Buddhist Catechism
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Description
Henry S. Olcott, president-founder of the Theosophical Society, presents Buddhism in question-and-answer form for use in Buddhist schools. High Priest Sumangala of Sripada and the Western Province, principal of Vidyodaya Parivena, approved and recommended the catechism. Olcott dedicates the revised form to his counsellor Hikkaduwe Sumangala at Adyar in 1903. The forty-fourth corrected edition comes from Adyar, London, and Benares in 1915.
Contents move from the life of the Buddha through the Dharma, or doctrine, and the Sangha, to the rise and spread of Buddhism and its relation to science. An appendix gives fourteen propositions accepted by northern and southern Buddhists as a platform of unity. A certificate from Vidyodaya College, Colombo, dated July 7, 1881, stands behind the first edition.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 278 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |