The awakening of the West: the encounter of Buddhism and Western culture
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Buddhism is now one of the most influential spiritual movements in the Western world, yet for more than two thousand years the religious traditions of East and West developed in ignorance of one another. From the time of Alexander the Great, European kings and popes longed for the power to be gained through the conquest of Asia sending periodic streams of envoys and missionaries to establish contact with the 'infidels'. Self-righteous prejudice, however, prevented them from learning anything about Buddhism…
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Batchelor
Stephen - Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781855383432
- Release date
- 1994
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