A casual visitor to a Buddhist country, who enters a Bud- Eine Religion ist eine vielseitige Angelegenheit. The common folk are attracted by the devotional side of Buddhism and its simpler ethics while the intellectuals are fas-cinated by the deeper teachings and mental culture. Ver-schiedene Individuen mit unterschiedlichen geistigen Ein- Theravada Buddhism focuses on individual enlightenment and experience as well as monastic life. The world is indebted to the Buddha for the rise of rationalis