3 Review(s)

Buddhism is monistic. It claims that man's soul does not consist of two things, of an atman (self) and of a manas (mind or thoughts), but that there is one reality, our thoughts, our mind or manas, and this manas constitutes the soul. Man's thoughts, if anything, are his self, and there is no atman, no additional and separate "self" besides. Accordingly, the translation of atn an by "soul", which would imply that the Buddha denied the exitstence of the soul, is extremely misleading.Representative Buddhists, of different schools and of various countries, acknowledge the correctness of the view here taken, and we emphasize especially the assent of Southern Buddhists because they have preserved the tradition most faithfully and are very punctilious in the statement of doctrinal points."The Buddhist, the organ of the Southern Church of Buddhism," writes in a review of The Gospel of Buddha. ( THIS BOOK WITH THE SAME TITLE IS SELL BY GARV UDYAM FROM SAMYAK PRAKASHAN )