Professor in Buddhist Studies, Centre of Buddhist Studies, University of Hong Kong. BA First Class Honours, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 1985, Monastic training and Language studies: Pāli, Sanskrit, Sinhala -1974-1981. MA in Religious Studies, Northwestern University, USA, 1991. PhD in Buddhism, Northwestern University, USA, 1993. Post-doctoral research, University of Oxford, UK, 1993-1995