Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles' Discourse on the Malay World

Buddhist Studies Review

Buddhism and its Religious Others: Historical Encounters and Representations, edited by C. V. Jones. Oxford University Press, 2022. 230pp. Hb. £65.00. ISBN-13: 9780197266991.

Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 2006

Journal of International Buddhist Studies , 2016

Indian Historians discussed their diverse opinion on Buddhism but most strange commonality in their writings is that they all seem to be biased against Buddhism and there were many instances when a same charge was repeated by different historians without even referring each other. However, being authorities of Indian history their writings remained unchallenged. The purpose of this paper is to throw light on the discrepancies in the writings of mainstream Indian historians and to present a correct and true picture of Buddhism. This is a revised version of my paper presented in the 87th International Buddhist Research Seminar, Nan Buddhist College organised during 18-20 February 2016. The original paper is available at http://www.ojs.mcu.ac.th/index.php/JIBS/article/view/1/pdf001

Journal of Critical Reviews, 2020

India has been the land of wider religious and cultural diversities since antiquity. Hinduism is regarded as one of the major religions of the world. According to scholars, its customs and roots dates back to 4000 years in Indian ancient history. Similarly, the Buddhism also originated in the Aryans-dominated Indo-Gangetic Plain about 2,600 years ago and later spread throughout the South and SouthEastern Asia. This study explores the beliefs, customs and philosophy of these two ancient religions through years of research and writing related to the subject. An insightful discussion has been presented to critically highlight the major similarities, dissimilarities, trends, societal acceptance, philosophical outlook, global outreach and attitude of communities embracing these two religions. Furthermore, religious, spiritual and cultural prospects of these two religions on various contingent issues, and the decline of Buddhism in India have also been explored. Thus, this study anticipates to build a comprehensive and constructive understanding of Hinduism and Buddhism in India by a far-ranging reassessment of the spiritual, cultural and artistic heritage of the subcontinent.

This essay addresses the following questions: "Can/should Buddhists and Christians do theology/Buddhology together? If no, why not? If yes, why and how?" As a Pentecostal Christian systematician and comparativist, I review a number of volumes recently published in the field in light of these queries 1 and situate them across a typological spectrum. 2 I will conclude by providing my own constructive theological response. 3

Religious Studies Review, 2008

Buddhist-Christian Studies, 2006