Âtman.--Buddha’s First Line of Inquiry.--The Skandha.--King Milinda and Nâgasena.--Ananda’s Attempts to Locate the Soul.--Âtman and the “Old Man.”--The Vedântic Conception.--Nâgârjuna on the Soul.--Non-âtman-ness of Things.--Svabhâva.--The Real Significance of Emptiness. Chapter VIII. Karma. Definition.--The Working of Karma.--Karma and Social injustice.--An Individualistic View of Karma.--Karma and Determinism.--The Maturing of Good Stock and the Accumulation of Good Merits.--Immortality. {xi} Practical Mahâyânism. Chapter IX. The Dharmakâya. God.--Dharmakâya.--Dharmakâya as Religious Object.--More Detailed Characterisation.--The Dharmakâya and Individual Beings.--The Dharmakâya as Love.--Later Mahâyânists’ View of the Dharmakâya.--The Freedom of the Dharmakâya.--The Will of the Dharmakâya. Chapter X. The Doctrine of Trikâya. The Human and the Super-human Buddha.--An Historical View.--Who was Buddha?--The Trikâya as Explained in the _Suvarna-Prabhâ_.--Revelation in All Stages of Culture.--The Sambhogakâya.--A Mere Subjective Existence.--Attitude of Modern Mahâyânists.--Recapitulation. Chapter XI. The Bodhisattva. The Three Yânas.--Strict Individualism.--The Doctrine of Parivarta.--Bodhisattva in “Primitive” Buddhism.--We are all Bodhisattvas.--The Buddha’s Life.--The Bodhisattva and Love.--The Meaning of Bodhi and Bodhicitta.--Love and Karunâ.--Nâgârjuna and Sthiramati on Bodhicitta.--The Awakening of the Bodhicitta.--The Bodhisattva’s Pranidhâna. Chapter XII. Ten Stages of Bodhisattvahood. Gradation in our Spiritual Life.--Pramuditâ.--Vimalâ.--Prabhâkarî. --Arcismatî.--Sudurjanâ.--Abhimukhî.--Dûrangamâ.--Acalâ.--Sâdhumatî. --Dharmameghâ. {xii} Chapter XIII. Nirvâna. Nihilistic Nirvâna not the First Object.--Nirvâna is Positive.--The Mahâyânistic Conception of Nirvâna.--Nirvâna as the Dharmakâya.--Nirvâna in its Fourth Sense.--Nirvâna and Samsâra are One.--The Middle Course.--How to Realise Nirvâna.--Love Awakens Intelligence.--Conclusion. Appendix, Hymns of Mahâyâna Faith. Index. Endnotes. INTRODUCTION. {1} 1. THE MAHÂYÂNA AND THE HÎNAYÂNA BUDDHISM.