{"product_id":"talking-about-buddhism-robert-e-buswell-9798880705023","title":"Talking about Buddhism: Two Lifetimes of Learning, Teaching, and (Some) Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat do Buddhists mean by enlightenment? \u003cbr\u003eDoes enlightenment unfold gradually or is it revealed in a sudden flash of insight? \u003cbr\u003eDoes spiritual experience create belief or does belief create spiritual experience?\u003cbr\u003eDoes the study of Buddhist philosophy hinder meditation or enhance it? \u003cbr\u003eWhat is the role of compassion in the theory and practice of Buddhism? \u003cbr\u003eWhat (and where) is nirvana? \u003cbr\u003eAnd what does it mean to be a Buddhist in the twenty-first century? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a series of insightful, instructive, and entertaining conversations, renowned Buddhist scholars Robert Buswell and Donald Lopez tackle these and other crucial questions in the history of Buddhism. Drawing from the Buddhist schools and teachings of India, Tibet, China, Thailand, and Korea, Buswell and Lopez explore why these traditions seem so different while still sharing so much. In the course of their conversations, they recall their fifty-year journeys from spiritual seekers to university professors, encountering some of the greatest Buddhist masters of the last half century along the way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTalking About Buddhism will appeal to anyone who has sought answers to some of Buddhism's most fundamental questions or who may have wondered: How did two Westerners become so intrigued by the religion that they chose to become Buddhist scholars? And what do scholars of Buddhism really do?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert E. Buswell,Jr.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798880705023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Hawaii Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Robert E. Buswell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001746727167,"sku":"9798880705023","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/talking-about-buddhism-robert-e-buswell-9798880705023","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}