Paths to Omniscience: the Geluk Hermeneutics of Nga-wāng-bel-den
前往遍智之道：昂望奔登依格魯派了義與不了義的觀點所作的詮釋

In 1994, Master Sheng Yen (1931–2009), the founder of Dharma Drum Buddhist College, began publishing the ”Series of the Chung- Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies”. The purposes of publishing this series were to provide a venue for academic research in Buddhist Studies supported by scholarships from the Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, to encourage top-quality Buddhist research, and to cultivate an interest in Buddhist research among the readership of the series. Moreover, by encouraging cooperation with international research
institutions, he hoped to promote the domestic status of the academic study of Buddhism.
In keeping with Master Sheng Yen’s vision, in order to promote different aspects of exchange in academic research, we at Dharma Drum Buddhist College have begun to publish three educational series:
• Dharma Drum Buddhist College Research Series (DDBC-RS)
• Dharma Drum Buddhist College Translation Series (DDBCTS)
• Dharma Drum Buddhist College Special Series (DDBC-SS)
The Research Series (DDBC-RS) is primarily intended as a venue for academic research in the field of Buddhist Studies in general and of Chinese Buddhism in particular. The Translation Series (DDBCTS) will present English renditions of Chinese canonical works as well as other important works, or else Chinese translations of academic publications on Buddhism that have appeared in European
languages or in Japanese, etc. The Special Series (DDBC-SS) will accommodate works on other topics and which require special publication formats.
Among our future goals is the extensive development of Buddhist digital publishing and information to adapt to the interactive and hyper-connective environment of the Web 2.0 age. This will allow research outcomes to be quickly shared and evaluated through the participation of individual users, through such media as blogs, shared tagging, wikis, social networks and so on. Our hope is to work towards developing an open environment for academic studies (perhaps called Science 2.0) on Buddhist culture that will be more collaborative and efficient than traditional academic studies. In this way, Dharma Drum Buddhist College will continue to help foster the availability and abundance of digital resources for Buddhist Studies.
Huimin Bhikshu, President
Dharma Drum Buddhist College
July 26, 2010