A Study of Contemporaneity history of Buddhism and Buddhist Religion

Undoubtedly the most prominent figure of Buddhism in the contemporary world is His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso, who received a Nobel Prize in 1989, for His message of peace. Following the China invasion of Tibet, in 1959 the Dalai Lama had to search political asylum in India. Despite the difficult conditions that Tibet is passing through, the country never stopped struggling to keep alive its religious and cultural identity, defined as “Tibetan Buddhism”. His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet made Dharamsala, in Himachal Pradesh, India, an important center of Tibetan culture and Buddhism knowledge. His presence, along with more than one million Tibetans who received Indian asylum, helped at creating awareness and reviving the Buddhist tradition in its country of birth. His books helped to make the Buddhist vision and knowledge known throughout the world. We welcomed articles on classical textual analysis, Buddhist doctrine, archaeology, as well as analyzing contemporary Buddhist communities. The volume’s guest editors are interested in enhancing the advances and research results in the field of Buddhist studies and Buddhism, worldwide. Acknowledging the interdisciplinary and international nature, inherent to the contemporary Buddhist studies, we intended to facilitate the exchanges of ideas between different disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, social and cultural anthropology, ethnology, history, archeology, art history, religious studies, literary, textual and philological studies etc.