Donald Sewell Lopez Jr. (born 1952) is the

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Distinguished university professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the

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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

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, receiving a B.A. (Hons) in Religious Studies in 1974, an M.A. in

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in 1977, and his doctorate in Buddhist Studies in 1982. He is married to another prominent Religious Studies scholar,

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. Lopez is a Fellow of the

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and has written and edited many books on various aspects of the religions of Asia. He specializes in late Indian

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and in

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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

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. In 2012, he delivered the Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures at Harvard, "The White Lama Ippolito". He is a long-term associate of Yale professor of New Testament studies Dale Martin.

Works

As author

* ''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
'.

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. April 11, 2013. . * ''Gendun Chopel: Tibet's Modern Visionary (Lives of the Masters)''.

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. 2013. * * *
''The Madman’s Middle Way: Reflections on Reality of the Tibetan Monk Gendun Chopel''
The University of Chicago Press, 2005. * ''Buddhism: An Introduction and Guide'',

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: San Francisco, 2001 ** Italian translation, ''Che cos'è il Buddhismo'', Rome, Ubaldini Editore, 2002. ** Czech edition, 2003. ** Spanish edition, 2009. * ** 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,

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, 1998. * * ''A Study of Svatantrika'', Snow Lion Press, an imprint of Shambhala Publications, 1987. * Co-authored and co-edited the award-winning ''The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism''. See § As editor for details.

As editor

* 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

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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.

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