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Pacific World is an annual journal in English devoted to the dissemination of historical, textual, critical and interpretive articles on Buddhism generally and Shinshu Buddhism particularly to both academic and lay readerships. The journal is distributed free of charge. For more information, please fill out the form at the bottom of this page.

Articles for consideration by the Pacific World are welcomed and are to be submitted in English and addressed to:

Editor, Pacific World Journal
2140 Durant Avenue
Suite 30
Berkeley, CA 94704, USA

Editorial Commitee

Guidelines for Authors

Manuscripts (approximately 20 standard pages) should be typed double-spaced with 1-inch margins. Notes should be consecutively numbered at end of the main text, following specifications of A Manual of Style, University of Chicago Press.

Authors are responsible for the accuracy of all quotations and for supplying complete references. Clear, clean typescript is required for electronic page scanning. Please include electronic version on disk in both formatted and plain text,if possible. Manuscripts should be submitted by February 1st.

Foreign words should be underlined and marked with proper diacriticals, except for the following: arhat, bodhisattva, buddha/Buddha, dharma/Dharma, Hinayana, kalpa, karma, Mahayana, nembutsu, nirvana, samsara, sangha, shinjin, sutra, yoga. Romanized Chinese follows Wade-Giles system (except in special cases); romanized Japanese, the modified Hepburn system. Japanese/Chinese names are given surname first, omitting honorifics. Ideographs preferably should be restricted to notes.

Editorial Committee reserves the right to standardize use or omission of diacriticals. Conventionalized English form of sutra title may be used if initially identified in original or full form in text or note. Editorial Committee reserves the right to edit all submissions. Typescript that have been edited will be returned to authors in “galley proof” form for their review before publication, provided sufficient time is available. Include institutional affiliation and position, or present status/occupation and place. All manuspcripts submitted for publication become the property of Pacific World. Authors must obtain Editor’s permission to publish them elsewhere before publication in Pacific World. Ten complimentary reprints of their articles will be sent to the authors.

Acknowledgment

This annual publication is made possible by the donation of Buddha Dharma Kyokai, Inc. of Berkeley, California.

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