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According to Wikipedia, Jonathan Alan Silk is an American academic specialising in Buddhism. Since 2007, he has been Professor of Buddhist Studies at Leiden University. Career Born in 1960, Silk studied at Oberlin College and then spent five years studying with a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship. He then attended the University of Michigan , where he completed doctoral studies; in 1989, he received a one-year Fulbright Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, and then received fellowships to study Buddhism in Japan between 1991 and 1993. Michigan awarded him a PhD in 1994 for his thesis "The Origins and Early History of the Mahāratnakūţa Tradition of Mahāyāna Buddhism, with a Study of the Ratnarāśisūtra and Related Materials".

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Caring at a distance: gift theory, aid chains and social movements (2004) (115)
The Dynamics of Community, Place, and Identity (1999) (85)
Caring at a Distance (1998) (84)
Statistical concepts in geography (1979) (62)
Framing the South: Hollywood, Television, and Race during the Civil Rights Struggle (2001) (60)
Caring at a Distance: (Im)partiality, Moral Motivation and the Ethics of Representation - Introduction (2000) (54)
WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IS MAHĀYĀNA BUDDHISM? PROBLEMS OF DEFINITIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS (2002) (35)
Beyond Geography and Literature (1984) (33)
Managing Monks: Administrators and Administrative Roles in Indian Buddhist Monasticism (2008) (24)
ANALYSIS OF QUALITATIVE DATA USING GLIM: TWO EXAMPLES BASED ON SHOPPING SURVEY DATA (1982) (18)
The “Indian Oedipus” (2008) (18)
Good and Evil in Indian Buddhism: The five Sins of Immediate Retribution (2007) (16)
The Victorian creation of Buddhism (1994) (15)
Caring at a Distance: (Im)partiality, Moral Motivation and the Ethics of Representation - Moral Motivation - How Far Can You Travel in Five Minutes? (2000) (15)
Buddhist Influence on Early Daoism: A Survey of Scriptural Evidence [10] (2013) (15)
The use of project work in undergraduate geography teaching (1981) (15)
Riven by Lust: Incest and Schism in Indian Buddhist Legend and Historiography (2008) (14)
Dressed for success the monk Kāśyapa and strategies of legitimation in earlier Mahāyāna Buddhist scriptures (2003) (14)
“Prince Moonlight”: Messianism and Eschatology in Early Medieval Chinese Buddhism [12] (2013) (14)
Late Han Vernacular Elements in the Earliest Buddhist Translations [7] (2013) (11)
A New Look at the Earliest Chinese Buddhist Texts [27] (2013) (11)
Use of classroom experiments and the computer to illustrate statistical concepts (1979) (9)
The Yogācāra Bhikṣu. (2000) (9)
The Fruits of Paradox: On the Religious Architecture of the Buddha's Life Story (2003) (9)
Han Buddhism and the Western Region [24] (2013) (9)
Possible ndian sources for the term TSHAD MA'I SKYES BU AS PRAMĀNAPURUSA (2002) (8)
Buddhism Across Boundaries: The Foreign Input [35] (2013) (8)
Imag(in)ing the buddhist brain: Editorial introduction (2010) (8)
Materials Toward the Study of Vasubandhu’s Viṁśikā (I) : Sanskrit and Tibetan Critical Editions of the Verses and Autocommentary; An English Translation and Annotations (2018) (8)
Putative Persian perversities: Indian Buddhist condemnations of Zoroastrian close-kin marriage in context (2008) (7)
The Heart Sūtra in Tibetan : a critical edition of the two recensions contained in the Kanjur (1994) (6)
Wisdom, compassion, and the search for understanding : the Buddhist studies legacy of Gadjin M. Nagao (2000) (6)
Studies in the Literature of the Great Vehicle: Three Mahayana Buddhist Texts (1993) (6)
A Note on the Opening Formula of Buddhist Sūtras (1989) (6)
Private Affluence and Public Austerity: Motors for Innovation in Postgraduate Training?. (1988) (5)
The Story of Dharmaruci : In the Divyāvadāna and Kṣemendra’s Bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatā (2008) (5)
Present and Future Prospects for Structural Searching of the Journal and Patent Literature (1979) (5)
The origins and early history of the Mahāratnakūṭa tradition of Mahāyāna Buddhism with a study of the Ratnarāśisūtra and related materials (1994) (5)
The Jifayue sheku tuoluoni jing—Translation, Non-translation, Both or Neither? (2010) (4)
Azobenzene derivatives as seed treatments (1963) (4)
Something for all spectators? Postgraduate training, self‐paced undergraduate fieldwork, reducing staff boredom (1987) (4)
Marginal Notes on a Study of Buddhism, Economy and Society in China (1999) (4)
How did the Buddhists prove something ?---The Nature of Buddhist Logic (2003) (4)
Buddhist Cosmic Unity: An Edition, Translation and Study of the Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśa–parivarta, (2015) (4)
Child Abandonment and Homes for Unwed Mothers in Ancient India : Buddhist Sources (2007) (4)
Realistic vs. systematic nomenclature (1981) (3)
Incestuous Ancestries: The Family Origins of Gautama Siddhārtha, Abraham and Sarah in Genesis 20:12, and The Status of Scripture in Buddhism* (2008) (3)
Buddhism in a Pre-Modern Bureaucratic Empire: The Chinese Experience [9] (2013) (3)
Eschatology and Messianism in Early Chinese Buddhism [11] (2013) (3)
Comment on 'On the Nature of Explanation in Human Geography' (1982) (3)
“Cui bono? or Follow the Money : Identifying the Sophist in a Pāli Commentary.” (2002) (3)
Literature and languages (2015) (3)
Remarks on the Kāśyapaparivarta Commentary (2009) (3)
Vernacular Elements in Early Buddhist Texts: An Attempt to Define the Optimal Source Materials [32] (2013) (3)
Establishing / Interpreting / Translating : Is It Just That Easy? (2015) (3)
Doctoral training programmes in Britain: model for others or yet another vehicle for cuts! (1988) (3)
Berkwitz, Stephen C., Juliane Schober and Claudia Brown (Eds), Buddhist Manuscript Cultures: Knowledge, Ritual, and Art (2010) (2)
Introduction to Alexander von Staël-Holstein's Article "On a Peking Edition of the Tibetan Kanjur Which Seems to be Unknown in the West" (1999) (2)
The story of Dharmaruci (2009) (2)
Keeping Up With the Joneses : From William Jones to John James Jones (2013) (2)
Body language : Indic śarīra and Chinese shèlì in the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra and Saddharmapuṇḍarīka (2006) (2)
A Resurgent Interest in “Hindu Fiction” (2020) (2)
Review ArticleThe Proof Is in the Pudding:What Is Involved in Editing and Translating a Mahāyāna sūtra? (2013) (2)
THE VIRTUES OF AMITABHA : A Tibetan Poem from Dunhuang (1993) (2)
Buddhist studies, the legacy of Gadjin M. Nagao : wisdom, compassion and the search for understanding (2008) (2)
Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism (2015) (2)
Mahā-Cīna: The Buddhist Reinterpretation of the History of China [16] (2013) (2)
The Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhāra: An Introduction with Selected Translations, by Richard Salomon (2019) (2)
An Improved System for the Enumeration and Description of Ring Systems (1961) (2)
Taking the Vimalakirtinirdesa Seriously (2013) (2)
In memoriam, Erik Zürcher (13 Sept. 1928 - 7 Feb. 2008) (2010) (1)
The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Culture in an Historical Perspective [23] (2013) (1)
A Linear Notation for Organic Compounds. (1963) (1)
Pure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts (2019) (1)
The Spread of Buddhism and Christianity in Imperial China: Spontaneous Diffusion Versus Guided Propagation [25] (2013) (1)
A New Preface to The Buddhist Conquest of China [2a] (2013) (1)
A Missed Opportunity (2012) (1)
The Indian Buddhist Mahādeva in Tibetan Sources (2008) (1)
An Early Manuscript Fragment of Dharmarakṣa’s Translation of the Ajātaśatrukaukṛtyavinodana (2018) (1)
Out of the East：Tibetan Scripture Translations from Chinese (2013) (1)
A Brief Introduction to Recent Chinese Studies on Sanskrit and Khotanese (Chiefly Buddhist) Literature (2021) (1)
The origins and early history of the Maharatnakuta tradition of Mahayana Buddhism with a study of the Ratnarasisutra and related materials. (Volumes I and II). (1994) (1)
Tidings from the South Chinese Court Buddhism and Overseas Relations in the Fifth Century CE [37] (2013) (1)
Test Sailing the Ship of the Teachings : Hesitant Notes on Kāśyapaparivarta §153-154 (2010) (1)
Brill ’ s Encyclopedia of Buddhism Volume II : Lives (2019) (1)
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The Creation of Sects in Early Buddhism (2008) (0)
Buddhism and Education in Tang Times [22] (2013) (0)
Book reviews : Savage, M. and Miles, A. 1994: The remaking of the British working class, 1840-1940. London: Routledge. xii + 108 pp. £6.99 paper. ISBN: 0 415 07320 0 (1996) (0)
The Ten Virtues of Loudly Invoking the Name of Amitābha: Stein Tibetan 724 and an Aspect of Chinese Nianfo Practice in Tibetan Dunhuang (2017) (0)
Further Remarks on the yogåcåra bhik∑u (2006) (0)
History of Religions 99 (2010) (0)
Origins of the Mahāyāna (2020) (0)
Thinking About the Study of Buddhist Texts: Ideas from Jerusalem, in More Ways Than One (2022) (0)
Trans-Sectual Identity (2019) (0)
Serious Play (2022) (0)
Riven by Lust (2009) (0)
Peering Through a Funhouse Mirror : Trying to Read Indic Texts Through Tibetan and Chinese Translations (2016) (0)
Buddhist Art in Medieval China: The Ecclesiastical View [31] (2013) (0)
Momodi and Āvāsika (2008) (0)
Mahādeva in Other Sources (2008) (0)
National separatism: C.H. Williams (ed.), University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1982, 317 pp., £9.95 (1984) (0)
Vārika and Specialization of Duties (2008) (0)
Why Incest Taboos (2008) (0)
Buddhist Chanhui and Christian Confession in Seventeenth-Century China [38] (2013) (0)
Book Review: Buddhism in the Shadow of Brahmanism, written by Johannes Bronkhorst (2015) (0)
Perspectives in the Study of Chinese Buddhism [13] (2013) (0)
Review Article: Buddhist Sūtras in Sanskrit from the Potala (2013) (0)
Incest and Schism (2008) (0)
Dharmaruci in Other Sources (2008) (0)
Xu Guangqi and Buddhism [36] (2013) (0)
Formative research for the development of patient education strategies to increase dual method use among adolescents and young adults (2014) (0)
The Medieval Europe an Oedipal Judas (2008) (0)
Minoru Hara and J. C. Wright, Eds., John Brough: Collected Papers (1999) (0)
Further Dimensions of the Oedipal in India (2008) (0)
Book Reviews : The restless urban landscape. Edited by P. Knox. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall. 1993. ix + 285 pp. ISBN 0 13 755414 1 (1995) (0)
Obscure Texts on Favourite Topics. Dao’an’s Anonymous Scriptures [29] (2013) (0)
R. Robinson, Early Mādhyamika in India and China (1967) [39] (2013) (0)
The Buddhist Context of Sin (2008) (0)
Buddhism and the Dynamics of Transculturality: New Approaches, by Birgit Kellner, ed. (2020) (0)
A Co-Ordinate Indexing System for Crop Protection Information (1968) (0)
In Praise of His Mighty Name: (2019) (0)
The Tension between Service and Practice (2008) (0)
Ulrich Pagel and Säan Gaffney: Location list to the texts in the microfiche edition of the Śel dkar (London) Manuscript bká ,gyur (Or. 6724) . (Catalogus Codicum Tibetanorum, I.) xviii, 132 pp. London: British Library, 1996. £20. (1998) (0)
A Notation-Based Fragment Code for Chemical Patents (1968) (0)
History of the *Kāśyapaparivarta in Chinese Translations and Its Connection with the Mahāratnakūṭa (Da Baoji jing 大寶積經) Collection (2022) (0)
Lies, Slander and the Study of Buddhism (2008) (0)
Chinese Terminology and Additional Indian Terms (2008) (0)
Chapter 7 – Quantitative Developments in Geography and Planning in a Practical Reasoning Framework (1979) (0)
The Story of Mahādeva (2008) (0)
Berkwitz, Stephen C., South Asian Buddhism: A Survey (2011) (0)
Schism Accounts in Buddhist Doxographies (2008) (0)
Kern and the Study of Indian Buddhism : With a Speculative Note on the Ceylonese Dhammarucikas. (2013) (0)
WISDOM, COMPASSION, A N D THE SEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING (2011) (0)
Trans-Sectual Identity Materials for the Study of the Praśnottararatnamālikā , a Hindu / Jaina / Buddhist Catechism ( I ) (2019) (0)
Joseph and the Wife of Potiphar (2008) (0)
Garlanding as sexual invitation: Indian Buddhist evidence (2007) (0)
Abuse and Victimhood (2008) (0)
Comments on ‘a geography student named Janus’ (1982) (0)
Nuns and Convents in Old Chinese Buddhism [26] (2013) (0)
Classified Lists of Administrators (2008) (0)
Reviews: Method in Social Science: A Realist Approach (1985) (0)
Powers of Protection: The Buddhist Tradition of Spells in the Dhāraṇīsaṁgraha Collections, by Gergely Hidas (2021) (0)
Life of the Buddha [8] (2013) (0)
Buddhist Sūtras in Sanskrit from the Potala (2013) (0)
Review of: Ludvik, Catherine: Sarasvatī: Riverine Goddess of Knowledge; from the manuscript-carrying Vīõā-player to the weapon-wielding defender of the Dharma. Leiden/Boston, Mass.: Brill, 2007. ISBN 978-90-04-15814-6; xviii, 374 S., Ill. (Brill’s Indological Library 27). (2009) (0)
Contributions to the study of the philosophical vocabulary of Mahāyāna buddhism (2001) (0)
Forbidden Women : A Peculiar Buddhist Reference (2015) (0)
63 2-Hydroxymethyl-3-methylquinoxaline 1 : 4-Dioxide : a Metabolite of 2 : 3-Dimethylquinoxaline 1 : 4-Dioxide Active against Gram-negative Bacteria (2005) (0)
The Story of Utpalavarṇā (2008) (0)
Saṁsāracakra: The Wheel of Rebirth in the Indian Tradition , by Monika Zin and Dieter Schlingloff (2022) (0)
Antonino Forte, The Hostage An Shigao and his Offspring: An Iranian Family in China (1995) [43] (2013) (0)
Translating a Mahāyāna sūtra (2013) (0)
The Indian Buddhist Mahin Tibetan Sources (2008) (0)
The Saṃghāṭasūtra: A Popular Devotional Buddhist Sanskrit Text: editio maior. Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University for the Academic Year 2020, by Oskar von Hinüber (2021) (0)
Agricultural information services in ICI (1979) (0)
*Parikar!ati Reconsidered (2008) (0)
Chapter 3. In Praise of His Mighty Name (2019) (0)
Forbidden Women Kudara Volume (2008) (0)
Indian Buddhist Attitudes toward Outcastes (2020) (0)
Retelling Dharmaruci’s Story (2008) (0)
A Tibetan Grammatical Construction : verb + na go (2016) (0)
Timothy Brook, Praying for Power: Buddhism and the Formation of Gentry Society in Late-Ming China (1993) [41] (2013) (0)
Chung, Jin-il, A Survey of the Sanskrit fragments Corresponding to the Chinese Samyuktāgama (2012) (0)
A Trust Rooted in Ignorance: Why Ānanda’s Lack of Understanding Makes Him a Reliable Witness to the Buddha’s Teachings (2020) (0)
“Naze Kashō wa Daijō kyōten no shuyō tōjō jinbutsu ni natta no ka” 何故迦葉は大乗経典の主要登場人物になったのか [Why did Kāśyapa become a prominent figure in Mahāyāna scriptures?]. (2002) (0)
Book reviews : Davidson, D. A. 1978: Science for physical geographers. London: Edward Arnold. xii + 187 pp. £5.95 paper. Sumner, G. N. 1978: Mathematics for physical geographers. London: Edward Arnold. xv + 236 pp. £6.50 paper (1980) (0)
Yasuhiro Sueki: Bibliographical Sources for Buddhist Studies: from the Viewpoint of Buddhist Philology (2008) (0)
A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture: Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja—Critical Edition and Translation, by Gergely Hidas (2020) (0)
Incest in Indian Buddhist Culture (2008) (0)
Bauddhavacana : Notes on Buddhist Vocabulary (2007) (0)
Putative Persian perversities: Indian Buddhist condemnations of Zoroastrian dose-kin marriage (2016) (0)

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