Dr. Babasheb Ambedkar: Writings and Speeches, Vol. 12. Unpublished writings; Ancient Indian commerce; Notes on laws; Waiting for a visa; Miscellaneous notes, etc.
The Buddha and His Dhamma, is a 1957posthumous work by the Indian scholar and social reformerB. R. Ambedkar onBuddha's life andphilosophy.It presents Ambedkar's interpretation ofBuddhism, reinterpreting traditional teachings in a modern framework that emphasisessocial equality,ethics, and the rejection of thecaste system. The book serves as a foundational text forNavayana (also known as Ambedkarite Buddhism), where it is regarded as asacred scripture by followers.[2][3][4]Ambedkar completed the manuscript shortly before his death and his public conversion to Buddhism in October 1956.
The book was published posthumously in 1957, following Ambedkar's death on 6 December 1956. It was republished in 1979 by the Education Department of theGovernment of Maharashtra as Volume 11 ofDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Writings and Speeches, including a list of sources and an index.[5]
Acritical edition, edited by Aakash Singh Rathore and Ajay Verma, was published byOxford University Press in 2011. This edition includes annotations, references to Buddhist canonical sources, and analysis of Ambedkar's adaptations of traditional material.[3]
Originally written in English, the book has been translated into several Indian languages, including Hindi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Bengali, and Kannada.[6][7]
The 2013 Hindi-language biographical filmA Journey of Samyak Buddha, directed by Pravin Damle, is based on the book and depicts the life of Gautama Buddha from birth to enlightenment.[10][11]
Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji (2011). Rathore, Aakash Singh; Verma, Ajay (eds.).The Buddha and his Dhamma: A critical edition. Oxford University Press.ISBN9780198068679.
Fiske, Adele & Emmrich, Christoph (2004). The use of Buddhist scriptures in B.R. Ambedkar'sThe Buddha and His Dhamma. [In] Jondhale, Surendra; Beltz, Johannes (eds.).Reconstructing the World: B.R. Ambedkar and Buddhism in India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Sangharakshita (1986). "The Buddha and his Dhamma".Ambedkar and Buddhism(PDF) (1st ed.). Windhorse. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 23 September 2020. Retrieved3 August 2018.
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