1. IT ATTRACTS THOSE WHOSE FAITH IN CHRISTIANITY HAS CEASED
2. IT DEALS WITH HUMAN SUFFERING
3. IT OFFERS A WAY OF ESCAPE FROM PESSIMISM
4. ITS GREAT FOUNDER CALLED HIMSELF A "PHYSICIAN OF SICK SOULS"
5. IT CULTIVATES A SENSE OF THE WORTHLESSNESS OF TEMPORAL THINGS
6. ITS CONCEPTION OF BLISS IS REALISABLE IN THIS LIFE
7. IT IS A RELIGION OF ANALYSIS
8. IT HAS FINE ETHICAL TEACHINGS, _e.g._
(a) The Four Noble Truths
(b) The Eight-fold Path
9. IT NOW PRACTISES PRAYER
10. YET IT TEACHES STOICAL SELF-MASTERY RATHER THAN DEPENDENCE ON
GOD
11. IT HAS TWO STANDARDS OF MORALITY: ONE FOR MONKS, ANOTHER FOR
LAY FOLK
12. IT GIVES WOMEN A LOWER PLACE THAN MEN
13. SUMMARY