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 …
Very interesting stuff, yeah there is this trend of popularizers injecting western concepts into Buddhism (like DT Suzuki) @MatthewTheStoat