Prof Dr Frank J. Hoffman is Professor at International Buddhist Studies College of Mahachulalongkorn-rajavidyalaya University and Visiting Scholar Associate in South Asia Center at University of Pennsylvania. Prof Hoffman received a PhD in Philosophy of Religion at King’s College London, an MA in Philosophy at University of Hawai’i, and a BA in Philosophy at University of Missouri – St. Louis. He has 125 published items including Rationality and Mind in Early Buddhism, Introduction to Early Buddhism, Breaking Barriers (with Godabarisha Mishra), and Pali Buddhism (with Mahinda Deegalle). Prof Hoffman is Associate Editor of the journal Asian Philosophy, was Chair of Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium (GPPC) and is now on the GPPC Board of Governors. He was an NEH summer institute/seminar participant at Harvard, Columbia, UH, and UCLA. He held Rotary Grants for University Teachers in India and China. In the USA, he was full Professor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.