TY  - BOOK
AU  - Franklin,J.Jeffrey
TI  - The Lotus and the Lion: Buddhism and the British Empire
SN  - 9780801458590
AV  - PR468.B83 -- F73 2008eb 
U1  - 820.9/382943 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Buddhism in literature
KW  - English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
KW  - Buddhism -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
KW  - Great Britain -- Religion -- 19th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Life of the Buddha in Victorian Britain -- Buddhism and the Emergence of Late-Victorian Hybrid Religions -- Romances of Reincarnation, Karma, and Desire -- Buddhism and the Empire of the Self in Kipling's Kim -- Conclusion: The Afterlife of Nirvana -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - Buddhism is indisputably gaining prominence in the West, as is evidenced by the growth of Buddhist practice within many traditions and keen interest in meditation and mindfulness. In The Lotus and the Lion, J. Jeffrey Franklin traces the historical
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