Comparative Studies in Buddhism (Encyclopaedia of Buddhist World)

Buddhism is spreading rapidly around the world now. There are Buddhist centers in many European countries, North America, South America, South Africa, Australasia, and so on. We find Buddhists in Europe not only in the Western capitalist countries, but also in the socialist countries of the East. For example, Poland has about five thousand active Buddhists. Buddhism appeals very much to the modern world because it is reasonable and scientifically based. Buddhism has an extremely open attitude in