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Historical, Cultural, and Comparative Studies – Buddhism and Islam

General

Introduction to Buddhism from an Islamic Point of View shortbook excerpt
Religious Harmony, Compassion, and Islam - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lamashorttranscript
Islamic-Buddhist Dialogue shortreport
Some Common Features of Islam and Buddhism:
A Conversation with Snjezana Akpinar and Alex Berzin
shortinterview
A Buddhist View of Islam mediumessay
The Relation between Buddhism and Sufism: Response to Majid Tehranian shortessay
Buddhist-Muslim Doctrinal Relations: Past, Present, and Future mediumessay

Kalachakra and Islam

Holy Wars in Buddhism and Islam: The Myth of Shambhala

Abridged Version shortessay
Full Version mediumessay
Religious Conversion in Shambhala mediumessay

The Kalachakra Presentation of the Prophets of the Non-Indic Invaders

Summary shortsketch
Abridged Analysis longessay
Full Analysis longessay

Historical Interaction

Overviews

Historical Sketch of the Muslims of Tibet shortessay
Historical Sketch of the Hui Muslims of China shortessay
Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in East Turkistan shortessay
Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in West Turkistan shortessay
Buddhism among the Turkic People shortbook excerpt

Detailed Histories

Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in Afghanistan mediumessay

The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire

Introduction: Historiographical Bias
Part I: The Umayyad Caliphate (661 - 750 CE)
1 The Spread of Buddhism in Central Asia and Adjacent Regions before the Advent of the Arabs chaptereBook
2 Sogdia and Bactria on the Eve of the Umayyad Period chaptereBook
3 The First Encounter of the Muslims and Buddhist Asia chaptereBook
4 The First Muslim Incursion into the Indian Subcontinent chaptereBook
5 Tibet on the Eve of the Arrival of the First Muslim Teacher chaptereBook
6 Further Umayyad Expansion in West Turkistan chaptereBook
Part II: The Early Abbasad Period (750 - Mid-Ninth Century CE)
7 The Rise of the Abbasids and Decline of Tang China chaptereBook
8 The Religious Conversions of the Eastern Turks chaptereBook
9 The Religious Conversions of the Uighurs chaptereBook
10 Islamic Sectarian Disputes and the Declaration of Jihads chaptereBook
11 Tibetan Politico-Religious Maneuverings at the End of the Eighth Century chaptereBook
12 The Establishment of Buddhist Kingdoms by the Uighurs chaptereBook
Part III: The Spread of Islam among and by the Turkic Peoples (840 - 1206 CE)
13 The Establishment of New Empire Asia chaptereBook
14 The Founding of the First Two Turkic Islamic States chaptereBook
15 The Qarakhanid Campaign against Khotan chaptereBook
16 Analysis of the Siege of Khotan chaptereBook
17 Tangut, Tibet, and Northern Song China in the Eleventh Century chaptereBook
18 The Ghaznavids and Seljuqs chaptereBook
19 Twelfth-Century Developments in Central Asia chaptereBook
20 The Ghurid Campaigns on the Indian Subcontinent chaptereBook

Modern Interaction

The Situations of Buddhism and Islam in China, 1996 shortessay
The Relation of the Hui Muslims with the Tibetans and Uighurs, 1996 shortessay

The Berzin Archives

The Buddhist Archives of Dr. Alexander Berzin

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