IBC Honours Three Faculty Members with Certificates of Appreciation for Excellent Research Work

International Buddhist College (IBC) is pleased to announce that Certificates of Appreciation for Excellent Research Work have been presented to three of our respected professors, in recognition of their dedicated and outstanding contributions to scholarly research and publication over the years.
We offer our sincere congratulations and heartfelt appreciation to:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dharmavardhana-Jñānagarbha
Rector and Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts
http://ibc.ac.th/documents/Dharmavardhana

Asst. Prof. Dr. Lang Heping (Fa Qing)
Dean of the Graduate School
https://ibc.ac.th/en/node/3344
Recent Publications (2020-2026):
Lang, Heping [Fa Qing]. "The Perception of Light: Immeasurable Love-kindness and Peace." World Peace: Buddhist Approaches To Conflict Resolution, Reconciliation, And Healing. Edited By Thich Nhat Tu and Mallepalli Laxmaiah. World Buddhist Peace Conference 2026. 27th -29th March 2026, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Pp:447-511.

"Practice of Meditation in China in the Present Day: A Study Based on Theravada, Tiantai, and Chan Buddhism." in Buddhist in the 21st Century: 130 Years of Excellence of Buddhist Maha Vihara, Malaysia, edited by Panahaduwe Yasassi and Pusselle Wineetha. Kuala Lumpur: Sasana Abhiwurdhi Wardhana Society, 2025: 459-475.

“Unity and Inclusivity in Tian Tai Buddhism and Its Significance for World Peace.” In Fostering Unity: Collaborative Efforts for Global Harmony, eds. Thich Duc Thien and Thich Nhat Tu. Ho Chi Minh: Hong Duc Publishing House, 2025, pp.215-216. PDF, https://www.undv2025vietnam.com/en/fostering-unity-collaborative-efforts...

“What is the External Body in the Mindfulness of Breathing.” eJournal of Buddhist Research Studies, Vol.11, 2024. PDF, http://research.thanhsiang.org/ 2024vol11

“How to Define Breathing Long and Short in Ānāpānasati.” eJournal of Buddhist Research Studies, Vol. 10, 2023. pp.2-16. PDF, http://research.thanhsiang.org/ node/34

"The Development of Aśubha Meditation in the Sarvāstivādin Tradition." International Buddhist College 15th Anniversary Buddhist Studies Conference. Kuala Lumpur: Berjaya Time Square Hotel, September 1, 2019.

"Different Interpretations on Anugama (following breathing) in the Theravāda and Sarvāstivāda." The 2nd International Academic Forum in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism. The Meditation Technique in Theravada and Mahayana: Theory and Practice. IBSC, MCU. Thailand， December 19, 2019. pp. 268-291.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ooi Eng Jin
Dean, Faculty of Buddhist Studies
https://ibc.ac.th/en/node/3349
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0165-3532
https://www.facebook.com/eng.j.o.1

Recent Publications:
• 2026. “Was the Buddha Ordained? Nāgasena’s Answer Recorded in the Siamese Pali Milindapañha.”
EJ Ooi
Buddhist Studies Review 42 (2) (2025): 143–166.
https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.33030

• 2026. “The Dhamma Wheel from Chainat, Thailand: An Epigraphic Excerpt from the
Pali Dhammacakkappavattana, and Related Finds.”
EJ Ooi and P. Skilling
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 89 (1): 105–42.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X25100839

• 2025. “The Bukit Choras Inscriptions and the Significance of the
Sāgaramatiparipṛcchā Verses to Ancient Kedah.”
NR Khaw, EJ Ooi*, V Bujeng, S Narayanen, SH Salleh
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 98 (2): 5-34.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ras.2025.a979547
(* Corresponding author)

• 2024. “Clay sealings from Perlis, Malaysia, and the wider world of the
Bodhigarbhālaṅkāralakṣa-Dhāraṇī.”
EJ Ooi, NR Khaw
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 34 (4): 745–776.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1356186324000087

• 2024. “Sap Champa: A Centre of Buddhist Culture in Ancient Siam and Its Pāli Inscription Sap Champa 3.”
EJ Ooi, P. Skilling
Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University (ARIRIAB), for Academic Year 2023, Vol XXVII: 41–47.
https://iriab.soka.ac.jp/content/pdf/aririab/Vol.%20XXVII%20(2024).pdf

• 2023. “Defining a Meṇḍaka Question in the Questions of Milinda and Its
Commentarial Texts.”
EJ Ooi, A Schumann, N Sirisawad
Journal of Indian Philosophy 51: 567–589.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10781-023-09543-7

• 2022. “Why is the forward sequence of Dependent Origination the wrong path? An annotated translation of the Commentary to the Nidānasaṃyutta’s Discourse of the (Two) Paths.”
EJ Ooi
Journal of the Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand 17 (1): 40–57.
https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/parst/article/view/256630

• 2022. “Transmission of the Milindapañha.”
EJ Ooi
Buddhist Studies Review 39 (1): 67–111.
https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.18893

• 2022. “Aspiring to be a Buddha and Life before Liberation: The Colophons of the
Siamese Questions of King Milinda.”
EJ Ooi
Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies 7,
No. 1: 104–129.
https://doi.org/10.1353/mns.2022.0002

• 2021. “Survey of the Pāli Milindapañha Manuscripts kept at the National Library of
Thailand: A Brief Catalogue.”
EJ Ooi
Journal of the Siam Society 109 (1): 169–210.
https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/pub_jss/article/view/248874

May their scholarship continue to enrich the Buddhist studies community and inspire our students. Sādhu!