Ambedkar's Perspective on Buddhism and Other Religions

Contents: Preface: 1. Limitation of the topic and definite meaning of the title. 2. Buddhism's developments in India and abroad. 3.  Mahayana and Hinayana. 4. Buddhist traditions.  5. Rejoicing and reversing the wheel of becoming.  6. Buddhist revival in east and west. 7. International Buddhism. 8. Concept of inequality of religions and definitions of religions. 9.  Religion and other departments of knowledge. 10. The religion of Zarathustra and the religion of Buddha. 11. Buddhism and Greek religion. 12. Hinduism and Buddhism. 13. Judaism and Buddhism. 14. Buddhism and Jainism. 15. Buddhism and Confucianism.  16. Buddhism and Taoism. 17. Buddhism and Shintoism.18. Buddhism and Christianity. 19. Buddhism and Islam  20. Sikkhism and Buddhism. 21. Atheism and Buddhism. 22. Buddhism and Communism. 23. Dr. Ambedkar and Buddhism. 24. Ambedkarism in the world. 25. Buddhism in the world. 26. Conversion. 27. Ambedkar's perspective: A Philosophy of a religion. 28. Evaluation and conclusion. 29. Chronology: Dr. Ambedkar (Before and After). Bibliography. Index.

"Ambedkar's perspective on Buddhism and other religions is a research work on Buddhist developments in east and west since 1950--an outline of World Buddhism and Ambedkarism today in nutshell and inequality of religions and need for conversion with special reference to Buddhism and Dr. Ambedkar of  M.Phil. and Ph.D Degrees awarded to the author by Nagpur University in 1990 and 1993 respectively.

"Buddhist developments in east and west since 1950 are numerous, unprecedented and effective.  Dr. Ambedkar is reckoned as the modern Indian true interpreter of Buddhism, which he reflected in his own writings as in the legal and national document of the constitution of India.  He aspired the establishment of the new world order on the governing principle of righteousness on the foundation of challenging realities equally numerous, unprecedented and overwhelming.

"The second part of brochure rests on inequality of religions and need of conversion with special reference to Buddhism and Dr. Ambedkar.

"From reading the book one may get an idea of number and extent of spokesmen of Ambedkarism in foreign countries.  As Ambedkarism has made its dent on the consciousness of foreign countries there arose multitude of representatives of Ambedkarism in those countries. The book also dwells on impact of Dr. Ambedkar on western thinkers." (jacket)