ABSTRACT
The idea of making an inquiry on this subject came to me after having read the criticisms which Western writers have so often formulated against “philosophical Buddhism,” or “Superior Buddhism.” The amused traveller has never failed to note the picturesque aspects of popular Buddhism as well as its naïve practices. But if peradventure one began to speak of some highly philosophical aspect of Buddhism-such as the Tendai or the Zen sects-one was immediately confronted by the barrier erected by certain renowned authors.
