II. BUDDHISM IN CEYLON
1. ON A HILLSIDE NEAR KANDY (a) The Dullness and Superstition of Village Life in Southern Ceylon (b) The Themes of the Hillside Preacher (c) The Stolidity of his Audience
2. THE HOLD OF BUDDHISM UPON THE SINGHALESE (a) The Appeal of its Traditions (b) Its Work of Reformation (c) Its Leadership of Public Opinion (d) Yet Ceylon needs Christianity
3. TWO SHARPLY MARKED ATTITUDES AMONG MODERN BUDDHISTS
III. BUDDHISM IN SIAM
1. SIAM A BUDDHIST KINGDOM 2. THE THOT KRATHIN FESTIVAL 3. THE KING AND PĀLI LEARNING 4. BUDDHIST EDUCATION 5. THE TEMPLES OR WATS
IV. CONTRASTED TYPES OF BUDDHIST RELIGIOUS LIFE IN SOUTHERN ASIA
1. THE CREMATION OF A SINGHALESE ABBOT 2. THE FUNERAL RITES OF A BURMESE MONK 3. THOSE OF A SIAMESE PRINCE 4. THE SECRET OF BUDDHISM'S INFLUENCE
V. BUDDHISM AS A LIVING WORLD RELIGION
1. IT ATTRACTS THOSE WHOSE FAITH IN CHRISTIANITY HAS CEASED
2. IT DEALS WITH HUMAN SUFFERING
3. IT OFFERS A WAY OF ESCAPE FROM PESSIMISM
4. ITS GREAT FOUNDER CALLED HIMSELF A "PHYSICIAN OF SICK SOULS"
5. IT CULTIVATES A SENSE OF THE WORTHLESSNESS OF TEMPORAL THINGS
6. ITS CONCEPTION OF BLISS IS REALISABLE IN THIS LIFE
7. IT IS A RELIGION OF ANALYSIS
8. IT HAS FINE ETHICAL TEACHINGS, e.g.
(a) The Four Noble Truths
(b) The Eight-fold Path
9. IT NOW PRACTISES PRAYER
10. YET IT TEACHES STOICAL SELF-MASTERY RATHER THAN DEPENDENCE ON
GOD
11. IT HAS TWO STANDARDS OF MORALITY: ONE FOR MONKS, ANOTHER FOR
LAY FOLK
12. IT GIVES WOMEN A LOWER PLACE THAN MEN
13. SUMMARY