For those who desire further and more detailed study the following
suggestions, based upon Professor Hume's course at Union Theological
Seminary and the present writer's at the Pacific School of Religion,
are likely to prove helpful:
A. _The Life of the Buddha_.
Rhys Davids, _Buddhism, Life and Teachings of Gautama, the Buddha_,
chaps. ii, iii, vii (see I, First Year); Kern, _Manual of Indian
Buddhism_, part ii (London: Probsthain. 15s.); Oldenberg, _Buddha_,
part i (see Introduction); Warren, _Buddhism in Translations_, chap. i
(see Introduction); Saunders, _Gotama Buddha_ (see Introduction).
B. _The Scriptures of Hinayāna Buddhism_.
The Vinaya Pitaka (Discipline Basket), The Sutta Pitaka (Teaching
Basket), The Abhidhamma Pitaka (Higher Religion, or Metaphysical
Basket).
Rhys Davids, _Buddhism, Its History and Literature_ (London: Putnams.
10s. 6d. 1907); Hastings' _Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics_, vol.
viii, pp. 85-9 (Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark. 35s. 1916); K. J.
Saunders, _Heart of Buddhism_ (London: Oxford University Press. 2s.
6d. Calcutta: Association Press. 6d. 1915); Sacred Books of the East,
vols. x, xi, xvii, xix, xx, xxi, xxxv, xxxvi, xlix (see Introduction);
Rhys Davids, _Sacred Books of the Buddhists_, vols. ii, iii (London:
Milford. 12s. 6d. each).