Answers to Common Questions about Buddhism

In question and answer form, this book addresses and answers many of the questions concerning Buddhism over the past 2500 years. The first three chapters each give a succinct exposition of the Buddhist Three Gems: i.e. Buddha, Dhamma (Buddhist doctrine), and Sangha (the Buddhist Order). The last two chapters contain a brief history of Indian and Chinese Buddhism. Chapter five is packed with detailed information, and expresses the innermost feelings of the author. In giving a thorough analysis of the spread, development and evolution of Buddhism in China - as well as the relationship between Buddhism and everyday life and the impact of Buddhism on social, intellectual and cultural development - the last chapter contends that we should carry forward the advantages of popular Buddhism and make it serve contemporary social and cultural life.