâda Buddhist Teachings', Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Vol.14, 2007, pp.35-98: http://www.buddhistethics.org/14/harvey2-article.pdf

Papers in books or large established websites
1.‘The Nature of the Tathagata', Buddhist Studies, Ancient and Modern, ed. A.Piatigorsky and P.Denwood, Curzon Press, 1983, pp.35-52.

2.'The Between-lives State in the Pali Buddhist Suttas',Recent Perspectives in Indian Religions- Essays in Honour of Karel Werner, ed. P.Connolly, Sri Satguru Publications, Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica No.30, 1986, pp. 75-89.

3.'Consciousness Mysticism in the Discourses of the Buddha', The Yogi and the Mystic- Studies in ComparativeMysticism, ed. K.Werner, Curzon Press, 1989, pp.82-102.

4.'Symbols and Venerated Objects in Early Buddhism', Symbols in Art and Religion: The Indian and the Comparative Perspectives, ed. K.Werner, Curzon Press, 1990, pp.68-102.

5.'A Buddhist Perspective on Death', A Necessary End: Attitudes to Death, ed. Rabbi Julia Neuberger and Canon John White, Papermac, 1991, pp.105-12.

6.'The Dynamics of Paritta Chanting in Southern Buddhism', Love Divine: Studies in Bhakti and Devotional Mysticism, (Durham Indological Series, Vol.III), edited by Karel Werner, Curzon Press, 1993, pp.53-84.

7.'Buddhism entry in Themes in Religious Studies: Human Nature and Destiny, edited by J.Holm and J.Bowker, Pinter Publications, 1994, pp.9-38.

8.'Buddhism entry in Themes in Religious Studies: Worship, edited by J.Holm and J.Bowker, Pinter Publications, 1994, pp.9-34.

9.'Buddhism entry in Themes in Religious Studies: Picturing God, edited by J.Holm and J.Bowker, Pinter Publications, 1994, pp.9-40.

10.'Psychological Aspects of Theravada Buddhist Meditative Training: Cultivating an I-less Self' in Recent Researches in Buddhist Studies: Essays in Honour of Professor Y.Karunadasa, ed. Bhikkhu Kuala Lumpur Dhammajoti, Asanga Tilakaratne, Kapila Abhayawansa, Y.Karunadasa Felicitation Committee, Colombo and Chi Ying Foundation, Hong Kong, 1997, pp.341-66

11. 'The Ennobling Realities of Pain and its Origin: Reflections on the first two Ariyasaccas and their translations', pp.305-21 in B.Wimalatatana et al, eds, Pra.nâmalehâ: Essays in Honour of Ven.Dr.Medagama Vajiragnana, London Buddhist Vihara, 2003.

12. Eighteen entries, totalling nearly 100 pages, in Encyclopedia of Buddhsim, edited by Damien Keown and Charles S. Prebish (Routledge, 2007). The articles are  under the general heading 'The Buddha',
-'Bodhisattva Career in the Theravâda': pp.83a-87b
-'Buddha' (main entry): pp.92a-102a
-'Buddha, Dates of': pp.105b-107a
-'Buddha, Early Symbols', pp.107a-116b
-'Buddha, Family of': pp.117a-121a
-'Buddha, Historical Conjtext': pp.121a-133a
-'Buddha, Relics of': pp.133a-137b
-'Buddha, Story of'': pp.137a-149a
-'Buddha, Style of Teaching': pp.149a-152b
-'Buddha and Cakravartins': pp.153a-155a
-'Buddhas, Past and Future': pp.161a-165a
-'Ennobling Truths/Realities': pp.318a-320a
-'Ennobling Truths/Realities, the First': pp.320a-324a-
-'Ennobling Truths/Realities, the Second': pp.324a-326a
-'Ennobling Truths/Realities, the Third: Nirvâ.na': pp.326a-331a
-'Ennobling Truths/Realities, the Fourth: the Ennobling Eightfold Path': pp.331a-337a
-'Not-Self (Anâtman)': pp.568a-575a
-'Pratyeka-buddhas': pp.600a-602b
In the published version, unknown to the author, most of the non-scriptural references and many bibliographical entries had been removed. An omission and some infelicities were also introduced. A pdf file of the original entries can be accessed: http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/buddhist/originaleob.pdf

13.'Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta: The Discourse on the Setting in Motion of the Wheel (of Vision) of the Basic Pattern: the Four Realities of the Noble One(s)', transaltion, with notes, on Access to Insight Website, at:  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.harv.html

14. 'Between Controversy and Ecumenism: Intra-Buddhist Relationships', in Perry Schmidt-Leukel (ed.) Buddhist Attitudes to Other Religions, St Ottilien, EOS, 2008, p.114-42

15. Three entries in The Oxford Buddhist Philosophy Reader, edited William Edelglass and Jay Garfied, Oxford University Press, forthcoming:
-'Theravâda texts on Philosophy of Mind and the Person'
-'Theravâda Texts on Ethics'
-'Theravâda Texts on Epistemology'

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Short articles
1.'Recent Developments in British Buddhism', published in Shap Handbook on World Religions, Commission for Racial Equality, 1986, pp.143-5.

2..'Respect for Persons: a Reply on Suicide and Rebirth', in Buddhist Studies Review Vol.4, no.2, 1988, pp.99-103.

3.'Uncovering the Brightly Shining Mind', One Vehicle (Journal of the National University of Singapore Buddhist Society), Vol.2, 1988, pp. 75-83.

4.'Contemporary British Buddhism', Teaching World Religions- A Teacher's Handbook produced by the SHAP Working Party on World religions in Education, ed. C.Erricker, Heinemann Educational, 1993, pp.131-35.

5.'The Mind-body Relationship in Pali Buddhism: A Philosophical Investigation', Buddhist Studies- Present and Future (Summary Report of the Tenth International Conference of the International Association of Buddhist Studies), UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 18-21 July 1991), pp. 28-30.

6.'A Response to Damien Keown's "Suicide, Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia; A Buddhist Perspective"', Journal of Law and Religion, Vol.XIII, no.2, 1998-9, pp.407-12

7.'The Buddha', in R.L.Arrington, ed., A Companion to the Philosophers, Blackwell, Oxford, 1999, pp.568-74

8.‘Bibliography on Buddhist Ethics’, Journal of Buddhist Ethics 1999.

9.‘The Millennium and Time in a World of Faiths’, in Buddhism for the New Millennium, ed. L.S.Perera, World Buddhism Foundation, London, 2000, pp.65-73.

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Audio-visual publications

1.Contributor to an Open University audio-tape on religious ethics, 1997.

2.Interview for Australian Broadcasting Corporation film 'Buddha realms' 2001.

3. Appearance in Radio 4's 'In Our Time' programme on Buddhism, hosted by Melvyn Bragg, November 2002.

4. Appearance on BBC2's Everyman programme on 'The Life of the Buddha', April 2003.

International conferences at which papers have been given:

1.Symposium on Buddhology, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, Nov.1979.

2.Tenth Symposium of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, UNESCO, Paris, July 1991.

3.'Contemporary Buddhism: Text and Context' conference, Leeds University, April 1994.

4.Seventh International Seminar on Buddhism and Leadership for Peace: Buddhism and Peace - Theory and Practice', Department of Philosophy,
University of Hawaii, June 1995. Invited paper.

5.Twelfth Symposum of the International Association for Buddhist Studies, University of Lausanne, 23-28^th August 1999. Invited.

6.'Buddhism in the Face of the Third Millenium’ conference, Buddhist Graduate Fellowship, Singapore, 3-4^th June 2000. Invited (but unable to attend in person).

7. The 'Global Ethics and Religions' conference on 'War and Reconciliation: Perspectives of the World Religions', Cambridge University, May 2003.
Invited.

8. 'Buddhism and Ecology' conference, School of Oriental and African Studies, 17-18th February, 2005. Organised by SOAS and Dongguk University, South Korea.

9. Seventh conference of the European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies, in association with the University of Salzburg, Salzburg, June 8-11th, 2007. Invited.

10. Invited panel member on Buddhist Metaethics, and give paper, at the fourteenth conference of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Emory University, USA, June 23-28th, 2008.

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Invited papers given in the UK at:

1.'Buddhist Forum' seminar series, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, May 1994.

2.'God and the Global Ethic', Gateshead Metro Centre Conference Suite, March 1996, with the Right reverend David Jenkins.

3.Religion and Reconciliation project, Gresham College, London, Sept.4-6th, 1996.

4.Chithurst Forest Monastery, Sussex, 19-20^th Sept. 1998.

5.Lampeter University, November 1998.

6.Institute of Oriental Philosophy, European Centre, Maidstone, 26-28^th March 1999.

7.Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Study of Religion, Oxford University, March 2001.

8.Sharpham College of Buddhist Studies and Contemporary Enquiry, May 2001.

9. Conference of the Transpersonal Psychology section of the British Psychological Society, Scarborough, November 2002.

10. University of Oxford Department of Continuing Education, dayschool on Buddhism, June 2003.

11. The Alister Hardy Society Members' day conference, Friends Meeting House, Oxford, November 22nd, 2003.

12. Theological Society, Hope University College, March 2005.

13. Sharpham College of Buddhist Studies and Contemporary Enquiry, May 2005.

14. Birmingham University and Birmingham Buddhist Vihara: Launch conference of Buddhist Teaching Centre, November 2005.

15. 'Dimensions of Mysticism' lecture series, Manchester Metropolitan University, January 2006.

16. 'Countering Consumerism: Religious and Secular Perspectives' conference, 20-22nd April, 2006, London Metropolitan University, plenary paper.

17. UK Association for Buddhist Studies conference on Buddhism in Higher Education, Oxford, July 6-8th 2007.

18. Wellcome Institute seminar on 'What makes a good death?', April 17th, 2008

19. Conference on  'Is the embryo sacrosanct? Multi-faith perspectives', London, November 19th, 2008.

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Publications by research students and students from the Sunderland MA Buddhist Studies

Prof. Harvey’s research publications are also complemented by the output of his research students. Three of these have had their theses turned into books published by RoutledgeCurzon in their Critical Studies in Buddhism series:

·        David Webster (now of the University of Gloucestershire), The Philosophy of Desire in the Buddhist Pali Canon (2005).

·        Robert Bluck (Open University tutor), Buddhism in Britain: Teachings, Practice and Development (2006).

·        Rory Mackenzie (International Christian College, Glasgow), New Buddhist Movements in Thailand: Towards an Understanding of Wat Phra Dhammakāya and Santi Asoke (2007).

Articles published by research students, from work done at Sunderland, since 2001:

·        Klaus Huber, ‘Questions of Identity among “Buddhist Quakers”’, Quaker Studies, 6, 1, 2001, pp.80-105.

·        Liz Williams, ‘Red Rust, Robbers and Rice fields: Women’s Participation in the Precipitation of the Decline of the Dhamma’, Buddhist Studies Review, 19, 1, 2002, pp.41-7.

·        Rory Mackenzie 2001: ‘Back to the Basics of Buddhism: The Santi Asoke Movement’, in Fundamentalisms, ed. by Chris Partridge (Carlisle, Paternoster Press), pp.137-54.

·        Robert Bluck, ‘The Path of the Householder: Buddhist Lay Disciples in the Pali Canon’, Buddhist Studies Review, 19, 1, 2002, pp.1-18.

·        Robert Bluck, 'Buddhism and Ethnicity in Britain: The 2001 Census Data' Journal of Global Buddhism, 5, 2004, pp.90-96: http://www.globalbuddhism.org/5/bluck04.pdf

·         David Webster: ‘The Weary Buddha, or Why the Buddha Nearly Couldn't be Bothered’ Buddhist Studies Review, 22, 1, 2005, pp.15-25.

·        a dissertation, Jane Angell’s ‘Women in Brown: A Short History of the Order of Siladhara, Nuns of the English Forest Sangha’, in Buddhist Studies Review Vol.23, 2006, pp.93-113 and 221-40.

·        a student essay: Stuart McLeod, ‘The Benefits and Pitfalls of the Teacher-meditator Relationship’, Contemporary Buddhism: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol.6, no.1, May 2005, pp.65-78.

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