K. L. Dhammajoti (born 29 May 1949) is a Buddhist monk from

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. He was ordained according to the Theravada tradition of

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. He is also one of the leading scholars on Sarvastivada Abhidharma. and is well known in the world of Buddhist scholarship for several contributions. These include some of his own personal work, such as ''Sarvastivada abhidharma'', ''The Chinese Version of the Dhammapada'', ''Entrance into the Supreme Doctrine'', and '' Abhidhamma Doctrines and controversies on Perception''. He is also the founding editor of an annual academic Journal of Buddhist Studies from the Centre for Buddhist Studies,

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. Currently, he is serving as the director of Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong Ltd.

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20091230155746/http://www.buddhism.hku.hk/Publication_new.html *The writer in this link wrongly recognizes Ven. KL Dhammajoti as Sri Lankan. Except that the information contained in the article is correct. *http://www.lakehouse.lk/mihintalava/sasana02.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20081225232301/http://ibc.ac.th/en/dhammajoti/professorship *https://web.archive.org/web/20110719235754/http://ibc.ac.th/en/dhammajoti/rector *https://web.archive.org/web/20100905124642/http://ibc.ac.th/en/dhammajoti *http://www.ucalgary.ca/numatachair/previous_chairholders {{DEFAULTSORT:Dhammajoti, Kl 1949 births Living people Theravada Buddhism writers Expatriates in Sri Lanka Malaysian expatriates in Hong Kong Malaysian Buddhist monks