Facets of Buddhism

Shotaro Iida, Ph.D. (Wisconsin) and Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, was originally trained as a specialist of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. His interests have expanded to include Sino-Korean-Japanese Buddhism. His publications include: Reason and Emptiness: A Study in Logic and Mysticism; Hindu Buddhist Thought in India; and The Hey Ch'o Diary: Memoir of the Pilgrimage to the Five Regions of India. His translations into English from Japanese, Chinese, Tibetan and Sanskrit, often in collaboration with other eminent scholars, include some of the most important Madhyamika and Cittamatrin works. Dr. Iida was largely responsible for the establishment of the Asian Centre at the University of British Columbia (1970-80), as planner and fund-raiser. He received the Japan Foundation Special Prize for this in 1986.