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The Buddhist Catechism: Preface to the Fortieth Edition

Buddhist CatechismHenry Steel OlcottSri Lankan BuddhismTheosophical Society

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The Buddhist Catechism, by Henry S. Olcott [1908] The popularity of this little work is proved by the constant demand for new editions, in English and other languages. In looking over the matter for the present edition, I have found very little to change or to add, for the work seems to present a very fair idea of the contents of Southern Buddhism; and, as my object is never to write an extended essay on the subject, I resist the temptation to wander off into amplifications of details which…