What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada
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This comprehensive, compact, lucid, and faithful account of the Buddha’s teachings persistently enjoys great popularity in colleges, universities, and theological schools both here and abroad. An exposition of Buddhism conceived in a resolutely modern spirit.”from the Foreword.
For years,” says the Journal of the Buddhist Society, the newcomer to Buddhism has lacked a simple and reliable introduction to the complexities of the subject. Dr. Rahula’s What the Buddha Taught fills the need as only could be done by one having a firm grasp of the vast material to be sifted. It is a model of what a book should be that is addressed first of all to the educated and intelligent reader.’ Authoritative and clear, logical and sober, this study is as comprehensive as it is masterly.”
A classic introductory book to Buddhism, What the Buddha Taught, contains a selection of illustrative texts from the original Pali texts, including the Suttas and the Dhammapada (specially translated by the author), sixteen illustrations, and a bibliography, glossary, and index.
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This is a very good collection of teachings which will help to orient anyone new to Buddhism. It also offers enough depth to be of value for those already familiar with the Buddhist path. At only 138 pgs it is concise in the material that is presented.
This book should be in the library of every individual who desires increased knowledge about the Buddha's teaching after his enlightenment. The author has translated, from the Pali, the wisdom of the Buddha. It is very comparable to the knowledge one gains from reading translations from the Chinese text.
