Buddhism in the Modern World

by Kenneth J. Saunders

A. The Life of the Buddha.

Rhys Davids, Buddhism, Life and Teachings of Gautama, the Buddha, chaps. ii, iii, vii (see I, First Year); Kern, Manual of Indian Buddhism, part ii (London: Probsthain. 15s.); Oldenberg, Buddha, part i (see Introduction); Warren, Buddhism in Translations, chap. i (see Introduction); Saunders, Gotama Buddha (see Introduction).

B. The Scriptures of Hinayāna Buddhism.

The Vinaya Pitaka (Discipline Basket), The Sutta Pitaka (Teaching
Basket), The Abhidhamma Pitaka (Higher Religion, or Metaphysical
Basket).

Rhys Davids, Buddhism, Its History and Literature (London: Putnams. 10s. 6d. 1907); Hastings' Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, vol. viii, pp. 85-9 (Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark. 35s. 1916); K. J. Saunders, Heart of Buddhism (London: Oxford University Press. 2s. 6d. Calcutta: Association Press. 6d. 1915); Sacred Books of the East, vols. x, xi, xvii, xix, xx, xxi, xxxv, xxxvi, xlix (see Introduction); Rhys Davids, Sacred Books of the Buddhists, vols. ii, iii (London: Milford. 12s. 6d. each).

C. The Doctrines and Practices of Hinayāna Buddhism.

(The Hindu Setting, Moral Teachings, Concerning the Soul,
Transmigration, Karma, Nirvana, Methods of Salvation, Prayer,
Miracles, The Order Woman.)

Rhys Davids, Buddhism, A Sketch, chaps. iv, v, vi (London: Williams and Norgate. 2s. 6d. 1912); E. W. Hopkins, Religions of India, chap. xiii (Boston: Ginn & Co. 10s. 6d. 1902); K. J. Saunders, Buddhist Ideals (Calcutta: Y.M.C.A., 10 annas. 1912).

D. The Expansion of Buddhism.

(In India, the Adjacent Countries, in China and Korea, in Japan.)