Origin and Formation of Sects and Sectarianism in Early Buddhism (A Critical Study of the Schism Samghabheda and Nikayabheda)

The author raid Buddhism and Hindi language at the University of Sri Lanka; migrated to the States, then attended University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), California State University-Long Beach (CSULB), San Jose State University and University of the West, Rosemead, California; and holds the degrees of BA, MA, ML1S, PHD, and a Diploma-in-Buddhist Studies. He has attended numerous conferences, seminars, workshops, in Europe, Asia and in the USA. He studied Pali, Sanskrit, Bengali, Japanese, German, and French languages. He is the Chief Incumbent and President of the Bangla-America Buddhist Fellowship (Sambodhi Vihara) and lives in Long Beach, California, USA.