by Stefania TravagninSchool of Oriental and African Studies, London

by Donna Lynn BrownDepartment of Religion, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaDonna Lynn Brown, MA, MDiv (Buddhist studies) is a Ph.D. candidate in Religious studies at the University of Manitoba, Canada. Her areas of research include contemporary Tibetan Buddhism, engaged Buddhism, and Buddhist ethics.

by Chien-Te LinInstitute of Religion and Humanities, Buddhist Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, TaiwanChien-Te Lin, also known as Kent Lin, is a distinguished professor and director of the Institute of Religion and Humanities at the Buddhist Tzu-Chi University, Taiwan. His main research interests lie in Buddhist philosophy, contemporary Buddhism in Taiwan, Chinese philosophy and comparative religion (Buddhism and Taoism). His most recent books published in Chinese include Tao and Emptiness: A Philosophical Dialogue between Laozi and Nāgārjuna (Dharma Drum Publications, 2013); and Mind, Consciousness and Liberation: A Comparative Look at Buddhist Theories of Mind and Consciousness (National Taiwan University Press, 2020). He has also published some English articles in journals such as Ethical Perspectives, Philosophia, Contemporary Buddhism, Asian Philosophy, Sophia, Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, etc.

by Ampere A. TsengManufacturing Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USAAmpere A. Tseng is a Director and Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University (Tempe, USA). He received his PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1978. In recent years, he has become interested in conducting research in the area of Buddhist vegetarianism, as well as on the profile and practices of Mahayana Buddhists across the globe. He has published 200 journal articles, reaching a Google h-index score of 42 and an i10-index number of 115 as of August 2022. He has held nine US patents and delivered more than 200 invited seminars or keynote speeches. Recently, he edited a monograph entitled Exploring the Life and Teachings of Mahayana Buddhists in Asia, published by Nova Science Publishers, New York in October 2020. He has been bestowed a Chair Professorship from (1) National Tsinghua University (Hsinchu), (2) National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taipei), (3) Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic), and (4) Henan University (Kaifeng). He has been granted a National Research Council Professorship from both the National Taiwan University (Taipei) and the National Cheng Kung University (Tainan). He has also been awarded guest professorships from Tsinghua University (Beijing), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei) (none of which endowed chairs or named professorships to foreigners at the time he was appointed).

by Xuefei Shi, Hangwei Li

by Ben Van Overmeire

by Terry Hyland

by Liyong Zhang

by Blayne K. Harcey

by Rafal K. Stepien