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How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America

Paul A. Carter, R. Douglas Fields

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Paul A. Carter; How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America. By Rick Fields. (Boulder, Colo.: Shambhala, 1981. xviii + 433 pp. Il

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Paul A. Carter; How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America. By Rick Fields. (Boulder, Colo.: Shambhala, 1981. xviii + 433 pp. Il

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Paul A. Carter; How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America. By Rick Fields. (Boulder, Colo.: Shambhala, 1981. xviii + 433 pp. Il

Key concepts: Buddhism, Narrative, History, Index (typography), Classics, Art history, Genealogy, Archaeology

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