The lotus and the lion : Buddhism and the British Empire / J. Jeffrey Franklin.

"In The Lotus and the Lion, J. Jeffrey Franklin traces the historical and cultural origins of Western Buddhism, showing that the British Empire was a primary engine for curiosity about and then engagement with the Buddhisms that the British encountered in India and elsewhere in Asia." &quo...

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Main Author: Franklin, J. Jeffrey
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
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