The early explorers treated in this three-part article represent a wide range of expertise, from painting to linguistics, dance to cartography. The 15 explorers evoked
Joseph Houseal digs deeper into the history of cultural explorers and the West’s early encounters with Buddhism
The social circles of Parisian Buddhism and Bacot’s legacy
Explorers, adventurers, and dancers: divining the Dharma
Buddhism in the Parisian theatres and…
A missing link of the entangled literary history…
Alexandra David-Neel (1868–1969), a French traveler and a prolific writer, is variously celebrated for being “the first Buddhist in France,” “a fearless explorer,” “the first
