Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. An appraisal of Buddhism in the light of science/Tapas Kumar Chatterjee. 3. The doctrine of karma in Buddhism/Puran Kumar Chhetri. 4. Nirvana: The Summum Bonum of life/Puran Kumar Chhetri. 5. The Buddhist sacred scriptures/ Puran Kumar Chhetri. 6. Buddhism and Vedanta/ Puran Kumar Chhetri. 7. The rise of Neo-tantric Buddhism in Sikkim/ Puran Kumar Chhetri. 8. Buddhist art of Bengal: a glimpse into Pala iconography/Malaysankar Bhattacharya. 9. Ancient Bengal: a stronghold of Buddhism/Malaysankar Bhattacharya. 10. Schism and decline of Buddhism/Malaysankar Bhattacharya. List of illustrations. Index. Buddhism has considerably influenced Indian culture and way of life for centuries. As is well-known during the last two centuries numerous books and essays have been brought out with focus on Buddhism. But newer perspectives continue to generate our interest in various aspects of Buddhism. Buddha and Buddhism: A Miscellany therefore present novel ideas and interpretations of esoteric Buddhism and several aspects of its unique view of human life and its fulfillment in a simple manner. Its relationship with science and its basic tenets like Karma and Nirvana, reasons behind its growth and decline in India, and its massive contribution to the development of Indian art have been concisely dealt here in a lucid way.