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The Buddha and the Sahibs

Af: Charles Allen Engelsk Paperback

The Buddha and the Sahibs

Af: Charles Allen Engelsk Paperback
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Today there are many Buddhists in the West, but for 2000 years the Buddha''s teachings were unknown outside Asia. It was not until the late 18th century, when Sir William Oriental Jones, a British judge in India, broke through the Brahmin''s prohibition on learning their sacred language. Sanskrit, that clues about the origins of a religion quite distinct from Hinduism began to be deciphered from inscriptions on pillars and rocks.

This study tells the story of the search that followed, as evidence mounted that countries as diverse as Ceylon, Japan and Tibet shared a religion which had its origins in India yet was unknown there. British rule brought to India, Burma and Ceylon a whole band of enthusiastic Orientalist amateurs - soldiers, administrators and adventurers - intent on investigating the subcontinent''s lost past. Unwittingly, these men helped lay the foundations for the revival of Buddhism in Asia during the 19th century and its spread to the West in the 20th.

Charles Allen''s book is a mixture of detective work and story-telling, as this acknowledged master of British Indian history pieces together early Buddhist history to bring a handful of extraoridinary characters to life.

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Today there are many Buddhists in the West, but for 2000 years the Buddha''s teachings were unknown outside Asia. It was not until the late 18th century, when Sir William Oriental Jones, a British judge in India, broke through the Brahmin''s prohibition on learning their sacred language. Sanskrit, that clues about the origins of a religion quite distinct from Hinduism began to be deciphered from inscriptions on pillars and rocks.

This study tells the story of the search that followed, as evidence mounted that countries as diverse as Ceylon, Japan and Tibet shared a religion which had its origins in India yet was unknown there. British rule brought to India, Burma and Ceylon a whole band of enthusiastic Orientalist amateurs - soldiers, administrators and adventurers - intent on investigating the subcontinent''s lost past. Unwittingly, these men helped lay the foundations for the revival of Buddhism in Asia during the 19th century and its spread to the West in the 20th.

Charles Allen''s book is a mixture of detective work and story-telling, as this acknowledged master of British Indian history pieces together early Buddhist history to bring a handful of extraoridinary characters to life.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN-13: 9780719554285
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0719554284
Kategori: Religionshistorie
Udg. Dato: 7 aug 2003
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 131mm
Højde: 200mm
Forlag: John Murray Press
Oplagsdato: 7 aug 2003
Forfatter(e): Charles Allen
Forfatter(e) Charles Allen

Kategori Religionshistorie

ISBN-13 9780719554285

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 336

Udgave

Længde 25mm

Bredde 131mm

Højde 200mm

Udg. Dato 7 aug 2003

Oplagsdato 7 aug 2003

Forlag John Murray Press

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