The Circle of Karma and Siddhartha: The Razor’s Edge of Renunciation
For a long time, Herman Hesse’s celebrated Siddhartha (1922) popularized a version of Buddhism in the West. However, by comparing it to Kunzang Choden’s The Circle of Karma (2005), the first Bhutanese novel published in English, with its similar plot of a seeker, this essay finds the ways it display...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2022
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Religion and the arts
Année: 2022, Volume: 26, Numéro: 3, Pages: 370-384 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Renunciation
B Equanimity B Pilgrimage B Bouddhiste B Faith |
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Résumé: | For a long time, Herman Hesse’s celebrated Siddhartha (1922) popularized a version of Buddhism in the West. However, by comparing it to Kunzang Choden’s The Circle of Karma (2005), the first Bhutanese novel published in English, with its similar plot of a seeker, this essay finds the ways it displays a Westernized ideal of Buddhism. Unlike The Circle of Karma, Siddhartha actually relies on Western ideas of individualism and self-reliance. |
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ISSN: | 1568-5292 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Religion and the arts
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685292-02603005 |