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vi CONTENTS.
FACE.
CHAP. II.
JUDGMENT OF MEN AFTER DEATH. 166
CHAP. III.
OF FUTURE HAPPINESS.
Different kinds of happiness, 170. Description of heaven, 171.
Various works of merit entitling to heaven, 172. Conversations
respecting the state of the dead, 175. Doctrine of the Hindoos
concerning absorption, 177. Method of obtaining it,.......... 178
CHAP. IV.
OF FUTURE PUNISHMENTS.
Extracts from the Shree-bhaguvutb, 181. Names and nature of the
Hindoo hells, 182. A fable respecting them, ................ 184
BOOK VI.
HINDOO SAINTS, OR MENDICANTS.
Preparatory duties of a mendicant, extracted from Mtinoo, 185.
Remarks on the present state of mendicity, 188. Brief account
of twenty different kinds of mendicants, 190. A scene at Gfinga-
Sagurij, 197. A remarkable account, 200. Reflections on the
number of Hindoos living in a state of mendicity,............ 201
BOOK VII.
HINDOO RELIGIOUS SECTS.
CHAP. I.
ACCOUNT OF THE REGULAR HINDOO SECTS.
The soiviis, 203. The voishnuviis, 204. The shaktiis, .......... ib.
CHAP. II.
ACCOUNT OF THE BOUDDHUS.
The same as the followers of Fo> 206. Rise of Bouddhism, 207.
Persecution of the Bonddhas, 209. Their shastriis and doctrines,
211. Their temples and worship, 215. Their colleges, 217.
Their festivals, 219. Translation of the substance of the Tfmee
Jatu, a Biirman account of the incarnation of Booddhfi,........ 221
FACE.
CHAP. II.
JUDGMENT OF MEN AFTER DEATH. 166
CHAP. III.
OF FUTURE HAPPINESS.
Different kinds of happiness, 170. Description of heaven, 171.
Various works of merit entitling to heaven, 172. Conversations
respecting the state of the dead, 175. Doctrine of the Hindoos
concerning absorption, 177. Method of obtaining it,.......... 178
CHAP. IV.
OF FUTURE PUNISHMENTS.
Extracts from the Shree-bhaguvutb, 181. Names and nature of the
Hindoo hells, 182. A fable respecting them, ................ 184
BOOK VI.
HINDOO SAINTS, OR MENDICANTS.
Preparatory duties of a mendicant, extracted from Mtinoo, 185.
Remarks on the present state of mendicity, 188. Brief account
of twenty different kinds of mendicants, 190. A scene at Gfinga-
Sagurij, 197. A remarkable account, 200. Reflections on the
number of Hindoos living in a state of mendicity,............ 201
BOOK VII.
HINDOO RELIGIOUS SECTS.
CHAP. I.
ACCOUNT OF THE REGULAR HINDOO SECTS.
The soiviis, 203. The voishnuviis, 204. The shaktiis, .......... ib.
CHAP. II.
ACCOUNT OF THE BOUDDHUS.
The same as the followers of Fo> 206. Rise of Bouddhism, 207.
Persecution of the Bonddhas, 209. Their shastriis and doctrines,
211. Their temples and worship, 215. Their colleges, 217.
Their festivals, 219. Translation of the substance of the Tfmee
Jatu, a Biirman account of the incarnation of Booddhfi,........ 221