Annotated Edition

This is the annotated edition including an extensive annotation of more than 10,000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys Davids.

The View of the Immortality of Man

The view of the Immortality of Man is, broadly speaking, that of the Buddhist religion. But Buddhism, like many other great religions, is divided into main churches and subdivided into sects: and we find conspicuously two broad divisions, commonly called Northern and Southern Buddhism,—the former having its recognized centre in the north of India, in Nepal; the latter in Ceylon.