The Buddhist Catechism
Henry S. Olcott · English
The Buddhist Catechism by Henry Steel Olcott, the American co-founder of the Theosophical Society, was first issued in Ceylon in 1881 for use in…
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The Buddhist Catechism by Henry Steel Olcott, the American co-founder of the Theosophical Society, was first issued in Ceylon in 1881 for use in Buddhist schools, with the approval of the scholar monk Hikkaduwe Sumangala. Written as numbered questions and answers, it has five parts: the life of the Buddha, the Dharma or doctrine, the Sangha or monastic order, the rise and spread of Buddhism, and Buddhism and science. This is the corrected forty-fourth edition (1915), with an appendix of fourteen propositions offered as common ground for Northern and Southern Buddhists. The text appears twice, first without and then with diacritical marks.
The Buddhist Catechism
Henry S. Olcott · English
The Buddhist Catechism by Henry Steel Olcott, the American co-founder of the Theosophical Society, was first issued in Ceylon in 1881 for use in…
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[Note: for ease of reading, this portion of the text file does not indicate the source book's macron-ized characters. For completeness and more information, refer to the fully macron-ized version that follows this portion--search for "[Note:".] _Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhassa_
Pagera Editor's Note
The Buddhist Catechism by Henry Steel Olcott, the American co-founder of the Theosophical Society, was first issued in Ceylon in 1881 for use in Buddhist schools, with the approval of the scholar monk Hikkaduwe Sumangala. Written as numbered questions and answers, it has five parts: the life of the Buddha, the Dharma or doctrine, the Sangha or monastic order, the rise and spread of Buddhism, and Buddhism and science. This is the corrected forty-fourth edition (1915), with an appendix of fourteen propositions offered as common ground for Northern and Southern Buddhists. The text appears twice, first without and then with diacritical marks.
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