Table of Contents
Forewords
1.
What is Buddhism ?
2.
What is the historical and geographical background of Buddhism ?
3.
What are the purposes of the Buddha’s preaching ?
4.
What is the status of Buddhism among world living religions ?
5.
What is the size of the Buddhist population in Thailand as compared to that of other religions?
6.
What is the official administration of the Thai Buddhist Order ?
7.
What is the World Fellowship of Buddhists?
8.
What role does Thailand play in the World Fellowship of Buddhists ?
9.
What is the meaning of the Buddhist flag ?
10.
What is the meaning of the Buddhist symbol ?
11.
What are the differences between the two major schools of Buddhism, i.e. Theravada and Mahayana ?
12.
How and what should the Buddhist believe ?
13.
Is it the that Buddhists are taught to be tolerant of other’s opinions, beliefs, customs or behaviour difference from their own ?
14.
Could we live happily without believing in any religion ?
15.
Is there any particular forms of practice in Buddhism ?
16.
What are the result of the practice of the Five Precepts ?
17.
How should one live the Buddhist way of life ?
18.
Is there any Buddha’s teaching that monks should have a role of serving society in addition to teaching Dhamma ?
19.
Is it justified for a Buddhist to believe that he could be a real Buddhist only through meditation, and to discard all concern about serving society ?
20.
Why do monks wear patched robes ? Does a darker rode signify strictness of the wearer ?
21.
Why do monks go on alms round in the morning ?
22.
How is the universal loving-kindness taught in Buddhism ?
23.
What is the Buddha’s teaching about caste and colour ?
24.
What is the Buddhist attitude towards ecological problems ?
25.
Is it true that Buddhism is pessimistic?
26.
What is the justification of Buddhist’s worshipping and making Buddha image ?
27.
What is the real meaning of merit making ?
28.
What is the real meaning of dana (giving) ?
29.
What does it mean when a Buddhist take refuge in Triple Gem ?
30.
What are the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha ?
31.
What does "going to the monastery" mean ?
32.
Is it compulsory for Buddhists to go to the monastery regularly ?
33.
In Buddhism, can women attain enlightenment ?
34.
Is it true that in some countries women can be ordained ?
35.
What is the Buddhist attitude towards prostitution ?
36.
Is the Buddha's teaching dynamic ?
37.
What is the truth of life, according to Buddhism ?
38.
What is the concept of "Anatta" (no-self), how can our understanding of this concept direct us in our daily life ?
39.
If there is no " Atta" or permanent soul, how does the kamma continue ?
40.
What is the instruction dealing with divine being and what are the qualification to be a divine one in this life ?
41.
How many categories of divine being are mentioned in Buddhism ?
42.
What are the advantages or benefits concerning which the Buddha told the practical ways and means to achieve ?
43.
Please tell the (three levels of) Buddhist study as instructed by the Buddha ?
44.
What are the main doctrinal tenets of Buddhism ?
45.
Is Nibbana or Nirvana attainable in this liferime ?
Appendix I :
Some Discourses
Appendix II :
Some Buddhist Doctrines
Appendix III :
Some Leading Disciples
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