Lanman, a Sanskrit  scholar  who worked mainly  with
　　   early  Buddhist  texts, were close  friends,  and he
　　   knew Paul Carus, another  student  of early Buddhist
　　   thought.(8) James also owned and annotated  a number
　　   of books on Buddhism, such as Paul Carus' History of
　　   Buddhism,   Warren's   Buddhism   in   Translations,
　　   Koeppen's  Die Religion des Buddha, and Max M乴ler's
　　   Hisotory  of Ancient Sanskrit Literature.(9) Despite
　　   his acquaintance  with  Buddhist  thought, there  is
　　   little  evidence  that  his  philosophy   is  deeply
　　   informed  by Buddhism.  The  works  to which  he had
　　   access discuss the basic doctrines  of Buddhism, but
　　   James  rarely  refers  to  these  doctrines  in  his
　　   writings. An isolated reference  occurs in Varieties
　　   of Religious Experience:

　　   I am ignorant of Buddhism...  but as I apprehend the
　　   Buddhistic  doctrine  of Karma, I agree in principle
　　   with that.(10)

　　   In his Psychology--wherein  James lays out the views
　　   of  the  self,  perception,  and   the   stream   of
　　   consciousness that are so acutely analogous to those
　　   of Buddhism-he does not cite Buddhism, but bases his
　　   discussions  on  his  own  scientific  knowledge  of
　　   physiology  and psychology, upon which foundation he
　　   doubtless　　 could   have   developed　　 his   views
　　   independently  and then perhaps noticed the Buddhist
　　   parallels later.

　　　　  Further　　 disconfirmation　　 of　　 Buddhist
　　   philosophical　　 influence   upon   James   is   the
　　   selectivity  of his own interest in world religions.
　　   It  was  not  an interest  in  philosophy, logic, or
　　   doctrine  that guided  his study of world religions,
　　   but his interest  in personal  religious  experience
　　   and meditative or mystical states, toward the end of
　　   developing  an objective  science of religions based
　　   on  the  psychology   of  that  experience.   James'
　　   interest   in  the  psychology   rather   than   the
　　   philosophy of

　　　　　　　　　　　　  P.225

　　   Buddhism  is seen in Varieties, wherein he discusses
　　   not   the  doctrines   of  Buddhism,  but   Buddhist
　　   meditative  states.(11) From  this, one might  infer
　　   that  James   was  more  knowledgeable   about   the
　　   psychological than the technical aspects of Buddhist