The lotus and the lion : Buddhism and the British Empire /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Franklin, J. Jeffrey
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Subjects:	Buddhism in literature. English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Buddhism > Study and teaching > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Great Britain > Religion > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

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
Appendix 1 : selective chronology of events in the European encounter with Buddhism
Appendix 2 : summary of selected Buddhist tenets.