For a Westerner at the beginning of the 20th century, Buddhism was a hard science to learn since it consisted of uncountable rituals and teachings, passed over in oral or written form for thousands of years, and therefore differ according to the region and time period it was created a recorded. This book is one of the first attempts to organize the present the core of the Buddhist teachings to a Western reader. Created at the beginning of the 20th century, it started the branch in religious literature and inspired millions of spiritual seekers to find the truth in the religions of the East. The Buddhist Bible tells about the origins of Buddhism, its main variations and divisions, the core philosophy, and the main ritual and beliefs.
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Dwight Goddard (1861–1939) was an enigmatic wealthy engineer that decided to become a Christian minister and eventually revealed the pearls of Buddhism to the Christian world. He learned Buddhism during his travels to China and Japan and got inspired by Buddhist ideas. In the United States, he tried to form groups of Buddhist followers and published a periodical about Buddhism. Although his attempts to establish Buddhist centers were not fruitful, his book, The Buddhist Bible, became one of the most prominent books on Buddhism in the United States.
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