An outline of Buddhism and the meaning of worship

Some months ago, I chanced upon a pile of rather old and crumbling Buddhist pamphlets published in the late 20th century. I have scanned them in their entirety, and will be slowly uploading them on the blog. This first book is the Buddhist Missionary Society Publications'  An outline of Buddhism and the meaning of worship. 

This short pamphlet is actually two books in one. The first is "An outline of Buddhism", which is... an outline of Buddhism. It is anonymous, as far as I can tell.  The second is "The meaning of worship". It is written by Dr. Narada Malalasekera. It is a short description of Buddhist religious practices. Each of these works is is separately paginated, even though they are printed in the same book.

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Some context: In Asia, copying and distributing Buddhist books is a way one can attain good karma. Some texts give detailed descriptions of the benefits, like
-  Protection from evil spirits and unpleasant creatures,
- Extirpation of bad Karma,
- Good health,
- General good luck
- Rebirth into better realms
(For more, see https://purelandbuddhism.info/ten-rewards-from-printing-buddhist-sutras-and-making-buddha-images/)

This last consideration doubtless was on the minds of the friends and relations of Mr Chin Ah Loong.
The book tells us that this volume was printed in his memory.We know at least some of these people. Their names are printed beneath his picture. They are Mr & Ms. Tan Tiek Beng and family.

The author hopes, by showing scans of the book here would  fulfill the intent with which the Tan family, and all the other donors and authors of the book placed the book out into the world-- For the universal education of humanity, at no cost.

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The inside of the cover page. The start of An outline of Buddhism. The stamp over Mr. Chin's portrait is of Evergreen Buddhist Center. It still exists in singapore, and its website is  https://www.evergreenbuddhist.com/  For the Chinese version, see https://www.evergreenbuddhist.com/zh

OOB 2-3

OOB 4-5

OOB 6-7

OOB 8-9

OOB 10-11

OOB 12-13

OOB 14, and the first Donor page

The second Donor page, and Dr. Narada Malalasekera's The meaning of Worship begins here. 

MoW 2-3

MOW 4-5

MOW 6-7

MoW 8, plus a list of books

The Buddhist Missionary Society of Malaysia is still going on strong. Here is their website: https://bmsm.org.my/  Issues of The Voice of Buddhism mentioned can be found Here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxNRdXXc_II_MGF4N0JLU0Rzd2c . It was still published as of 2018.