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'''''What the Buddha Taught''''', by Theravadin [[Walpola Rahula]], is a widely used introductory book on [[Buddhism]] for non-Buddhists.{{sfn|Anderson|2001|p=197}} Using quotes from the sutras, Rahula gives his personal interpretation of what he regards to be Buddhism's essential teachings, including the [[Four Noble Truths]], the Buddhist mind, the [[Noble Eightfold Path]], meditation and mental development, and the world today.<ref>[http://www.wisdom-books.com/ProductDetail.asp?PID=747 What the Buddha Taught]</ref>

==Background and reception==
Rahula's book is an example of "Protestant Buddhism," the Sinhalese version of [[Buddhist modernism]].{{sfn|Gimello|2004|p=240-241}}{{sfn|McMahan|2008|p=50-52}}{{sfn|Taylor|2002}}{{sfn|Jenkins|2002|p=82}} Due to its rational presentation of Buddhism, which suited western expectations, ''What the Buddha Taught'' is a widely read and highly influential introduction to Buddhist thought.{{sfn|Anderson|2001|p=197}}{{sfn|Gimello|2004|p=240-241}}{{sfn|Taylor|2002}}{{sfn|Jenkins|2002|p=82}}{{refn|group=note|According to {{harvnb|Gimello|2004|p=240-241), also quoted in {{harvnb|Taylor|2007|p=361}}, Protestant Buddhism "was created in an accommodating response to western expectations, and in nearly diametrical opposition to Buddhism as it had actually been practised in traditional Theravada." See also Richard Gombrich, ''Theravada Buddhism, chapter 7, ''Protestant Buddhism''; and David L. McMahan (2008), ''The Making of Buddhist Modernism'', Oxford University Press, p.50-52.}}}}

==Publication data==
* Rahula, Walpola ''What The Buddha Taught'', Oneworld Publications: Oxford, (1959) (revised 1974). {{ISBN|0-8021-3031-3}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Sources==
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* {{Citation | last =Anderson | first =Carol | year =2001 | title =Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon | publisher =Motilall Banarsidas}}
* {{Citation | last =Gimello | first =Robert M. | year =2004 | chapter =Icon and Incantation: the Goddess Zhunti and the Role of Images in the Occult Buddhism of Cina | editor-last1 =Granoff | editor-first1 =Phyllis | editor-last2 =Shinohara | editor-first2 =Shinohara | title =Images in Asian Religions: Text and Contexts | publisher =UBC Press}}
* {{Citation | last =Jenkins | first =Stephen | year =2002 | chapter =Black Ships, Blavatsky, and the Pizza Effect | editor-last1 =Hori | editor-first1 =Victor Sōgen | editor-last2 =Hayes | editor-first2 =Richard P. | editor-last3 =Shields | editor-first3 =James Mark | title =Teaching Buddhism in the West: From the Wheel to the Web | publisher =Psychology Press}}
* {{Citation | last =McMahan | first =David L. | year =2008 | title =The Making of Buddhist Modernism | publisher =Oxford University Press}}
* {{Citation | last =Taylor | first =Philip | year =2007 | title =Modernity and Re-enchantment: Religion in Post-revolutionary Vietnam | publisher =Institute of Southeast Asian Studies}}
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==External links==
* [https://sites.google.com/site/rahulawhatthebuddha/ ''What the Buddha Taught''] (e-text)

[[Category:Buddhism studies books]]
[[Category:Books about Gautama Buddha]]

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