Buddhism: Its History and Literature

About the Book:- Buddhism Its History and literature book. It is a compilation of the first six lectures delivered on Buddhism by Prof. T. W. Rhys Davids during the winter of 1894 - 1895 in Universities of Boston, New York, Brooklyn, Baltimore, Columbia, and Philadelphia. It contains lectures on religious theories in India before Buddhism, The literature behind the knowledge of Buddhism, Notes on Buddha's life, and the history and secrets of Buddhism. It was strange, and very characteristic of the real meaning of true Buddhism, that there was no life of Gautama the Buddha in the Buddhist scriptures. Buddhism should not be treated as a religion such as is understood by those who regard religion as consisting of certain beliefs and ideas concerning the soul and its destiny and of the various deities who are supposed to help or hinder human beings in the attainment of the ultimate goal. About the Author:-Thomas William Rhys Davids FBA (1843 – 1922) was an English scholar of the Pali language and founder of the Pāli Text Society. He took an active part in founding the British Academy and London School for Oriental Studies. In 1863 Rhys Davids returned to Britain, and on passing his civil service exams was posted to Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon). When he was Magistrate of Galle and a case was brought before him involving questions of ecclesiastical law, he first learned of the Pāli language when a document in that language was brought in as evidence. In 1871 he was posted as Assistant Government Agent of Nuwarakalaviya, where Anuradhapura was the administrative centre. The governor was Sir Hercules Robinson, who had founded the Archaeological Commission in 1868. The Title 'Buddhism: Its History and Literature written/authored/edited by T . W . Rhys Da Vids', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121221948 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 248 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-