Author's Preface on the Uniqueness of Buddhism : หน้า 14/263

Author's Preface Buddhism is unique in teaching a way to overcome suffering, with its aim definitely to liberate oneself from the Cycle of Existence [vadda-samśāra] thereby attaining the highest eternal happiness. This is the majesty of Buddhism. Buddhism is unique in guaranteeing that whoever practises in strict accordance with the teachings of the Lord Buddha will be able to uproot all defilements and craving from the mind, attaining the Path and Fruit of Nirvana in His footsteps. This is the wonder of Buddhism. Buddhism is unique in the way it groups its virtues and also by the way it graduates its teachings starting with simple ones and moving gradually onto more difficult ones — making Buddhism easy to study and to practise. However, more wondrous than all of these is the fact that the Lord Buddha was able to summarize the essence of Buddhism in its entirety in a teaching as short as his first — the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. Many religions shroud in exclusivity the practices or virtues that distinguish the founder from subsequent disciples — but the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta contains teachings that can