Author: Bhalchandra Mungekar
Aakash Singh Rathore/
Foreword/Introductio: S Jaipal Reddy
Publisher: Bookwell
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 218
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8189640305
Description
This book presents a collection of papers delivered at the First International Buddhist Conference held in Mumbai along with an essay especially written for this volume.
The papers concentrate both on challenges and issues of the contemporary world addressed by Buddhism, as well the capacity of Buddhism to squarely counter these challenges through an Ambedkarian perspective. The themes of the book include Buddhism Now and Buddhist Perspectives on Global Issues, and also Ambedkarian Buddhism and Post-Ambedkar Buddhism in India.
The contributors to the book range form leading academics to senior administrators as well as activists.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword By S.Jaipal Reddy
Introduction
PART ONE: Buddhism Now: Issues and Challenges
Buddhism and World Peace: A Turning Point for
Humanity
Christopher Queen
Buddhism in the 21st Century: Three Challenges
Thom Wolf
Dr. Ambedkar’s interpretation of Buddhism and Its
Contemporary Relevance
Bhalchadra Mungekar
PART TWO: Ambedkarian Buddhism
Dr. Ambedkar’s Predecessors on the Path Towards
Navayana
Braj Ranjan Mani
The Ambedkarian Conversion in Contemporary
Context
Ramesk Kamble
What Can Budddha Teach a Marxit?
Aakash Singh Rathore
Dr. Ambedkar’s Approach to Dhamma
M.L.Kasare
PART THREE: Global Issues: Buddhist Perspectives
Globliization and Dalits: Lessons from the Buddha
Anand Teltumbde
Buddhism as Pacifism
G.N. Kamble
Buddhism and Human Development
Anand S. Krishna
PART FOUR: Post-Ambedkar Buddhism in India
Impact of Buiddhis Conversion: A Case Study of
The Ex-Maharas in Maharashtra
D. S. Janbadhu & Gautam Gawali
Buddhist Education in India
Nishikant Wagmare
Rekindling Buddhist Cultural Identity in India
Sham Tagade
Holistic Health: The Buddhist Perspective
R.R. Shinde
Contributors