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Westerners prefer Buddhism over Hinduism

Westerners prefer Buddhism over Hinduism

Rajiv Malhotra explains why most Westerners/leftists are more comfortable with Buddhism rather than Hinduism. Rajiv Malhotra addressed the gathering at Indian Institute of Science on his latest book the Battle for Consciousness theory and also reflected upon his journey in the field of philosophy and science. In an engaging question-and-answer session, Rajiv Malhotra answered some curious and intriguing questions put forth by the audience.

Rajiv Malhotra was trained initially as a Physicist, and then as a Computer Scientist specializing in Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s. After a successful corporate career in the US, he became an entrepreneur and founded several IT companies in over 20 countries.
Rajiv Malhotra website
He exited all for-profit activities in the early 1990s and founded a non-profit – Infinity Foundation (in Princeton, USA), through which he has , on a full-time basis, been researching civilizations from a historical, social sciences and mind sciences perspectiv.

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