Smaller Buddhist Catechism, The

This work is a translation of a small Sinhalese Catechism of Buddhism in two parts, called Bauddha Sisubodhaya, which was compiled by Mr. C.W.Leadbeater in 1889, when he was working in connection with the Buddhist Theosophical Society. During the wok of teaching in Buddhist Sunday Schools and later  in the Buddhist English High School of Colombo Mr. Leadbeater found Colonel Olcott's Catechism far above the grasp of most of the children, as that  Catechism was not composed for children. A far simpler work being urgently needed, Mr. Leadbeater with the help of Buddhist friends put together this simpler Smaller Catechism, whose sentences the children could memorize.