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Twelfth-Century Developments in Central Asia
The Establishment of the Jurchen Empire The Jurchen were a Tungusic Manchu people whose homeland was in northern Manchuria and the adjacent region of southeastern Siberia across the Amur River. They were for­est dwellers whom the Khitans conscripted for their ritual hunts....
Part in Buddhist-Muslim Interaction: Later Abbasid Period
Buddhist-Muslim Interaction: Bibliography
This bibliography, compiled in 1996, contains materials for supplementing "The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire" from the previous Berzin Archives website with further parts on the Mongol and Post-Mongol Periods.]...
Part in Buddhist-Muslim Interaction: Later Abbasid Period
The Dalai Lama in Dialogue with Sufi Scholars
“A Meeting of Two Oceans; Dialogue on Sufism and Buddhism”: a dialogue at the Roshan Center for Persian Studies, University of Maryland.
in Buddhism & Islam
Islam from the Point of View of Buddhism
A survey of the history of Buddhist-Muslim interaction during the first millennium after the Prophet, focusing on the level of knowledge that the Indo-Tibetan Buddhist tradition had of Islam, as found in the Kalachakra literature, and the points that it had identified as being...
in Buddhism & Islam: Advanced
History of Buddhism in East Turkistan
Buddhism flourished along the Silk Route in East Turkistan (present-day Xinjiang in the People’s Republic of China) from the 1st century BCE until the 14th century CE and is present even today among the Kalmyk Mongols in the north of the province.
in Buddhism in Central Asia
Is There a Common Ground between Buddhism and Islam?
Dr. Berzin outlines the theoretical and historical features of Buddhism and Islam that indicate a common ground between them, in addition to basic shared ethical principles.
in Buddhism & Islam
The Challenges for Buddhism in the 21st Century
Buddhist science, philosophy and psychology can be of great benefit on a global scale to many issues faced in the 21st century. Dr. Berzin reflects on the particular challenges the major traditional Buddhist countries of Asia face.
in Buddhism in Modern Times
History of the Hui Muslims of China
An overview of the history of the Hui, who are unique among the 56 officially recognized nationalities of China in that religion (Islam) is their only unifying category of identity. They have no common unique national tongue, have had much intermarriage with Han Chinese, and...
in Buddhism & Islam: Advanced
Education as the Key to Buddhist-Muslim Harmony
When, through education, Buddhists and Muslims recognize and appreciate their common universal values of love, compassion, patience and forgiveness, then despite their philosophical differences, they have laid the foundation for religious harmony.
in Buddhism & Islam
The Practice of Love in Buddhism and Islam: A Comparison
Overview of the basic principles of Buddhism and Islam, comparing the discussions of love, forgiveness and ethics in each.
in Buddhism & Islam
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