Buddhism in the Modern WorldSaunders, Kenneth J. (Kenneth James)
Religion
Buddhism in the Modern World
Saunders, Kenneth J. (Kenneth James)
Buddhism
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:
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.)
K. J. Saunders, _Story of Buddhism_, chaps. iv, vii (see
Introduction); Hackmann, _Buddhism as a Religion_, Book iii (see
Introduction); Rhys Davids, _Buddhism, Sketch_, chap. ix (see C); R.
F. Johnston, _Buddhist China_ (London: Murray. 18s. 1913); K.
Reischauer, _Japanese Buddhism_ (London and New York; Macmillan. 10s.
6d. $2. 1917).
E. _Differences between Hinayāna and Mahāyāna_.
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