MAX MuLLER, M.A.

Essays on the Science of Religion.

BARON BUNSEN, MY FRIEND AND BENEFACTOR.

PREFACE.

CONTENTS OF FIRST VOLUME.

I. LECTURE ON THE VEDAS OR THE

SACRED BOOKS OF THE BRAHMANS, [8] DELIVERED AT THE PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTION, LEEDS, March, 1865 .

II. CHRIST AND OTHER MASTERS. [31]

III. THE VEDA AND ZEND-AVESTA. THE VEDA.

THE ZEND-AVESTA.

IV. THE AITAREYA-BRaHMANA. [40]

V. ON THE STUDY OF THE

ZEND-AVESTA IN INDIA. [45]

VI. PROGRESS OF ZEND SCHOLARSHIP. [47]

VII. GENESIS AND THE ZEND-AVESTA. [49]

VIII. THE MODERN PARSIS. [50] I.

II.

IX. BUDDHISM. [52]

X. BUDDHIST PILGRIMS. [66]

XI. THE MEANING OF NIRVaNA.

XII. CHINESE TRANSLATIONS OF

SANSKRIT TEXTS. [91]

XIII. THE WORKS OF CONFUCIUS. [92]

XIV. POPOL VUH.

XV. SEMITIC MONOTHEISM. [100]

Transcriber's Note:

This book had a number of typesetting errors such as missing text, pages, duplicate pages, and text. The text has been verified with the etext available with the Internet Archives (http://www.archive.org/details/germanwork01mulluoft) and corrected with the addition of missing text and removal of duplicate text. The Internet archive edition is a 1872 edition whereas this is a 1867 edition.

Details of corrections and additions are given at the end of the book.