Inasmuch as I have only been on the borders of Tibet I have not written here of Tibetan Buddhism. It is very degenerate and so mixed with Tantric Hinduism as to demand separate and different handling: it is very clear that missionary work is urgently needed to free the people of Tibet from a tyranny which is unworthy of the great name of the Buddha.
K. J. S.
BERKELEY, January, 1922.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
I. BUDDHISM IN SOUTHERN ASIA
I. BUDDHISM IN BURMA
1. AT THE GREAT PAGODA IN RANGOON
(a) A Monastic School
(b) Its Moral Teaching
(c) Its Religious Instruction
(d) The Importance of the Monks as a Class
(e) Women at Worship
2. THE RELIGIOUS VALUES OF EVERYDAY BUDDHISM
(a) What Buddhism means for Burmese Women
(b) What it means for Burmese Men
(c) What it means for Burmese Children
(d) The Attitude of Burmese Students
(e) The Better Side of Burmese Buddhism
3. CHRISTIANITY'S OPPORTUNITY IN BURMA (a) The Burmese are truly Religious in Temperament (b) They tend to view Gotama as a Saviour (c) The Christian Heaven is more attractive than Nibbāna (d) Moral Conditions demand a Vital Christianity (e) Loving Social Service finds its own Way to the Heart (f) Christianity can dispel the Fear of the Demon World