The Buddhist Catechism
by Henry Steel Olcott
Publisher: Theosophical Publishing House 1915
ISBN/ASIN: 0835600270
Description:
In the present edition a great many new questions and answers have been introduced, while the matter has been grouped within five categories: (1) The Life of the Buddha; (2) the Doctrine; (3) the Sangha, or monastic order; (4) a brief history of Buddhism, its Councils and propaganda; (5) some reconciliation of Buddhism with science.
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