Reference question (Was: Filliozat)

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Yvette Rosser wrote:
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>At the turn of the century and for a few decades after, there was quite a
>bit of scholarly activity that  attempted to trace Buddhist influence in
>early Christianity.  As well, in the 60's and 70's there was quite a bit of
>"comparative religion" type work done on the two religions and their
>similarities, etc.
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>Unfortunately, from where I sit right now, I do not have access to the
>exact source of the Athens immolation tale.  I do remember seeing the
>reference in several of the books that I consulted, when I had looked into
>the issue several years ago.  Perhaps this bibilography will help:
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>Lillie, Arthur, _Buddhism in Christendom or Jesus, the Essene_  Unity Book
>Service, New Delhi:1984 (first published in 1887).
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>   - _India in Primitive Christianity_ Kegan House,	Tr|bner & Co.: 1909.
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>Lopez, Donald S. & Rockefeller, Steven C., eds., _The Christ and the
>Bodhisattva_ State University of New York: 1987.
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>Pye, Michael & Morgan, Robert, eds., _The Cardinal Meaning, Essays in
>Comparative Hermeneutics:  Buddhism and Christianity_	Mouton & Co.,
>Netherlands: 1973.
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>Radhakrishnan, S., _Eastern Religions in Western Thought_ Oxford	University
>Press: 1939.
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>Streeter, Burnett H.,  _The Buddha and The Christ, an Exploration of the
>Meaning of the Universe and of the Purpose of Human Life_	Macmillan and
>Co., London: 1932.
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>Tambyah, Isaac T., _A Comparative Study of Hinduism, Buddhism and
>Christianity_ Indian Book Gallery, Delhi: 1983 (first edition1925).
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>Yu, Chai-shin, _Early Buddhism and Christianity, A comparative Study of the
>Founders' Authority, the Community, and the Discipline_	Motilal
>Banarsidass, Delhi: 1981.
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>In his message S. Vidyasankar wrote:
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>>Isn't "kalanos, the gymnosophist," who went with Alexander, also supposed to
>have immolated himself?
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>Perhaps Vidya could provide a textual source for this reference?
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>Hope this helps.
>Yvette
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>(Interesting stuff, isn't it?)
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wow! very, very interesting. I wonder about the theories of exchanges of ideas
in astronomy. _ Narahari Achar.