The book Essence of Buddhism comprising of research articles of well known intellectuals gives a glimpse of all aspects of Buddhism such as Buddha advocated the universal brotherhood, equality and compassion for all living beings. His purpose was to impart to the people at large the art of living, free from sorrows and delusions of all kinds. He gave the essential doctrines of the pure religion, divested from extraneous elements. In Buddhism, eight fold path, theory of Karma, Nirvana and Ahimsa lead to rescue mankind from the fetters of passion and to convince them of an ideal higher than worldly good. CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction/V.K. Mathur; 1. Life and Teachings of the Buddha/Susant De Alwish 2. Bhakti and Puja in Buddhism/S. Dutt 3. Buddha’s Answers to Great Questions of Life/Swami Budhananda 4. Lord Buddha’s Conception of the Soul/P.S. Naidu 5. Lord Buddha and his Middle Path/Suman Mathur 6. Later Buddhism in India/Albert Schweitzer 7. Buddhism in China, Tibet and Mangolia/Albert Schweitzer 8. Buddhism in Japan/Albert Schweitzer 9. The Law of the Buddha/H. Kern 10. Buddhist Iconography/Benoytosh Bhattacharyya 11. Buddhism and Sarnath/Kamla Rohatagi & S.P. Rohatagi 12. The Second Contact with the West : The Rise of Mahayana Buddhism/Jyotsana Saxena 13. The Buddhists of Burma and Ceylon/James Bisset Pratt 14. The Doctrines of Modern Buddhism/James Bisset Pratt 15. The Value of Buddhism and its Springs of Power/James Bisset Pratt