Download or read book The Buddhist Catechism, the Life of Buddha and Its Lessons, the Golden Rules of Buddhism, (3 Books) written by Henry S. Olcott and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume features three great works on buddhism by author Henry Olcott, founder, with Madame Helena Blavatsky of the Theosophic Society. The books are:THE BUDDHIST CATECHISMTHE LIFE OF BUDDHA AND ITS LESSONSTHE GOLDEN RULES OF BUDDHISMColonel Henry Steel Olcott (2 August 1832 - 17 February 1907) was an American military officer, journalist, lawyer and the co-founder and first President of the Theosophical Society.Olcott was the first well-known American of European ancestry to make a formal conversion to Buddhism. His subsequent actions as president of the Theosophical Society helped create a renaissance in the study of Buddhism. Olcott is considered a Buddhist modernist for his efforts in interpreting Buddhism through a Westernized lens.Olcott was a major revivalist of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and he is still honored in Sri Lanka for these efforts. Olcott has been called by Sri Lankans one of the heroes in the struggle of our independence and a pioneer of the present religious, national and cultural revival.