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This chapter examines Islam's view of Buddhism as a non-theistic tradition, the history of relations between these two traditions, themes and issues in Muslim-Buddhist dialogue, and the...
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In the popular imagination, the meeting of Buddhism and Islam is often conceptualized as one of violence; namely, Muslims destroying the Dharma. Of course, in more recent years this narrative has been problematized by the reality of Buddhist ethnic cleansing and the genocide of Muslims in Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Islamic mysticism, had originated due to the mutual contact of the Muslim saints with Buddhist ascetics, resulting in the development of monasticism among Muslim saints. Another example is that of meditation, which is called 4 Muraqabať (attention and control) by Muslim saints, while the Buddhists called it Dhyana .,6
This chapter examines Islam's view of Buddhism as a non-theistic tradition, the history of relations between these two traditions, themes and issues in Muslim–Buddhist dialogue, and the implications of such dialogue for the contemporary religious scene.
The Setting. Long before the arrival and spread of Islam in Central Asia, Buddhism was already well established within two of its regions—Tukharistan, in what is now northern Afghanistan, and Transoxiana (Khoresm and. Sogdiana) in what is now Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan where two riv.
The precise circumstances under which Muslims were first exposed to Buddhism or Buddhists and vice versa depend on historiographical commitments concerning the religious milieu in which Islam emerged, how far Buddhism spread to the west, and its continuous presence in these western regions.
Despite the historical fact that neither the Buddha or Muhammad would claim to have founded a “new” religion, the Buddhists and Muslims of today understand that their explanation of reality and orientation of action fits the definition of a “religion.”
