20th century “Buddhism” was largely based on Theosophy—a 19th century European pop-spiritual movement.
A major muddler was Edward Conze, whose history @Jayarava reveals here. Important for anyone who thinks they understand Prajñaparamita—or should.
http://jayarava.blogspot.com/2018/09/edward-conze-study-in-contradiction.html …
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I was about to write that he was not alone, e.g. DT Suzuki bears similarity. And now I read the article (thanks) and the two actually had a contact :)
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Yes, DT was a main vector of Romanticism into Western Buddhism. David McMahon’s book is excellent on this.
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