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What Buddhist Believe
Expanded 4th Edition
Dr. K. Sri Dhammanada
eUDDHANET'
BOOK LIBRARY
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Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc.
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Published by
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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