Donald S. Lopez Jr. is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. He is the author or editor of several books, including, most recently The Madman”s Middle Way: Reflections on Reality of the Tibetan Monk Gendun Chopel and Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
9 Ebook di Lopez Jr. Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Eugene Burnouf: Introduction to the History of Indian Buddhism
The most influential work on Buddhism to be published in the nineteenth century, Introduction a l histoire du Buddhisme indien, by the great French scholar of Sanskrit Eugene Burnouf, set the course …
PDF
Inglese
DRM
€60.82
Gendun Chopel: In the Forest of Faded Wisdom
In a culture where poetry is considered the highest form of human language, Gendun Chopel is revered as Tibet s greatest modern poet. Born in 1903 as British troops were preparing to invade his …
PDF
Inglese
DRM
€33.23
Donald S. Lopez Jr.: Strange Tales of an Oriental Idol
We tend to think that the Buddha has always been seen as the compassionate sage admired around the world today, but until the nineteenth century, Europeans often regarded him as a nefarious figure, …
EPUB
Inglese
DRM
€38.18
Donald S. Lopez Jr.: Prisoners of Shangri-La
To the Western imagination, Tibet evokes exoticism, mysticism, and wonder: a fabled land removed from the grinding onslaught of modernity, spiritually endowed with all that the West has lost. …
EPUB
Inglese
DRM
€29.39
Donald S. Lopez Jr.: Madman’s Middle Way
Gendun Chopel is considered the most important Tibetan intellectual of the twentieth century. His life spanned the two defining moments in modern Tibetan history: the entry into Lhasa by British …
PDF
Inglese
DRM
€29.45
Donald S. Lopez Jr.: Buddhism and Science
Beginning in the nineteenth century and continuing to the present day, both Buddhists and admirers of Buddhism have proclaimed the compatibility of Buddhism and science. Their assertions have ranged …
PDF
Inglese
DRM
€28.26
Lopez Jr. Donald S. Lopez Jr. & Jinpa Thupten Jinpa: Dispelling the Darkness
In a remote Himalayan village in 1721, the Jesuit priest Ippolito Desideri awaited permission from Rome to continue his mission to convert the Tibetan people to Christianity. In the meantime, he …
EPUB
Inglese
DRM
€53.39
Donald S. Lopez Jr.: Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism
Over the past century, Buddhism has come to be seen as a world religion, exceeding Christianity in longevity and, according to many, philosophical wisdom. Buddhism has also increasingly been …
PDF
Inglese
DRM
€42.40
Donald S. Lopez Jr.: From Stone to Flesh
We have come to admire Buddhism for being profound but accessible, as much a lifestyle as a religion. The credit for creating Buddhism goes to the Buddha, a figure widely respected across the Western …
EPUB
Inglese
DRM
€27.87
