The Irish Buddhist: the forgotten monk who faced down the British empire

""The Irish Buddhist tells the story of a poor Irishman who worked his way across America as a migrant worker, became one of the very first Western Buddhist monks, and traveled the length and breadth of Asia, from Burma and present-day Thailand to China and Japan, and from India and Sri La...

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Authors: Turner, Alicia Marie (Author) ; Cox, Laurence 1969- (Author) ; Bocking, Brian 1951- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY, United States of America Oxford University Press 2020
In:Year: 2020
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Irish people / Emigration / USA / Theravada / Bhikku / Initiation
B Britisch-Indien / Irish people / Bhikku / Anti-colonialism / Activist
B Dhammaloka, U 1856-1914
RelBib Classification:BL Buddhism
KBF British Isles
KBM Asia
TJ Modern history
Further subjects:B Biography
B Buddhist monks Biography
B Dhammaloka
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Parallel Edition:Electronic