Finding God in Buddhism: A New Trend in Contemporary Buddhist Approaches to Islam
The purported absence of a highest god who creates and governs the universe in the Buddhist worldview has often been regarded as an obstacle to dialogue and mutual understanding between Buddhists and Muslims. However, there has emerged a trend among contemporary Buddhist scholars to discuss a Buddhi...
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Year: 2015, Volume: 62, Issue: 4, Pages: 408-430 |
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