1915
DEDICATION
In token of respect and affection I dedicate to my counsellor and friend of many years, Hikkaduwe Sumangala, Pradhāna Nāyaka Sthavīra and High Priest of Adam's Peak (Sripada) and the Western Province, THE BUDDHIST CATECHISM, in its revised form.
H. S. OLCOTT
Adyar, 1903.
CONTENTS
[THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA]
[THE DHARMA OR DOCTRINE]
[THE SANGHA]
[THE RISE AND SPREAD OF BUDDHISM]
[BUDDHISM AND SCIENCE]
[APPENDIX]—The Fourteen Propositions accepted by the
Northern and Southern Buddhists as a Platform of Unity
CERTIFICATE TO THE FIRST EDITION
VIDYODAYA COLLEGE,
Colombo, 7th July, 1881.