The Buddhist Catechism by H. S. Olcott

Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281986to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Buddhist Catechism Author: H. S. Olcott Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.73 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: World Religions Publisher's Summary: The simple aim of this little book is to give so succinct and yet comprehensive a digest of Buddhistic history, ethics and philosophy as to enable beginners to understand and appreciate the noble ideal taught by the Buddha, and thus make it easier for them to follow out the Dharma in its details. In this book, information is presented in a catechism format: question and answer. The matter has been grouped within five categories, viz.: (1) The Life of the Buddha; (2) the Doctrine; (3) the Sangha, or monastic order; (4) a brief history of Buddhism, its Councils and propaganda; (5) some reconciliation of Buddhism with science. and there is a most enlightening appendix which give 14 fundamental Buddhist beliefs that were universally accepted at the time. - Summary by Phil Chenevert

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