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DEDICATION.
In token of respect and affection I dedicate to my counsellor and friend of many years, Hikkaduwe Sumangala, Pradhâna Nâyaka Sthavira and High Priest of Adam's Peak (Sripada) and the Western Province, the "Buddhist Catechism," in its revised form.

H. S. OLCOTT.

ADYAR, 1903.

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CONTENTS.

 PAGE.

The Life of the Buddha
 1

The Dharma or Doctrine
 27

The Sangha
 73

The Rise and Spread of Buddhism
 83

Buddhism and Science
 95

Appendix [The Fourteen Propositions accepted by the Northern and Southern Buddhists as a platform of unity].
 111

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Namô Tassa Bhagavatô Arahatô Sammâ Sambudhassa.

THE BUDDHIST CATECHISM,
BY HENRY S. OLCOTT,
PRESIDENT-FOUNDER OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
Approved and recommended for use in Buddhist schools by H. Sumangala, Pradhâna Nayaka Sthavira, High Priest of the Sripada and Western Province and Principal of the Vidyodaya Parivêna.

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Forty-Second Edition. Corrected.
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Madras:
The "Theosophist" Office, Adyar.
LONDON AND BENARES: THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING SOCIETY.
[1903]

Scanned, proofed, formatted at sacred-texts.com, May 2009, by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.

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