Buddhopedia: Everyone’s Essential Encyclopedia of Buddhism (Set of 6 Volumes)

1. TATHAGATA-Life of Lord Buddha

2. DHAMMA-Teachings of Lord Buddha

3. IMAGE-Special Features of World's First Major Religion

4. JATAKA-The Birth-stories of Lord Buddha

5. SPREAD-Samplers of the Great Spread of Buddhism in the Then-known World

6. PILGRIMS-Stories of Those who walked to India in Search of Truth

The promise of the 21" century was shattered by the most unusual and unexpected 9/11, and many questioned the role of Religion: What was it doing? Was it at all needed? But the indirectly though, asked Japan to come forward with her Buddhism and do something about it. Like Kublai Khan in olden times-who had used this religion to soften the violence of his Mongolian people, the paper delivered a message to the otherwise fast globalising world.

Among the plethora of world religions, Buddhism is perhaps the only one which teaches Non-violence and practices it. Non-violence is the chief tenet of its faith, and has also proved its effectiveness in history. It still influences a large part of the world and is gaining fresh ground in the West.

It therefore seemed a good idea to work out an encyclopedia of Buddhism, with the general educated reader all over the world in mind. Ideas shared have an intrinsic force and help in changing the ways of life. Here is the Buddhopedia in six volumes, the first of which presents the wonderful life of the great game- director of human beings for all times.

Mahendra Kulasrestha, educated in India and Japan, has been the first editor of the well known Orient Paperbacks, and has been associated with the Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, Mumbai; V. Vedic Research Inst., Hoshiarpur, Pb.; Vision Books; Hind Pocket Books; Rajpal and Sons; Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust; HUDCO; DDA(Slum Wing); SEWA Delhi, etc. He has planned and edited the much useful Public Concerns Series, and been Consultant Editor of International Books Update.

His works include: Japan-An Enigma, An Anthology of Japanese Literature in Hindi, Tagore Centenary Volume, The Genius of Tagore, Aspects of Indian Culture, World Poetry Number of a Hindi literary magazine, An Anthology of Hindi Short Stories, Existence and Other Poems (English translations of Amrita Pritam's poems), a study of 14 Western philosophers in Hindi, etc.

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