About this title: Leading Buddhist scholar Donald Lopez offers an engaging introduction to the essential elements of Buddhism while revealing the differences between the major traditions. Combining scholarship with fascinating stories, this absorbing book offers a fresh perspective to the history and life of Buddha.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperOne
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780060699765ISBN:0060699760
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperOne
Date Published: 8/20/2002
ISBN-13:9780060099275ISBN:0060099275
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperOne
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780060699765ISBN:0060699760
Description: Fine with no dust jacket. 0060699760. Fine hardback, missing dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom.; 0.97 x 9.25 x 6.12 Inches; 288 pages; This engaging introduction to Buddhism by leading Buddhist scholar Donald S. Lopez Jr. offers an expert but lucid account that demystifies Buddhism and explains its practices, teachings, and schools. Blending penetrating analysis with engaging storytelling, Lopez makes Buddhism accessible and compelling as he reveals the commonalities and differences among ... read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperOne
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780060699765ISBN:0060699760
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperOne
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780060699765ISBN:0060699760
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperOne
Date Published: 2002-09-01
ISBN-13:9780060099275ISBN:0060099275
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Edition: First Paperback Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper San Francisco, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780060099275ISBN:0060099275
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"Unlike many other books on Buddhism, this one dives straight into Buddhist conceptions of : (a) the universe (b) the Buddha (c) Dharma (d) monastic life (e) common practises (f) enlightenment. Lopez makes a great effort to clarify essentially difficult topics like "emptiness", "enlgihtenment" etc., At its heart, as per my understanding, Buddhism relies on the idea of a "non-self". Unlike one of the important strands of Hinduism, wherein at the height of its epistemological subtleties, the self ("Atman") is understood to be no different than the Universe ("the Brahman") -- Buddhism denies this duality. It claims that all suffering is due to the recognition/perception of this notion of Self. Instead, it is only upon recognizing the 'emptiness' behind all such constructs can one liberate oneself. Predictably, much of these writings were done in the centuries after the death of the Buddha -- perhaps most importantly by Nagarjuna. What was a revelation, of a negative kind, was the sheer misogyny involved in the social structure that is endorsed by the Buddhist Sanghas. It remains confusing to me that on one hand there is such stress on seeing the emptiness of false distinctions, while on the other it is perfectly acceptable to discriminate on basis of gender. Unlike Reza Aslan's "No God, But God" -- Lopez makes no argument that perhaps the socio-economic environment might have affected the evolution of the Buddhist Sanghas -- rather than the Buddha himself.
I enjoyed reading it, even if occasionally, I was lost..."
"This is the best introduction to Buddhism out there. Lopez manages to approach the controversial topic of the origins of Buddhism with the same critical lense that he uses in all of his work, but at the same time writes in a way that feels like a friendly monk telling you the story by candlelight. I recommend this for anyone who wants an introduction to Buddhism that doesn't take any particular view of the Buddha at face value"
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