Buddhist Studies: A Prospective Dimension

The twenty-five papers presented at an international seminar organised by the Centre for Buddhist studies, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan deal with contemporary topics in Buddhist studies. The papers in English, Hindi and Tibetan delve into Buddhism in Bangladesh, Buddhist meditation in the twenty-first century and Nikaya Buddhism in South-east Asia. They look into the scope of Pali and Buddhist Studies in Bangladesh, Ceylon and India and reception of Buddhism and prospect and scope of Buddhist studies with reference to India, France, Canada, USA and other places. Referring to seminar publications, scholarly works and journals of societies/institutes like Pali Text Society Translation, London and including contributions of scholars like Prof. P. C. Bagchi to Buddhist studies, they focus on Buddhist literature in North-eastern states as well to analyse the problems and issues before the Buddhist samgha.