Buddhist Scholar Donald Lopez on the Staying Power of Ancient Questions
Key Conversations with Phi Beta Kappa
English - September 19, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsSociety & Culture Education academia academic brilliant college intellectual pbk phibetakappa researchers scholars smart Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Buddhist and Tibetan Studies professor at the University of Michigan recalls how a tumultuous period in U.S. politics led him to his area of expertise. Plus, what he’s learned from his many meetings with a leading Buddhist philosopher, the Dalai Lama. And what attracted him to out-of-the-box thinkers like poet Gendun Chopel.