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Reading edition
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.
Suzuki, Outlines of Mahāyāna (London: Lusac. 8s. 6d. Out of print. 1908); Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics. Under headings (see B).
F. Buddhism and Christianity.
(Similarities and Differences.)
Saunders, Buddhist Ideals (see C); Carus, Buddhism and its Christian Critics, chap. v (Chicago: Open Court Publishing Co. 7s. 6d.); K. J. Saunders, Story of Buddhism, chap. viii (see Introduction).