| Contributors | XII |
| Preface | XIV |
| Inaugural Address | XIX |
| Robert Philip Yuzuki Kaku | |
| Address by | XXV |
| Ichijo Ogawa | |
| Keynote Address | XXVII |
| Lokesh Chandra | |
| Presidential Address | XXXXIII |
| S.K. Somaiya | |
| Early/ Theravada/Pali Buddhism
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| 1 A Subtlety In The Buddhist Theory of The Self and Some Elaborations | |
| N.G. Kulkarni | 3 |
| 2 Process of Knowing | |
| H.S. Shukla | 12 |
| 3 The Vibhajjavada Doctrine | |
| M.G. Dadhphale | 21 |
| 4 Harmony I Global Perspective & Vinaya Disciplines | |
| Anandamayee Ghosh | 27 |
| 5 The Concepts of Spirits In Early Buddhist Tradition | |
| O.P Pathak | 37 |
| 6 Philosophy of Relation in Abhidharma Tradition | |
| Bimalendra Kumar | 53 |
| 7 S.N. Goenka's Approaches to Buddhism |
| Pradeep. P. Gokhale | 61 |
| 8 The Buddhistic Foundation of Universal Culture and Social Ethics | |
| H.S. Prasad | 70 |
| 9 An In-Depth Analysis of Early Buddha-Dhamma | |
| Angrraj Chaudhary | 91 |
| 10 Tradition and Innovayion in Dr. Ambedkar's Approach | |
| Dharmachari Lokamitra | 103 |
| 11 Buddhist Conception of Brahma-Viharas- A Direction to Emancipation As a Corrected New Version | |
| Mangala Chinchore | 114 |
| 12 Women Under the Yellow Robe | |
| Shobha Rani Dash | 127 |
| 13 Relevance of Dhammapada in the Modern Context | |
| Sharmila Virkar | 138 |
| 14 On Sunnata in Pali Buddhism | |
| Prabhakar Mishra | 148 |
| 15 Early Buddhism & Bhagavata: A Value based approach | |
| Shubhada A Joshi | 154 |
| 16 Gautama Buddha as The Earliest Democrat | |
| Radha Kumar | 163 |
| South-East Asian Buddhism
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| 17 The Royal Ploughing Ceremony of Thailand | |
| Rajaguru Vamadevamuni | 175 |
| 18 Religion in the making of a Nation - An experience from the past for the guidance of the future | |
| Bhikkhu Dhammavihari | 179 |
| 19 The Buddhist Doctrine of Karma as a Theory of Justice | |
| Asanga Tilakaratne | 202 |
| 20 The Buddhas visit to Thailand according to The Uravganidana | |
| Chirapat Prapandvidya | 218 |
| 21 Buddhist in Myanmar today | |
| Friedgard Lottermoser | 223 |
| 22 Buddhist Studies in the context of University Education | |
| G.D. Suman Pal | 268 |
| Tibetan/Nepalese Buddhism
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| 23 The importance of Viryasimha's Jatakamalapanjika - A commentary on Aryasura's Campukavya Jatakamala | |
| Ratna Basu | 279 |
| 24 Tibetan Buddhism- In Global Perspective | |
| Buddhadev Bhattacharya Shastri | 282 |
| 25 On the Second Parajika in the Vinayasustravrtti | |
| Nakagawa Masanori | 286 |
| 26 A Nepalese Buddhist Ritual: Gatham-muga | |
| Shinobu Yamaguchi | 294 |
| 27 A Brief Analysis of Language and Social Values As Reflected in the Supriya-Sarthavaha-Jataka Contained in Bhadrakalpavadana | |
| Soma Basu | 300 |
| 28 Remarks on Aksayamati (Blo Gras Mi Zad Pa), Being the Author of the earlist version of the Bodhisattvacaryavatara | |
| Akira Saito | 308 |
| 29 Signifance of Lumbini - Impact of Buddhism on Nepal | |
| Anita Rane Kothare | 318 |
| 30 Karma Kagyu : American Buddhism in Compassion | |
| Indira Y. Junghare | 330 |
| VOLUME II
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| | Mahayana Buddhism
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| 1 Magic and Magical Practices in Early Mahayana Buddhism | |
| M.C.Joshi | 3 |
| 2 Paramitas for Human Perfection | |
| S.N. Kandaswamy | 17 |
| 3 A Note on the Mulamadhyamakakarika |
| Musashi Tachikawa | 34 |
| 4 The Connection between Ultimate Truth and Analysis in Bhaviveka's Theory of two Truths | |
| Mayumi Nasu | 43 |
| 5 Buddhism : Relevance for Social Uplift, Spiritual Progress and Peace | |
| N.H. Samtani | 54 |
| 6 Contribution of Buddhism to Social Harmony and Social Cohesion with Special Reference to Afghanistan | |
| J. Sitaramamma | 63 |
| 7 Meditation as Conceived in Buddhism | |
| Murnal V. Bhatt | 72 |
| East Asian Buddhism
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| 8 Tantric Ways of Life in Human Worlds | |
| S.K. Pathak | 85 |
| 9 An Investigation into the Spirit of Fang-bain (Skillful means) | |
| R.K. Rana | 103 |
| 10 Chinese Buddhism Unbound | |
| Marcus Bingenheimer | 122 |
| 11 Hall for the Sixteen Contemplations | |
| Daniel B. Stevenson | 147 |
| 12 The Revival and Transformation of Manastic Discipline | |
| Paul Groner | 205 |
| 13 The Identification of Hells in the Tetsujonairikyo : The Sutra on the Hell of the Iron Fortress | |
| Ineke Van Put | 223 |
| 14 From Gandhara to Nara - Nine Centuries of Abhidharma | |
| Charles Willmen | 234 |
| 15 Contribution of Xuanzang to the Abhidharma Studies in China | |
| Lalji Shravak | 237 |
| 16 The Spirit of Zen and its Relevance in Modern Times | |
| Nilesh Dalal | 254 |
| 17 Pure Land : the Indian and the Sino-Japanese | |
| Noritoshi Aramaki | 259 |
| Buddhism Art and Architecture
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| 18 The Therianthropic Form: Early Buddhist Visual Evidences | |
| Jaya Jose | 273 |
| 19 Some New Aspects to Bhadrayaniya Sect from | |
| Shobhana Gokhale | 298 |
| 20 Human Figures in Ajanta Paintings - Aesthetical Perspective | |
| Meenal Kapadia | 311 |
| 21 Buddhism Architecture in Indonesia in the 9th Century AD | |
| Timbul Haryono | 329 |
| 22 A Thematic Study in Buddhism Art | |
| Meena Talim | 348 |
| 23 Rock Architecture | |
| Yojana Bhagat, Meena Talim | 367 |
| 24 Kanheri : A Study in it's Sustained Patronage | |
| Suraj A. Pandit | 380 |
| 25 Dentils with Human Faces - A Unique Motif at Nasik | |
| Manjiri Bhalerao | 403 |
| 26 Yoga and The Taima Mandala
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| Shashibala | 408 |
| Buddhist Literature
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| 27 Buddhist Characters in Sanskrit Literature | |
| Nalinee Chapekar | 431 |
| 28 Some Issues in Buddhist Epistemology |
| V.N. Jha | 451 |
| 29 Nagananda - An Anastomosis of Buddhist and Hindu Faiths | |
| C.S. Radhakrishnan | 456 |
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