Ambedkar's Perspective on Buddhism and Other Religions

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Ambedkar's Perspective on Buddhism and Other Religions is a research work on Buddhist Developments in East and West since 1950-An Outline of World Buddhism and Ambedkarism today in nutshell and Inequality of Religions and Need for Conversion with special reference to Buddhism and Dr. Ambedkar of M.Phil. and Ph.D. Degrees awarded to the author by Nagpur University in 1990 and 1993 respectively.
Buddhist developments in East and West since 1950 are numerous, unprecedented and effective. Dr. Ambedkar is reckoned as the modern Indian true interpreter of Buddhism, which he reflected in his own writings as well as in the legal and national document of the Constitution of India. He aspired the establishment of the New World Order on the governing principle of righteousness on the foundation of challenging realities equally numerous, unprecedented and overwhelming.
The second part of brochure rests on Inequality of Religions and Need of Conversion with special reference to Buddhism and Dr. Ambedkar.
From reading the book one may get an idea of number and extent of Spokesmen of Ambedkarism in Foreign Countries. As Ambedkarism has made its dent on the consciousness of foreign countries there arose multitude of representatives of Ambedkarism in those countries. The book also dwells on Impact of Dr. Ambedkar on Western Thinkers.

Dr. C. D. Naik is an eminent social scientist. After extensive travels and teaching in various schools, colleges and universities in India and Abroad Dr. C.D. Naik was appointed as Professor in the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Institute of Social Sciences, Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow, M.P.), where he has been serving as the Head of Dr. Ambedkar Thought and Philosophy Division since 1996. His Hindi translation, "Bouddha Dharma Hi Kyon" was published by Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan in Nagpur in 1975 and English translation, "Dr. Ambedkar: The Liberator" was published by Suk Sit Siam Publisher, INEB in Bangkok in 1991. Thoughts and Philosophy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is his latest published work.

It is a novel undertaking of research in the discipline of comparative religion and philosophy by the researcher disciplined in the faculty of Pali and Prakrit of Nagpur University.
Also trained in the Thought of Dr. Ambedkar, I was inclined to undertake research in the area of Buddhism and Ambedkarism.
During my eight years residence in England I was astonished to observe the British Test of judging the worth of a candidate for the higher studies. I was then B.A. Fail. I was admitted to the research course of M. Phil in the Lancaster University. The only criterian, adopted by the experts was oral interview'. Under my research supervisors, Prof. Ninian Smart and Prof. Andrew Rawlinson I had been the student of M.Phil Degree in Lancaster University. My work was hamphered by my departure from England to India to attend to my Teacher, Preceptor and Guardian, Bhadant Dr. Ananda Kausalyayan in his last days, until he passed away on 22nd June 1988. On May 2, 1989 I had registered for the Degree of Ph. D. in Nagpur University under my Guide, Friend and Philosopher, and Head of the Post Graduate Department of Pali and Pakrit, Dr. Bhau Saheb Lokhande. My heartiest thanks are due to him for giving me the utmost liberty to evolve the method of research of my own.
About four and half years elapsed since my research title 'Inequality of Religions and Need of Conversion with special Reference to Buddhism and Dr. Ambedkar was accepted for the study.
During this period I have been engaged in collecting notes and organising them in the form of a research volume. Piles of notes grew rather alarmingly Dr. M. Shamkumar, Dr. S. K. Thorat and Dr. Yashawant Manohar, the respective Heads of P. G. Departments of Dr. Ambedkar Thought, Philosophy and Marathi advised me to curtail them to the manageable size. Their advice has been very useful. Even then the reduced volume of my thesis became bigger than desired. It could have been fasioned to right proportion and less number of repetetions, which were inevitable keeping in view the vastness and nature of such thesis.
In the course of my studies I have been helped in several ways by my well-wishers Shri Shivalingaih and Shri K.R. Moon.
In need of economic help no timely aid came. I ran a debt of a large amount of loan. While I am still desperately worried to relieve my debt a U.G.C. grant for the year 1991-1992 arrived. It was better late than never. Delay was due for further instalment also. But thank Lord the tragedy ended in comedy.

In the beginning of the dissertation the topic has been specified and its limit been set out.
To introduce these works of research the researcher had adopted scientific method of noting, reporting, observing facts and events, analyzing and exploring them and being objective as much as humanly possible during stating the facts and formulating the hypothesis. Thus the methods of investigation and evaluation is objective. However there have been certain constraints of avoiding detailed examination of the subject matter and suppressing much of the data to illustrate certain point of argument or the essence of circumstances on the part of the researcher.
While research in social sciences in general and comparative religion in particular is extremely sensitive and scientific objectivity in its methodology is hardest thing to get the task is not quite next to impossible given firmness and sharpness of mind and use of hermeneutic techniques.
Before undertaking this research project the researcher had undergone the training of objective looking through the courses of Vipassana techniques under various international Vipassana Academy. Igatpuri; Late Dr. Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan, Nagpur: Achan Thong. Thailand: Bhikku Buddhadasa, Chayya, Thailand and others. After mastering this technique the researcher has managed to practice it during his career's activities as teacher, learner, speaker and writer. So this much can be verified that objectivity part of this study has been taken care of. However the author does not claim infallibility to his words and acts and he firmly believes in law of improvement at every point of theory and practice.