Donald Sewell Lopez Jr. (born 1952) is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished university professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the
University of Michigan
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, in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.
Life
Lopez was born in Washington, D.C. and is the son of U.S. Air Force pilot and Smithsonian Institution official Donald Lopez. He was educated at the
University of Virginia
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, receiving a B.A. (Hons) in Religious Studies in 1974, an M.A. in
Buddhist Studies
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in 1977, and his doctorate in Buddhist Studies in 1982. He is married to another prominent Religious Studies scholar,
Tomoko Masuzawa
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Lopez is a Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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and has written and edited many books on various aspects of the religions of Asia. He specializes in late Indian Mahayana Buddhism and in
Tibetan Buddhism
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and commands classical and colloquial Tibetan. In 2008, he gave four talks on ''The Scientific Buddha: Past, Present, Future'' as part of a Dwight H. Terry Lectureship at
Yale University
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* ''Buddha Takes the Mound: Enlightenment in 9 Innings''. St. Martin's Essentials. May 5, 2020. .
* ''Hyecho's Journey: The World of Buddhism''. University of Chicago Press. 2017.
* ''In Search of the Christian Buddha: How an Asian Sage Became a Medieval Saint''. With Peggy McCracken. W. W. Norton, April 7, 2014. .
* From Stone to Flesh: A Short History of the Buddha '.
The University of Chicago Press
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Penguin UK
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** Italian translation, ''Che cos'è il Buddhismo'', Rome, Ubaldini Editore, 2002.
** Czech edition, 2003.
** Spanish edition, 2009.
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** Italian translation, ''Prigionieri di Shangri-La'', Rome, Ubaldini Editore, 1999.
** French translation, ''Fascination tibétaine : du bouddhisme, de l'Occident et de quelques mythes'', Paris, Éditions Autrement, 2003.
* Elaborations on Emptiness: Uses of the Heart Sutra ', Princeton University Press, 1996; reprint edition,
Munshiram Manoharlal
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* Donald S. Lopez Jr., ed. ''Strange Tales of an Oriental Idol: An Anthology of Early European Portrayals of the Buddha'', University of Chicago Press, 2016.
* Robert E. Buswell Jr. & Donald S. Lopez Jr., authors and editors. The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism ', Princeton University Press, 2013, .From source mentioned and linked to in the text. Page iv describes them both as both authors and editors. Retrieved August 28, 2016. "Winner of the 2015
Dartmouth Medal
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, Reference and User Services Association of the
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. One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles Top 25 Academic Books for 2014."
* Donald S. Lopez Jr., ed. ''Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism''. University of Chicago Press, 2005,
* Donald S. Lopez Jr., ed. ''Religions of Asia in Practice'', Princeton University Press, 2002, .
* Donald S. Lopez Jr., ed. ''A Modern Buddhist Bible: Essential Readings from East and West''. Beacon Press, 2002,
* Donald S. Lopez Jr., ed. ''Religions of Tibet in Practice'', Princeton University Press, 1997, .
* Donald S. Lopez Jr., ed. ''Religions of China in Practice'', Princeton University Press, 1996.
* Donald S. Lopez Jr., ed. ''Religions of India in Practice''. Princeton University Press, 1995,
* Donald S. Lopez Jr., ed ''Buddhism in Practice'' Princeton University Press, 1995, . Abridged edition, 2007, .
* Donald S. Lopez Jr., ed. ''Curators of the Buddha: The Study of Buddhism Under Colonialism''. University of Chicago Press, 1995,
* Donald S. Lopez Jr., ed. ''Buddhist Hermeneutics''. University of Hawai'i Press, 1992.
See also
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Buddhism and science
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Shangri-la
Shangri-La is a fictional place in Asia's Kunlun Mountains (昆仑山), Uses the spelling 'Kuen-Lun'. described in the 1933 novel '' Lost Horizon'' by English author James Hilton. Hilton portrays Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, ...