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Strange Tales of an Oriental Idol - An Anthology of Early European Portrayals of the Buddha (Hardcover)
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Strange Tales of an Oriental Idol - An Anthology of Early European Portrayals of the Buddha (Hardcover)
Series: Buddhism and Modernity
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We tend to think that the Buddha has always been seen as the
compassionate sage admired around the world today, but until the
nineteenth century, Europeans often regarded him as a nefarious
figure, an idol worshipped by the pagans of the Orient. Donald S.
Lopez Jr. offers here a rich sourcebook of European fantasies about
the Buddha drawn from the works of dozens of authors over fifteen
hundred years, including Clement of Alexandria, Marco Polo, St.
Francis Xavier, Voltaire, and Sir William Jones. Featuring writings
by soldiers, adventurers, merchants, missionaries, theologians, and
colonial officers, this volume contains a wide range of portraits
of the Buddha. The descriptions are rarely flattering, as all
manner of reports some accurate, some inaccurate, and some garbled
came to circulate among European savants and eccentrics, many of
whom were famous in their day but are long forgotten in ours. Taken
together, these accounts present a fascinating picture, not only of
the Buddha as he was understood and misunderstood for centuries,
but also of his portrayers.
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