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Donald Sewell Lopez, Jr. (born 1952) is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan, in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.

Son of the deputy director of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Donald S. Lopez. ...more

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	The Story of Buddhism by Donald S. Lopez Jr. 3.74 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Want to Read Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West by Donald S. Lopez Jr. 4.02 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions	Want to Read Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Biography by Donald S. Lopez Jr. 3.66 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Want to Read Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Madman's Middle Way: Reflections on Reality of the Tibetan Monk Gendun Chopel by Donald S. Lopez Jr., Gendün Chöphel 4.40 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Want to Read Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed by Donald S. Lopez Jr. 3.85 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Want to Read Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scientific Buddha: His Short and Happy Life by Donald S. Lopez Jr. 3.84 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Want to Read Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Modern Buddhist Bible: Essential Readings from East and West by Donald S. Lopez Jr. (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2002	Want to Read Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lotus Sūtra: A Biography by Donald S. Lopez Jr. 4.09 avg rating — 45 ratings — 3 editions	Want to Read Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buddha Takes the Mound: Enlightenment in 9 Innings by Donald S. Lopez Jr. 3.58 avg rating — 38 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Stone to Flesh: A Short History of the Buddha by Donald S. Lopez Jr. 4.06 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Want to Read Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Buddhism and Modernity (20 books)
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Donald S. Lopez Jr. (Editor)

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QUOTES BY DONALD S. LOPEZ JR.

“Only the ignorant would believe that things exist in the way that they appear.”
― Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Story of Buddhism

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“To seek the self, one must first have a clear idea of what one is looking for. Thus, some meditation manuals advise actively cultivating the sense of self, despite the fact that this sense is the target of the analysis. Our sense of identity is often vaguely felt. Sometimes, for example, we identify with the body, saying, "I am sick." At other times, one is the owner of the body, "My stomach hurts." It is said that by imagining a moment of great pride or imagining a false accusation, a strong and palpable sense of the "I" appears in the center [of] the chest: "I did it," or, "I did not do that." This sense of self is to be carefully cultivated, until one is convinced of its reality. One then sets out to find this self, reasoning that, if it exists, it must be located somewhere in the mind or the body.”
― Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Story of Buddhism

tags: 2001, anatman, anatta, buddhism, chöd, identity, meditation

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“Each being in the universe, therefore, inhabits a private world. It is as if the universe were populated by countless cinemas, each occupied by a single person, each eternally viewing a different film projected by consciousness, each eternally suspending disbelief. For the Yogacara, ignorance and suffering result from believing the movie to be real, from mistaking the projections to be an external world, from thinking that what appear to be external objects are independent of consciousness, and then running after them, desiring some and hating others. For the Yogacara, wisdom is the insight that everything is of the nature of consciousness and the product of one's own projections. With this insight, desire and hatred, attachment and aversion, naturally cease, for their objects are seen to be illusions. With the achievement of enlightenment, the substratum consciousness is transformed into the mirror like wisdom of a buddha.”
― Donald Lopez