CONTENTS.
[(1) The Mahâyâna and Hînayâna Buddhism.] [Why the Two Doctrines?]—[The Original Meaning of Mahâyâna.]—[An Older Classification of Buddhists.]—[Mahâyâna Buddhism defined.]
[(2) Is the Mahâyâna Buddhism the genuine teaching of Buddha?] [No Life Without Growth.]—[Mahâyânism a Living Religion.]
[(3) Some Misstatements about the Mahâyânism.] [Why Injustice Done to Buddhism.]—[Examples of Injustice.]—[Monier Monier-Williams.]—[Beal.]—[Waddell.]
[(4) The Significance of Religion.] [No Revealed Religion.]—[The Mystery.]—[Intellect and Imagination.]—[The Contents of Faith vary.]
[Chapter I. A General Characterisation of Buddhism.]
[No God and No Soul.]—[Karma.]—[Avidyâ.]—[Non-âtman.]—[The Non-âtmanness of Things.]—[Dharmakâya.]—[Nirvâna.]—[Intellectual Tendency of Buddhism.]
[Chapter II. Historical Characterisation of Mahâyânism.]
[Sthiramati’s Conception of Mahâyânism.]—[Seven Principal Features of Mahâyânism.]—[Ten Essential Features of Mahâyânism.]
[Chapter III. Practice and Speculation.]
[Relation of Feeling and Intellect.]—[Buddhism and Speculation.]—[Religion and Metaphysics.]
[Chapter IV. Classification of Knowledge.]
[Three Forms of Knowledge.]—[Illusion.]—[Relative Knowledge.]—[Absolute Knowledge.]—[World-Views founded on the three Forms of Knowledge.]—[Two Forms of Knowledge.]—[Transcendental Truth and Relative Understanding.]
[Chapter V. Bhûtatathâtâ (Suchness).]
[Indefinability.]—[The “Thundrous Silence.”]—[Suchness Conditioned.]—[Questions Defying Solution.]—[The Theory of Ignorance.]—[Dualism and Moral Evil.]
[Chapter VI. The Tathâgata-Garbha and the Âlaya-vijnâna.]
[The Garbha and Ignorance.]—[The Âlaya-vijñâna and its Evolution.]—[The Manas.]—[The Sâmkhya Philosophy and Mahâyânism.]
[Chapter VII. The Theory of Non-âtman or Non-ego.]
[Âtman.]—[Buddha’s First Line of Inquiry.]—[The Skandha.]—[King Milinda and Nâgasena.]—[Ananda’s Attempts to Locate the Soul.]—[Âtman and the “Old Man.”]—[The Vedântic Conception.]—[Nâgârjuna on the Soul.]—[Non-âtman-ness of Things.]—[Svabhâva.]—[The Real Significance of Emptiness.]
[Definition.]—[The Working of Karma.]—[Karma and Social injustice.]—[An Individualistic View of Karma.]—[Karma and Determinism.]—[The Maturing of Good Stock and the Accumulation of Good Merits.]—[Immortality.]
[God.]—[Dharmakâya.]—[Dharmakâya as Religious Object.]—[More Detailed Characterisation.]—[The Dharmakâya and Individual Beings.]—[The Dharmakâya as Love.]—[Later Mahâyânists’ View of the Dharmakâya.]—[The Freedom of the Dharmakâya.]—[The Will of the Dharmakâya.]
[Chapter X. The Doctrine of Trikâya.]
[The Human and the Super-human Buddha.]—[An Historical View.]—[Who was Buddha?]—[The Trikâya as Explained in the Suvarna-Prabhâ.]—[Revelation in All Stages of Culture.]—[The Sambhogakâya.]—[A Mere Subjective Existence.]—[Attitude of Modern Mahâyânists.]—[Recapitulation.]
[Chapter XI. The Bodhisattva.]
[The Three Yânas.]—[Strict Individualism.]—[The Doctrine of Parivarta.]—[Bodhisattva in “Primitive” Buddhism.]—[We are all Bodhisattvas.]—[The Buddha’s Life.]—[The Bodhisattva and Love.]—[The Meaning of Bodhi and Bodhicitta.]—[Love and Karunâ.]—[Nâgârjuna and Sthiramati on Bodhicitta.]—[The Awakening of the Bodhicitta.]—[The Bodhisattva’s Pranidhâna.]
[Chapter XII. Ten Stages of Bodhisattvahood.]
[Gradation in our Spiritual Life.]—[Pramuditâ.]—[Vimalâ.]—[Prabhâkarî.]—[Arcismatî.]—[Sudurjanâ.]—[Abhimukhî.]—[Dûrangamâ.]—[Acalâ.]—[Sâdhumatî.]—[Dharmameghâ.]
[Nihilistic Nirvâna not the First Object.]—[Nirvâna is Positive.]—[The Mahâyânistic Conception of Nirvâna.]—[Nirvâna as the Dharmakâya.]—[Nirvâna in its Fourth Sense.]—[Nirvâna and Samsâra are One.]—[The Middle Course.]—[How to Realise Nirvâna.]—[Love Awakens Intelligence.]—[Conclusion.]