The first academic journal specifically dedicated to Buddhist ethics, JBE was also the first open access, “hypermedia” journal in any academic field in the UK.

Articles Featured in our Library:

Can Killing a Living Being Ever Be an Act of Compassion: The Act of Killing in the Abhidhamma and Pali Commentaries (2004) – Rupert Gethin

If you can intentionally kill out of compassion, then fine, go ahead. But are you sure? Are you sure that what you think are friendliness and compassion are really friendliness and compassion? Are you sure that some subtle aversion and delusion have not surfaced in the mind?

Featured in the course, " Buddhist Ethics"

What the Buddha Would Not Do: According to the Bāhitika-sutta and its Madhyama-āgama Parallel (2007) – Bhikkhu Anālayo

Featured in the course, " Buddhist Ethics"

The Sixfold Purity of an Arahant According to the Chabbisodhana-sutta and its Parallel (2008) – Bhikkhu Anālayo

Featured in the course, " An Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy"

Attitudes Towards Nuns: A Case Study of the Nandakovāda in the Light of its Parallels (2010) – Bhikkhu Anālayo

Mahāpajāpatī’s Going Forth in the Madhyama-āgama (2011) – Bhikkhu Anālayo

based on what can be culled from the Madhyama-āgama discourse in comparison with the other versions, it seems possible to arrive at a coherent narrative of [the founding] of the order of nuns.

Featured in the course, " The Buddha"

Right View, Red Rust, and White Bones: A Reexamination of Buddhist Teachings on Female Inferiority (2012) – Allison Goodwin

Featured in the course, " The Form(s) of Buddhism"

The Case of Sudinna: On the Function of Vinaya Narrative, Based on a Comparative Study of the Background Narration to the First Pārājika Rule (2012) – Bhikkhu Anālayo

Vinaya narration like the Sudinna tale does not function in a way comparable to a record of case law precedents in modern judicial proceedings. Instead, the stories need to be understood in terms of their teaching function

The Cultivation of Virtue in Buddhist Ethics (2013) – Charles Fink

Featured in the course, " Buddhist Ethics"

Resources for Buddhist Environmental Ethics (2013) – Christopher Ives

Featured in the course, " Buddhist Ethics"

Buddhist Practice as Play: A Virtue Ethical View (2014) – Meynard Vasen

Featured in the course, " Buddhist Ethics"

The Trolley Car Dilemma: The Early Buddhist Answer and Resulting Insights (2014) – Ven Pandita

Featured in the course, " Buddhist Ethics"

We Love Our Nuns: Affective Dimensions of the Sri Lankan Bhikkhunī Revival (2014) – Susanne Mrozik

Featured in the course, " The Form(s) of Buddhism"

The Cessation of Suffering and Buddhist Axiology (2015) – Daniel Breyer

Featured in the course, " Buddhist Ethics"

Tradition, Power, and Community among Buddhist Nuns in Sri Lanka (2017) – Nirmala S. Salgado

The Experience of Dukkha and Domanassa among Puthujjanas (2019) – Ashin Sumanacara

The Global Refugee Crisis and the Gift of Fearlessness (2019) – Christina A. Kilby

Featured in the course, " Buddhist Ethics"