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The Buddhist Catechism
Henry Steel Olcott · Buddhism · 1881
12 chapters
Olcott's Q&A introduction to Theravāda Buddhism — the most widely-translated Buddhist primer in the English world, endorsed by every major Sangha of its time and continuously in print since 1881.
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Contents
- 1Dedication
- 2Certificates, First and Third-Third edition
- 3Preface to the Thirty-Third Edition
- 4Preface to the Thirty-Sixth Edition
- 5Preface to the Fortieth Edition
- 6Preface to the Forty-Second Edition
- 7Part I. The Life of the Buddha
- 8Part II. The Dharma or Doctrine
- 9Part III. The Sangha
- 10Part IV. The Rise and Spread of Buddhism
- 11Part V. Buddhism and Science
- 12Appendix
