ThisisthethirdvolumeofproceedingsoftheĀgamaseminarsconvenedbytheĀgamaResearchGroupattheDharmaDrumInstituteofLiberalArts(formerlyDharmaDrumBuddhistCollege).ItcollectsacademiccontributionsonvariousaspectsrelatedtotheMiddle-lengthCollec¬tionsofdiscourses(sūtras,suttas)transmittedbydifferentearlyBuddhistlineagesofreciters,preservedintheirIndicoriginalsinGandhari,PaliandSanskritaswellasinChineseandTibetantranslations.