Buddha and Buddhism/edited by Biswanath Banerjee and Sukomal Chaudhuri. Kolkata,
The Asiatic Society, 2005, viii, 334 p.
Buddha and Buddhism/edited by Biswanath Banerjee and Sukomal Chaudhuri. Kolkata,
The Asiatic Society, 2005, viii, 334 p.
Contents: Foreword. 1. Origin of Pali/Suniti Kumar Chatterji. 2. Background of Buddhism : a brief survey/Anukul Chandra Banerjee. 3. Buddha, the founder, and his career/Ryudo Yasui. 4. The Dhamma: is it a philosophy?/Narada Thera. 5. The Samga and Buddhist education/S. Dutt. 6. Buddhist councils/B. Jinananda. 7. Ashoka and the expansion of Buddhism/P.V. Bapat. 8. Expansion of Buddhism in India, Central Asia and China/Prabodh Chandra Bagchi. 9. Expansion of Buddhism in southern countries/R.C. Majumdar. 10. Expansion of Buddhism in Tibet, Ladakh and Nepal/V.V. Gokhale. 11. Expansion of Buddhism in Korea and Japan/J.N. Takasaki. 12. Buddhist sects in India/Anukul Chandra Banerjee. 13. Buddhist sects in Southern countries/P.V. Bapat. 14. Buddhist sects in Japan/J.N. Takasaki. 15. Buddhist sects in China/G.H. Sasaki. 16. Period of transition from Hinayana to Mahayana/Nalinaksha Dutt. 17. Difference between Theravada and Mahayana at a glance/Keiko Soda. 18. Later modifications of Buddhism: i. Tantric Buddhism/Anagarika Govinda. ii. Mantrayana and Sahajayana/H.V. Guenther. iii. Kalacakra School/Biswanath Banerjee. 19. The essentials of Buddha Dhamma in practice/Syagayi U. BA. Khin. 20. The art of living : Vipassana meditation/S.N. Goenka. 21. Buddha's message to the world/Swami Vivekananda. 22. Role of Buddhism in Indian life and thought/Benimadhab Barua. 23. Grammatical works in Pali/Sukomal Chaudhuri.