| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 403 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-392) and index. |
| Contents |
A brief preface -- 1. Buddhist India and the classical and early Christian West -- 2. Syncretism along the Silk Road -- 3. The Jesuit encounter with Buddhism -- 4. The "China craze" and the rise of European Orientalists -- 5. From Herder to Heidegger : the embedding of Buddhism in Western philosophy -- 6. The rise of theosophy and the "great game" -- 7. Transcendentalists, Christian missionaries, and Asian Buddhist immigrants to America -- 8. Japanese Zen missions to the West -- 9. Forbidden Tibet : Western explorations and fantasies -- 10. Buddhism takes root in the West : the Christian response and a hesitant ecumenism -- 11. Beat Zen and crazy wisdom -- 12. The Dalai Lama and the transformation of Buddhism in the West -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Sources consulted -- Index. |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- Western countries -- History.
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Buddhism -- Relations.
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Buddhism -- Influence.
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| ISBN |
0316741566 |
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9780316741569 |
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