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BUDDHISM AND THE AGE OF SCIENCE

U CHAN  HTOON

Judge of the Supreme court of the Union of Burma

The Wheel Publication No. 36/37

Buddhist Publication Society

                        FOREWORD

The two lectures which are here reprinted were delivered by the Hon’ble justice U. Chan. Htoon when he was invited to represent Buddhism at two religious Conferences in the United States; the Sixteenth congress of the International Association for Religious Freedom, held at Chicago, and the Conference on Religion in the Age of Science, held at Star Island, New Hampshire, U.S.A, in August 1958.

The Sixteenth Congress of the International Association for Religious Freedom, which was convened by the University of Chicago, Aug, 9-13, 1958, was attended by distinguished representative of the five great religions of the world, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism, and its purpose was “to explore various ways in which the basic needs of men and the problems of the present-day world can be met by the ethical and spiritual teachings of the great world religions, with special emphasis on the important of mutual understanding, sympathy, appreciation and active co-operation among various religions”. Over one thousand delegates from many parts of America, Canada, England and Western Europe were present besides those taking active part in the conference, The address on Buddhism was delivered by U Chan Htoon on Aug. 12^th.

The meeting at which the second of the addresses was given was the Fifth Summer Conference sponsored by the Institute for Religion in the Age of Science. It was attended by over two hundred delegates from various parts of the United States and Canada. The principal addresses were delivered by a number of eminent scientists and religious leaders, that by U Chan Htoon on Buddhism being given on Aug. 22^nd.

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