The Buddha: A Book Launch with Donald S. Lopez Jr. (Renowned Scholar)

Join us for a book launch event for the book titled The Buddha by a renowned Buddhist scholar Donald S. Lopez Jr. He is Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan. [ - - Link to the event - - ]

Per Eddie (Dharma Drink organizer), "I have benefited from his work so wanted share this info. I read his book on the Lotus Sutra (Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side: A Guide to the Lotus Sūtra); I am reading his recently published book (Buddhism, A Journey thru History); and I use one of his big books for references (Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism)."

This event is sponsored by Tricycle Magazine and will be at UES 87th St next to Central Park. Please also RSVP with the organizer to help them manage the event.

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The Buddha is one of the most significant religious figures in history, but what do we actually know about him and his life? Which stories of the Buddha have overshadowed others, and at what cost? In his new book, scholar Donald S. Lopez Jr. explores these questions as he traces the life of the Buddha—from his birth to enlightenment and the underrepresented years before his passage into nirvana. Citing various accounts from the Pali canon and Buddhist sutras, and using French novelist Gustave Flaubert’s The Temptation of Saint Anthony as an unexpected frame, Lopez presents the Buddha not as the rationalist philosopher depicted by many but as the mythic figure that inspired a global following.

Venerating the legend in all his superhuman glory, rather than searching for a historical figure, is the authentically Buddhist approach, Lopez argues. But “we need not abandon the search in despair,” he says. “Instead, we renounce the search for a self that was never there.”
Join us in person for a talk and book-signing with Lopez to celebrate the publication of The Buddha: Biography of a Myth.

This is a free event, in-person in New York City. We invite you to purchase the book ahead of time with a 25% discount, or purchase it at the event for the full price.

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### Donald S. Lopez Jr.

Donald S. Lopez Jr. is Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author or editor of many books, including Buddhism: A Journey through History; The Scientific Buddha: His Short and Happy Life; and The Story of Buddhism. Lopez lives in New York City.

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