These are all the articles and source materials published in the monographs. Click on the title to see the contents and summaries.


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.16

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 16 Basic Research VI (January 2010)

[article20]Shoji MORI : Conflict Arbitration and Criminal Procedures in the Saṃgha

[article21]Shoji MORI : The Method and Idea Underlying the Majority Rule for Dispute Solution in the Saṃgha

[article22]Shoji MORI & Katsuhisa NAKASHIMA : The Average Ages for Entering School, Marriage, etc., as Seen in the Buddhist Canon ( Early Buddhist Scriptures, Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā, the Honnen Section of the Taishō Tripiṭaka, and Ancient Indian Codes )


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.15

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 15 Documentary Sources VII (October 2009)

[source material2-4]Yoshio KANEKO (ed.) : Locations of Buddha's Residence and Preaching Collected in the Early Buddhist Canons -Part 4; Other Miscellaneous Countries -


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.14

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 14 Basic Research V (May 2009)

[article16]Shoji MORI ; Religious Wandering, Monastic Construction and the Formation of the Saṃgha

[article17]Shogo IWAI ; Verifying Traditions Concerning the Location of Sakyamuni's Rainy Season Retreats

[article18]Shoji MORI ; Valuation of Traditions Concerning the Location of Sakyamuni's Rainy Season Retreats

[article19]Shoji MORI & Tsunao MOTOZAWA ; Buddhism in Kosambī


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.13

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 13 Basic Research IV (March 2008)

[article13]Shoji MORI : 'A Saṃgha Led by the Buddha' and 'Saṃghas Led by His Desciples'

[article14]Shoji MORI : The Saṃgha of Sakyamuni

[article15]Shoji MORI, Yoshio KANEKO : Janapada and Raṭṭha in Pāli Buddhist Scriptures


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.12

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 12 Documentary Sources VI (May 2007)

[source material7]Shogo IWAI, Tsunao MOTOZAWA, Bhikkhu KATAPUÑÑO (ed.) : Visākhā Migāramātā --Biographical Sources--


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.11

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 11 Thematic Research III (October 2006)

[article11]Shoji MORI & Tsunao MOTOZAWA : Biographical Study of Devadaṭṭa

[article12]Shogo IWAI : Sakyamuni's Attendants before Ananda and Locations of His Rains Retreat


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.10

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 10 Thematic Research II (April 2005)

[article10]Shoji MORI, Tsunao MOTOZAWA : Life of Mahāpajāpatī Goṭamī and the Formation of the Bhikkhunī Saṃgha

[source material5]Shogo IWAI : Accounts of Sakyamuni's Rains Retreats in the Early Buddhist Canons

[source material6]Katsuhisa NAKASHIMA : A List of References to the Ages in the Hon-nen-section of Taisho-tripiṭaka


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.9

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 9 Thematic Research I (May 2004)

[article08]Shoji MORI & Tsunao MOTOZAWA : Biographical Study of Mahākassapa

[article09]Shogo IWAI : The Tradition of 'Sharing Half a Seat'

[source material4]Katsuhisa NAKASHIMA : Materials of the Ages in Ancient Indian Codes Concerning on the Saṃskāra and the Āśrama


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.8

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 8 Documentary Sources V (March 2004)

[source material2-3]Yoshio KANEKO (ed.) : Locations of Buddha's Residence and Preaching Collected in the Early Buddhist Canons -Part 3 : Kosala -


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.7

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 7 Basic Research III (October 2003)

[article06] Shoji MORI : Brāhmaṇa-Ascetics in the Early Buddhist Sources -- jaṭila and vānaprasṭha --

[article07]Shogo IWAI : The Account of the Life of Buddha in Jū-ni-yū-gyō -- Locations of Sakyamuni 's Residence during the Rainy Season for the First Twelve years --


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.6

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 6 Basic Research II (October 2002)

[article04]Shoji MORI, Tsunao MOTOZAWA : A Study of Yojana -- Re-examination of the Ancient Indian Measure of Distance --

[article05]Shogo IWAI : Locations of Sakyamuni 's Residence during the Rainy Season -- A Comparative Study of the Early Buddhist Canons and the Late Sources --

[source material1-2]Katsuhisa NAKASHIMA : A List of References to the Ages in the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 2: References in the Sutta and Vinaya Piṭakas


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.5

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 5 Documentary Sources IV (May 2002)

[source material2-2-2]Yoshio KANEKO ( ed.): Locations of Buddha's Residence and Preaching Collected in the Early Buddhist Canons Part 2-2 ; Jetavana Anāthapiṇḍikārāma (Vinaya-piṭaka)


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.4

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 4 Documentary Sources III (December 2001)

[source material2-2-1]Yoshio KANEKO (ed.) : Locations of Buddha's Residence and Preaching Collected in the Early Buddhist Canons Part2 -1; Jetavana Anāthapiṇḍikārāma (Sutta-piṭaka)


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.3

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 3 Documentary Sources II (September 2000)

[source material3]Shoji MORI, Tsunao MOTOZAWA, Shogo IWAI (ed.) : Sources by Topics of the Buddha's Biographies and Related Documents


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.2

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 2 Documentary Sources I (March 2000)

[source material2-1]Yoshio KANEKO (ed.) : Locations of Buddha's Residence and Preaching Collected in the Early Buddhist Canons Part1 ; Magadha


"Memoirs of the Chuo Academic Research Institute"Monograph Series No.1

A Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 1 Basic Research I (July 1999)

[article01]Shoji MORI: The Aims and Methods of Our Study of the Biography of Sakyamuni Based on the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources

[article02]Shoji MORI: On the Calendars in the Early Buddhism

[article03]Shoji MORI: The Birth, the Renunciation, the Enlightenment, and the Parinibbāna of Sakyamuni -- on the Dates and his Ages--

[source material1-1]Katsuhisa NAKASHIMA: A List of References to the Ages in the Early Buddhist Scriptural Sources Part 1:References in the "Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā"

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