Synopsis Preface. 1. Introduction/Shanker Thapa. 2. Continuity and changes in the Buddhism of Taiwan/Anita Sharma. 3. rDzogs chen or Atiyoga: the Tibetan tradition of the great perfection/Jean-Luc Achard. 4. Thoughts and historical events: self-scepticism in Upanisads and Buddhist concept of Anatman/Katrin Seele. 5. The rise and decline of Buddhism in Central Asia/Keith A. Leitich. 6. Japanese Pure land Buddhism: some minor movements in the pure land tradition/Ken'ichi Maegawa. 7. Buddhism and the Mongolian people's republic: the remaking of cultural identity/Michael Jerryson. 8. The Buddhist transformation of Silla Kingship: Buddha as a king and king as a Buddha/Pankaj N. Mohan. 9. Gender in Indo - Tibetan Buddhism/Serinity Young. 10. Newar Buddhism: the Vajrayana tradition of Nepal/Shanker Thapa. 11. Ven. Buddhabhadra and his contributions in Buddhism in fifth century China/Vijay Kumar Manandhar. General Index.