The Schismatic Buddhism in India: Ideology and Genesis (Upto 13th Century) Book

Contents: Introduction.  1. A brief account of the genesis and ideology of Sautrantika School of Buddhism/Khenpo Lobsang Tsultrim. 2.  A brief note on the development of some minor Buddhist Sects in South-West India/Bandana Mukherjee.  3.  A short sketch of the Madhyamika School in India/Aiswarya Biswas. 4.  Development of buddhist schools in Burma/Ashin Kusala. 5.  Doctrinal growth of buddhist schools in process of dialogue/Buddhadev Bhattacarya. 6.  Evolution of Sautrantika school and its first Acarya: A brief account/Sanjib Kumar Das. 7. 
Genesis of buddhist schools/Jayanti Chatterjee. 8.  Historical perspective and development of buddhist schools in Bangladesh/Shimul Barua. 9.  Ideologies of Buddhism in the Hinayana and Mahayana/Sonam Zangpo. 10. Ideology and genesis of the Schismatic Buddhism in India (upto Cent. 13 C.E.)/S.K. Pathak. 11.  Ideology and Importance of Pratityasamutpada/Sanjib Kumar Das. 12.  Impact of Pali Literature on Mynamar/Satyendra Kumar Pandey. 13.  In Quest of various ideologies of Buddhist schools as reflected in the literature of Rabindranath Tagore/Saswati Mutsuddy. 14.  Problems and issues before the Samgha: An overview of Buddhist literature in North Eastern states/Ramkrishna Das. 15.  The development of Buddhist schools in Thailand/Pairoj Phaodee. 16. Theravada as Vibhajjyavada/Bimalendra Kumar. 17.  Truth as found in Madhyamika school of Buddhist philosophy and its importance in understanding the true meaning of life/Prajnalankar Bhikkhu.  18. Yogacara concept of Samsara: A study from Theravada standpoint/Sumanapal Bhikkhu.

The works contain the scenario of the Ideology and Genesis of Buddhist Schools in India that developed from its inception upto 13th Century. According  to the source on Buddhist tenets, four principal schools developed during that period, which are known as Vaibhasika, Sautrantika,  Cittamatra and Madhyamika.  However, controversy can be found in the identification of the pioneers of those schools, specially the pioneers of the Vaibhasika and Sautrantika schools.  On the other hand, regarding the genesis of these schools it happened on the basis of understanding the doctrine and philosophy taught by the compassionate master, the Buddha.

The book contains a number of 19 valuable articles presented during the last international seminar organized by the department of Indo-Tibetan Studies, Vishva-Bharati, Santiniketan in February 2013 in which more than thirty-forty scholars from outside of the university and even from abroad including the scholars from within the university participated. The entire articles specially focus on the background, biographical description and view of different Buddhist schools. (jacket)