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Bhikkhu Pāsādika (secular name: Eckhard Bangert), born August 17, 1939 at Bad Arolsen in Hesse, is a German indologist and a Buddhist monk. His Dharma or religious name Pāsādika is a Pali word meaning "amiable".
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He entered the Buddhist order of the Theravāda tradition (Old School) in Thailand in 1960. He is a member of the Buddhist Research Institute Linh-Son at Joinville-le-Pont (Paris) since 1978.
Biography
He speaks German, English, French and Thai, and studied Sanskrit, Pāli, Hindi, Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese. He received his academic education in India (Nālandā Pāli Institute in the early 60s (M.A. from Magadh University in 1964), Punjabi University Patiala in the early 70s of the last century (Ph.D. from Punjabi University in 1974)). From 1975-77 he was reader at Punjabi University Patiala, teaching Pāli and German. He edited the quarterly ''Linh-Són - publication d'études bouddhologiques at Joinville-le-Pont from 1978-82. Then, until 1993, he participated in the project Sanskrit Dictionary of the Buddhist Texts from the Turfan Finds of the Commission of Buddhist Studies, Academy of Sciences, Göttingen. From 1995-2007 he was hon. professor, Dept. of Indology and Tibetology of Philipp's University Marburg, teaching Pāli, Sanskrit, classical Tibetan and Buddhist Chinese. Additionally, he was in charge of the chair of Indology at Würzburg University (1996-2000). He also was visiting professor at Ruhr University Bochum (2000, 2002). He has been specializing in early Mahāyāna literature and Śrāvakayānist Nikāya-Āgama comparative studies.
Publications by Bh. Pāsādika
Translation from Thai/English: Siamesische Illustrationen der Buddhalehre, Erläuterungen zu einem traditionellen buddhistischen Manuskript aus Siam von Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu, Social Science Association Press of Thailand, Bangkok, 1968; Horst Erdmann Verlag, Tübingen, 1969
Excerpts from the Śūrańgama-Samādhi-Sūtra - in collaboration with Thubten Kalsang Rinpoche, World Fellowship of Buddhists, Bangkok, 1971; Bihar Research Society, Patna (2nd ed.), 1972; Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala (3rd ed.), 1975
The Kāśyapaparivarta, Devanāgarī Edition and English Translation, Aditya Prakashan, New Delhi, 2015 (re. biographical details and short list of publications see back cover of this book - www.bibliaimpex.com )
For a complete list of his publications see: