Add to ORKGThe first westerners recorded as becoming lay Buddhists on Asian terms were members of the Buddhist Theosophical Society in Ceylon who took pansil (refuges and precepts) between 1880 to 1907 or later, tied to their work with the BTS’ modernising Buddhist schools. This article uses the life of Dr John Bowles Daly as a lens to explore these “conversions” and the BTS’ educational turn. Daly (c. 1844 – c. 1916), an Irish writer and ex-Anglican curate, played an important role in Buddhist schooling in Ceylon in the early 1890s. The article discusses why western BTS members took pansil and how this was understood, as well as the lack of western bhikkhu (monk) ordinations in Ceylon. The new lay-run schools slowly became established as a suitable ...
The period from 1852 to 1906 in Ceylon is, though comparatively recent, a period which has been misi...
Globalising “Buddhism” beyond its pre-colonial homelands was a complex practical challenge. Actors s...
Recent research on the life of U Dhammaloka and other early western Buddhists in Asia has interesti...
The first westerners recorded as becoming lay Buddhists on Asian terms were members of the Buddhist ...
The first westerners recorded as becoming lay Buddhists on Asian terms were members of the Buddhist ...
The article provides an introduction to the special issue of Contemporary Buddhism entitled ‘U Dhamm...
This article challenges two general assumptions shared by scholars of Western Buddhism: (1) that the...
The modernization of Buddhism since the late nineteenth century has mostly been interpreted as a pro...
This article challenges two general assumptions shared by scholars of Western Buddhism: (1) that th...
FL Woodward, born in Norfolk in 1871, was inspired by the late nineteenth century fascination with B...
Shortly after Mme Blavatsky’s death in May 1891, a London correspondent for the New York Sun intervi...
The paper describes Theravada Buddhism adopted in South-East Asia. In the first part the author (of ...
This article explores some important aspects of U Dhammaloka's Buddhism, drawing in particular on th...
The first European members of the bhikkhu sangha have normally been identified as Gordon Douglas / A...
This article uses a world-systems perspective to analyse the development of Buddhism in Ireland, in ...
The period from 1852 to 1906 in Ceylon is, though comparatively recent, a period which has been misi...
Globalising “Buddhism” beyond its pre-colonial homelands was a complex practical challenge. Actors s...
Recent research on the life of U Dhammaloka and other early western Buddhists in Asia has interesti...
The first westerners recorded as becoming lay Buddhists on Asian terms were members of the Buddhist ...
The first westerners recorded as becoming lay Buddhists on Asian terms were members of the Buddhist ...
The article provides an introduction to the special issue of Contemporary Buddhism entitled ‘U Dhamm...
This article challenges two general assumptions shared by scholars of Western Buddhism: (1) that the...
The modernization of Buddhism since the late nineteenth century has mostly been interpreted as a pro...
This article challenges two general assumptions shared by scholars of Western Buddhism: (1) that th...
FL Woodward, born in Norfolk in 1871, was inspired by the late nineteenth century fascination with B...
Shortly after Mme Blavatsky’s death in May 1891, a London correspondent for the New York Sun intervi...
The paper describes Theravada Buddhism adopted in South-East Asia. In the first part the author (of ...
This article explores some important aspects of U Dhammaloka's Buddhism, drawing in particular on th...
The first European members of the bhikkhu sangha have normally been identified as Gordon Douglas / A...
This article uses a world-systems perspective to analyse the development of Buddhism in Ireland, in ...
The period from 1852 to 1906 in Ceylon is, though comparatively recent, a period which has been misi...
Globalising “Buddhism” beyond its pre-colonial homelands was a complex practical challenge. Actors s...
Recent research on the life of U Dhammaloka and other early western Buddhists in Asia has interesti...