BUDDHISM, IN ITS CONNEXION WITH BRĀHMANISM AND HINDŪISM, AND IN ITS CONTRAST WITH CHRISTIANITY,

PREFACE.

POSTSCRIPT.

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS WITH DESCRIPTIONS.

RULES FOR PRONUNCIATION.

OBSERVE.

LECTURE I. Introductory. Buddhism in relation to Brāhmanism.

LECTURE II. The Buddha as a personal Teacher.

LECTURE III. The Law (Dharma) and Sacred Scriptures of Buddhism.

LECTURE IV. The Saṅgha or Buddhist Order of Monks.

LECTURE V. The Philosophical Doctrines of Buddhism.

LECTURE VI. The Morality of Buddhism and its chief aim—Arhatship or Nirvāṇa.

LECTURE VII. Changes in Buddhism and its disappearance from India.

LECTURE VIII. Rise of Theistic and Polytheistic Buddhism.

LECTURE IX. Theistic and Polytheistic Buddhism.

LECTURE X. Mystical Buddhism in its connexion with the Yoga philosophy.

LECTURE XI. Hierarchical Buddhism, especially as developed in Tibet and Mongolia.

LECTURE XII. Ceremonial and Ritualistic Buddhism.

LECTURE XIII. Festivals, Domestic Rites, and Formularies of Prayer.

LECTURE XIV. Sacred Places.

LECTURE XV. Monasteries and Temples.

LECTURE XVI. Images and Idols.

LECTURE XVII. Sacred Objects.

Supplementary Remarks on the Connexion of Buddhism with Jainism[276].

LECTURE XVIII. Buddhism contrasted with Christianity.

Footnotes

WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

Transcriber’s Notes