Buddhism Buddhists and Buddhist Studies Book
Contents: Preface. 1. Buddhist renaissance: a study on Buddhism and Buddhists in contemporary India/Dipak Kumar Barua. 2. Poison or Phowa? A re-examination of the final year of the 10th Shamarpa Chodrup Gyatso/Lara Braitstein. 3. Multi faceted Theravada Buddhism in the United Kingdom/Mahinda Deegalle. 4. Medieval Buddhist studies in India and its future tasks upon revival/Shohei Ichimura. 5. Saraha’s Dohakosa Mahamudra Upadesa as an example of early Mahamudra Literature/Julia Stenzel. 6. The shrouded mystery of Nalanda/Lama G.K. 7. Buddhism and contemporary philosophy/Maja Milcinski. 8. Some dimensions of Buddhist studies in India/S.K. Pathak. 9. Globalization of Buddhism: problems and perspectives/M. Rajagopala Rao. 10. Bharukaccha Dvaravati and Sihapura: three important cities of Gujarat as known as in early Indian Buddhism/K.T.S. Sarao. 11. Buddhism philosophy and science: insights from quantum physics and Madhyamika Buddhism/C.D. Sebastian. 12. Svayambhu Mahacaitya: a survival of Indic Buddhism in Kathmandu Valley/Min Bahadur Shakya. 13. Buddhisms early maritime route to China/Charles Willemen.
The present volume Buddhism Buddhists and Buddhist Studies contains selected papers invited for the International Conference on The State of Buddhism, Buddhists and Buddhist Studies in India and Abroad held on January 2-4-2009 at Banaras Hindu University Varanasi on the occasion of the birth centenary of Bhikkhu Jagdish Kashyap the pioneer scholar in the field of Pali and Buddhist studies and the founder teacher of Pali in Banaras Hindu University.
This volume focuses on three broad themes of the conference Buddhism Buddhists and Buddhist studies. It deals with the historical survey of Buddhism Buddhist renascent movements and the role of Buddhists and Buddhist Scholars in the revival of Buddhism in India during the last hundred years. It presents the state of Buddhists in different regions of the world and their struggle to preserve religious and cultural identities modern challenges relevance of Buddhism and its cultural heritage for contemporary society. It also highlights the scholarly development in the field of Buddhist Studies and its multiple dimensions. (jacket)