Buddhism in the Modern World

by Kenneth J. Saunders

I

The following course of reading—drawn up for Secretaries of the Y.M.C.A. in the East by Dr. J. N. Farquhar and the writer—is recommended to those whose leisure is scant:

First Year. General: Rhys Davids, Buddhism, Life and Teachings of Gautama, the Buddha (London: S.P.C.K. 3s. 6d.); V. Smith, Asoka (Oxford: Clarendon Press. 4s. New edition, 1920).

Special: The Dhammapada. Sacred Books of the East, vol. x (out of print); The Mahaparinibbana. S.B.E., vol. xi (12s. 6d. See Introduction).

Additional: Oldenberg, Buddha (see Introduction); or Rhys Davids, Dialogues of the Buddha (London: Milford. 12s. 6d. 3rd volume, 1921).

Second Year. General: Copleston, Buddhism Primitive and Present (London: Longmans. 10s. 6d. Out of print); Hackmann, Buddhism as a Religion (see Introduction).

Special: Warren, Buddhism in Translations. Chaps. i and iv (see
Introduction).

Additional: Rhys Davids, Buddhist India (London: Fisher Unwin. 7s. 6d.); The Questions of King Milinda, S.B.E., vols. xxxv, xxxvi. (42s. for two. See Introduction.)

II

For those who desire further and more detailed study the following suggestions, based upon Professor Hume's course at Union Theological Seminary and the present writer's at the Pacific School of Religion, are likely to prove helpful: