Please join the host, Bhante Dr. Chandima, to interview Professor Peter Harvey about the working of karma and the power of volition (cetanā). He was the first Professor specifically of “Buddhist Studies” in the UK. Peter Harvey, who gained his doctorate in Buddhist Studies at Lancaster University, under Ninian Smart, is Emeritus Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Sunderland, UK.
His research focuses on early Buddhist thought and practices, and Buddhist ethics. Until recently, he edited Buddhist Studies Review, Journal of the UK Association for Buddhist Studies, having founded the Association in 1995 with Ian Harris, and from 2002 to 2011 ran an online MA Buddhist Studies program. He is the author of An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History, and Practices (University of Cambridge Press, 1990, 2nd edn. 2013), The Selfless Mind: Personality, Consciousness, and Nirvana in Early Buddhism (Curzon Press, 1995), and An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values, and Practices (University of Cambridge Press, 2000). He has edited an anthology of Theravāda, Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna texts, Common Buddhist Text: Guidance and Insight from the Buddha, published for free distribution by Mahachulalongkorn-rajavidyalaya University in Thailand. He is a member of the Samatha Trust and teaches a free online course on Samatha meditation. Retired, he now lives near York, UK. You can learn more about his scholarly writings at https://sunderland.academia.edu/Peter…
