This is the annotated edition including
* an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys Davids
Soyen Shaku's lectures on Buddhism are a must-have-primer for all Western people interested in this Eastern religion.
Contents:
Translator's Preface
The Sutra Of Forty-Two Chapters
The God-Conception Of Buddhism
Assertions And Denials
Immortality
Buddhist Faith.
Buddhist Ethics
What Is Buddhism?
The Middle Way
The Wheel Of The Good Law
The Phenomenal And The Supraphenomenal
Reply To A Christian Critic
Ignorance And Enlightenment.
Spiritual Enlightenment
Practice Of Dhyana
Kwannon Bosatz
Buddhism And Oriental Culture
The Story Of Deer Park
The Story Of The Gem-Hunting
The Sacrifice For A Stanza
Buddhist View Of War
At The Battle Of Nan-Shan Hill
An Address Delivered At A Service Held In Memory Of Those Who Died In The Russo-Japanese War