'Buddhism vis-à-vis Hinduism’ (1958, revised 1984) is the first booklet on Hindu religion by Shri Ram Swarup. It was written just after Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s conversion to Buddhism in 1956. It took a moderate view of the much-debated relation of Buddhism to its mother tradition, affirming that the Buddha was a Hindu (just as Jesus was a Jew), but conceding that Buddhism had a typical atmosphere setting it apart from the Hindu mainstream.
