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The Lotus and the Lion : Buddhism and the British Empire.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (287 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801458590
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Lotus and the LionDDC classification:
  • 820.9/382943
LOC classification:
  • PR468.B83 -- F73 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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