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What Buddhist Believe

Expanded 4th Edition

Dr. K. Sri Dhammanada

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BUDDHIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY MALAYSIA 123, Jalan Berhala, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: (603) 2274 1889 / 1886 Fax: (603) 2273 3835 Email: bmsm@po.jaring.my

1st Edition 1964 2nd Edition 1973 3rd Edition 1982 This Expanded Edition 2002

? 2002 K Sri Dhammananda All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

Cover design and layout Sukhi Hotu

ISBN 983-40071-2-7

WhaBt Belieuvdedhists

Expanded 4th Edition

K Sri Dhammananda

BUDDHIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY MALAYSIA

This 4th edition of What Buddhists Believe

is specially published in conjunction with Venerable Dr K Sri Dhammananda's 50 Years of Dhammaduta Service

in Malaysia and Singapore

1952-2002 (BE 2495-2545)

Photo taken three months after his arrival in Malaysia from Sri Lanka, 1952.

Contents

Foreword

xi

Preface

xiii

1 LIFE AND MESSAGE OF THE BUDDHA

CHAPTER 1 Life and Nature of the Buddha

Gautama, The Buddha

8

His Renunciation

24

Nature of the Buddha

27

Was Buddha an Incarnation of God?

32

The Buddha's Service

35

Historical Evidences of the Buddha

38

Salvation Through Arahantahood

41

Who is a Bodhisatva?

43

Attainment of Buddhahood

47

Trikaya -- The Three Bodies of the Buddha

49

CHAPTER 2 His Message

Message for All

53

Miraculous Power

57

The Buddha's Silence

61

How to Answer Questions

63

The Buddha's Attitude towards Worldly Knowledge

65

The Last Message of the Buddha

67

CHAPTER 3 After the Buddha

Does the Buddha Exist after His Death?

70

A Successor to the Buddha

74

The Future Buddha

75

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