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About the Book

This edition is mainly concerned with the moral needs of believers and its main theme of inquiry is the character of human experience, its dangers, and its victory. These themes are the peculiar products of Buddhist imagination, demanded by the requirements of the moral order to provide for every grade of merit. The early conversions, effected under the immediate influence of Buddha, placed the believer in direct relations with a powerful personality. When the first missionaries went forth to proclaim the saving truth, they could not set their followers in the same immediate contact with the teacher, and a new demand for faith was naturally awakened. This edition is redesigned into eight chapters that deals with theistic philosophy of Buddha, spritual power of Buddha, pious pilgrimage, task of conversion, the Great Bodhisattvas, philosophy of the ‘void’ and boundless light. I hope that this edition will be an interesting and important addition in Buddhist studies in India and abroad.

About the Author

Dr. V. Nithiyanandam, a well known Buddhist monk and scholar, did M.A. from University of Jafna, Jafna, Sri Lanka and obtained the doctorate degree from Delhi University, Delhi. He produced number of research papers published in the journal of international repute.