Bhaisajja-guru.
The Buddha as the Great Doctor
for the Ills of the World—from Japan
W A L P O L A SRI R A H U L A
TripitakavagUvaracharya
What the Buddha Taught
(Revised edition)
With a Foreword by
PAUL DEMIEVILLE
and
a collection of illustrative texts translated from
the original Pali
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Grove Press
New York
Grove Press
New York
Also by Walpola Sri Rahula
History of Buddhism in Ceylon
The Heritage of the Bhikkhu
Copyright © 1959 by W. Rahula
Second and enlarged edition copyright © 1974 by W. Rahula
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Contents
Page
List of Illustrations - vii
Foreword - ix
Preface - xi
The Buddha- xv
C H A P T E R I
The Buddhist Attitude of Mind
Man is supreme—One is one's refuge—Responsibility—Doubt—
Freedom of Thought—Tolerance—Is Buddhism Religion or Philo-
sophy?—Truth has no label—No blind faith or belief, but seeing
and understanding—No attachment even to Truth—Parable of the
raft—Imaginary speculations useless—Practical attitude—Parable
of the wounded man - 1
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