Prof. Dr. Charles Willemen

Sarvāstivāda, Chinese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhism

Prof. Dr. Charles Willemen studied Latin, Greek, Chinese, Japanese and Sanskrit. He obtained his Ph.D. in the field of East-Asian Studies (University of Gent, Belgium). He was assistant, guest professor and professor at different universities in Belgium, China, Canada, Japan and Thailand. Currently he is rector and teaching professor at the International Buddhist College.

Contact: 
charleswillemen(at)yahoo.com
Lectures Master: 
BL6209/ME6209 - Mahāyāna Buddhist Literature
BT6205/ME6205 - A Survey of the Doctrines of Abhidharma Schools
ST6206/ME6206 - Special topics in Buddhist studies I
Lectures Bachelor: 
BP401 - Controversial Doctrines of the Abhidharma Tradition

Publications

Books: 
  • 1974. Dharmapada: a concordance to Udanavarga, Dhammapada, and the Chinese Dharmapada literature. Publications de l'Institut belge des hautes études bouddhiques. Série études et textes 3. Bruxelles: Institut belge des hautes études bouddhiques.
  • 1975. Udanavarga: Chinese-Sanskrit Glossary. Tokyo: Hokuseido, X, 101 p.
  • 1975. Charles Willemen, Christian Berg, Max Elskamp. . De negen overdenkingen over de onreinheid van het lichaam. Verhandelingen van het Etnografisch museum van de Stad Antwerpen 3. Antwerpen: Etnografisch museum, 40 p.: ill.
  • 1975. Abhidharmhrdaya: The Essence of metaphysics. Bruxelles, translated and annotated by Charles Willemen, 366 pages, 26 pages (Chinese Text), Chinese-Sanskrit glossary, English-Sanskrit glossary (Publications de l'Institut Belge des Hautes Etudes Bouddhiques, Serie études et textes 4).
  • 1978. Transl. and Annot. The Chinese Udanavarga: A Collection of Important Odes of the Law (Fa chi yao sung ching). Mélanges chinois et bouddhiques 19. Bruxelles: Institut belge des hautes études chinoises, 19.
  • 1983. The Chinese Hevajratantra: the scriptural text of the ritual of the Great King of the teaching, the Adamantine one with great compassion and knowledge of the void. Orientalia Gandensia 8. Leuven: Peeters, 208 p.
  • 1994. Transl. The storehouse of sundry valuables. Tsa-pao-tsang-ching. Compiled by T'an-yao. Transl. into Chinese by Kikkaya and Liu Hsiao-piao. BDK English Tripitaka 10/1. Berkeley (Calif.): Numata center for Buddhist tranlation and research, XIX, 275 p.
  • 1998. Charles Willemen and Bart Dessein, Collet Cox. Sarvāstivāda Buddhist Scholasticism. Handbuch der Orientalistik. 2. Abt.: Indien 11. Leiden: Brill, XVII, 341 p.
  • 1999. The Scriptural Text: Verses of the Doctrine, with Parables. BDK English Tripi†aka, 10 II. Berkeley: BDK, 238 pp.
Articles: 
  • Numerous articles e.g. 1998. New Ideas about Sarvāstivāda Abidharma. Indian Journal of Buddhist Studies 10, 1-2: 82-94.
  • Willemen, Charles. 1999-2000. The Indian Background of Buddhism in China. Some Facts and Remarks. The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 1: 45-49.
  • Willemen, Charles. 2001. Sarvāstivāda Developments in Northwestern India and in China. The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2: 163-169.
  • Willemen, Charles. 2001b. Sarvāstivāda Dhyāna and Mahāyāna Prajñā. Observations about their Development in India and in China. Asiatische Studien/ Études Asiatiques, 55: 529-534