num_pages: 200
description: Leo Tolstoy's biography of Buddha has never before been available in English. This translation, his description of Buddhism, together with an analysis of Buddhist and Taoist influences in his fiction clarify the cultural conundrum that Tolstoy hoped to solve and with which contemporary society still how to integrate Western ethical and religious beliefs with those of the East in an age of increasing global information and communication.
language: English
title: Leo Tolstoy and the Oriental Religious Heritage
titlecomplete: Leo Tolstoy and the Oriental Religious Heritage
publisher: East European Monographs