Buddhism in brief

A religious promotional book. The Buddhist Mission published this book to describe main aspects and canons of Buddhism in simple language for general people in English. Custodial history: The Bauddha Dharmankure Sabha (Bengal Buddhist Association) was founded in the year 1892 by the Most Ven’ble Kripasaran Mahasthavir to work for the revival and regeneration of Buddhism in the land of its birth. This association has an eronmous collection of some rare and precious books, journals, specially they have an extra-ordinary collection regarding Buddhist literature and philosophy in Bengali. The institution has generously allowed the archive team to get access to this material for digitization and as per the copyright rules and regulations. Administrative context: The CSSSC, on realising the importance of copying the collection applied for a grant to the EAP against which EAP921 has been awarded. Calendar: Common Calendar. Extent and format of original material: One bound volume of printed book. Physical characteristics: Brittle, worm eaten. The original volume with length of 18 cm. Owner(s) of original material: Bauddha Dharmankur Sabha. Author(s) of original material: U. C. Chowdhury. Publisher of original material: Rangoon: The Buddhist Mission.