Missions to the West

Buddhists are preparing for the task of propagating their faith in the West. A special college is now operating in Rangoon and a center in Colombo to train missionaries. A report of the British Missionaries Societies to the British Council of Churches last week warned Christians that "Buddhism has been roused by the recent celebration of the 2,500th anniversary of the death of the Buddha, by the meeting of the [Sixth World Buddhist] Council in Rangoon, and also by the deep fear in Asia of [nuclear] war . . . Buddhist leaders are calling Buddhists to support a world mission to save men from Christianity which, they say, has failed to prevent the so-called Christian nations of the West from inflicting on the world two world wars.

"The modern secular spirit of the West makes it certain [the Buddhist missionaries] will meet with considerable success . . . There is a very deep interest in Buddhism growing among students in [Western] schools and universities."

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