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The Buddha: Life and Afterlife Between East and West
By Almond, Philip C.
- ISBN
- 9781009346795
- Publisher
- Cambridge Univ.
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Starred Review on April 1, 2024 | Reference
Almond's (emeritus, religion, Univ. of Queensland; Mary Magdalene: A Cultural History) book describes how it took centuries, countless encounters, and an amazing number of missteps and misinterpretations for Buddhism to dawn upon the West. He shows that the transmission of the story of the Buddha from the Indian subcontinent to Europe is an intricately complicated history of translation through cultures, times, and languages. His bo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
