All is change : the two-thousand-year journey of Buddhism to the West / Lawrence Sutin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutin, Lawrence, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Western countries--History.

Buddhism.

Buddhism--Relations.

Relations.

Buddhism--Influence.

History.

Western countries.

Physical Description:

x, 403 pages ; 18 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2006.

Summary:

In this account of the 2,000-year transmission of Buddhism to the West, Sutin introduces the seekers, sages, explorers, and charlatans through whom Buddhism has become a part of the cultural landscape in the West.

Contents:

Buddhist India and the classical and early Christian West

Syncretism along the silk road

The Jesuit encounter with Buddhism

The "China Craze" and the rise of the European Orientalists

From Herder to Heidegger: the embedding of Buddhism in Western philosophy

The rise of theosophy and the "great game"

Transcendentalists, Christian missionaries, and Asian Buddhist immigrants to America

Japanese Zen missions to the West

Forbidden Tibet: Western explorations and fantasies

Buddhism takes root in the West: the Christian response and a hesitant ecumenism

Beat Zen and crazy wisdom

The Dalai Lama and the transformation of Buddhism in the West.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0316741566

OCLC:

63125979