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Book: Buddhism and Ireland

Chapter: 5. The First Irish Buddhists: Jumping Ship and ‘Going Native’

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.21748

Blurb:

This chapter discusses the known early Irish Buddhists and the problem of Buddhism’s ‘hidden histories’. The literate and articulate figures identified here are almost exclusively those who had access to the published word and nothing to lose by writing about their experiences.

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