Providing a rigorous analysis of Buddhist ways of understanding religious diversity, this book develops a new foundation for Buddhist understanding of religious diversity in our time.

Examining the complexity and uniqueness of Buddha s approach to religious pluralism using four main categories namely exclusivism, inclusivism, pluralistic-inclusivism and pluralism the book proposes a cross-cultural and interreligious interpretation of each category, thus avoiding the accusation of intellectual colonialism. The key argument is that, unlike the Buddha, most Buddhist traditions today,...