Around the world, there were several books written on Buddhism, as Buddhism and Buddhist studies became quite popular in the twentieth century. This volume provides a sympathetic view of Buddhism and the practices?associated?with?Buddhism. The author begins with a short biography of the founder of Buddhism, Gautama Buddha, followed by the positive and negative sides of his discourses, and moral teachings given by him. The book talks about the different types of Buddhism practiced in India, Ceylon, Siam, Cambodia, Burma, China, Korea, and Japan while ex­cluding Buddhism in Nepal, Tibet, and Mongolia. It also discusses about the rise and popularity of Mahayana Bud­dhism, temples and monks in China, sects found within Buddhism, such as Zen Buddhism in China, etc., the issue of clergy and laymen, philoso­phy, thought and interactions, and adoption of various non-Buddhist elements in different places. Lastly, it talks about the inter­actions?and?conflicts?between?the?Buddhism?and?Christianity. About the Author James Bissett Pratt (1875-1944) was a Professor of Philosophy. He held the Mark Hopkins Chair of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy at Williams College, Massachusetts. He served as the president of the American Theological Society from 1934 to 1935. He also taught at the Chinese Christian University, Peking in 1923. He published several books, such as The Psychology of Religious Belief; What is Pragmat­ism?; India and its Faiths; Democracy and Peace; Essays in Critical Realism; The Religious Consciousness: A Psychological Study; Matter and Spirit; Behaviorism and Consciousness; Reason in the Art of Living; Eternal?Values?of?Religion,?etc. \n