--- title: "2 Donald S. Lopez Jr Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "American scholar of Buddhism... | Donald Sewell Lopez Jr. is an American scholar of Buddhism and the Arthur E. Link Distinguished university professor o..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/donald-s-lopez-jr-105597_2001_to-seek-the-self-one-must-first-have-a-c_995624.jpg" --- # Donald S. Lopez Jr (1952) Writer **2** quotes in **9** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Donald S. Lopez Jr is a writer. ## Quick Facts About Donald S. Lopez Jr Born June 1, 1952 Profession Writer ## About Donald S. Lopez Jr American scholar of Buddhism... \| Donald Sewell Lopez Jr. is an American scholar of Buddhism and the Arthur E. Link Distinguished university professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan, in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. ## Quotes by Donald S. Lopez Jr > [“To seek the self, one must first have a clear idea of what one is looking for. Thus, some meditation manuals advise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-s-lopez-jr/to-seek-the-self-one-must-first-have-a-clear-idea-of-what-one-is/) [Donald S. Lopez Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-s-lopez-jr/) [2001](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-2001-568/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/donald-s-lopez-jr-105597_2001_to-seek-the-self-one-must-first-have-a-c_995624.jpg) > [“Only the ignorant would believe that things exist in the way that they appear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-s-lopez-jr/only-the-ignorant-would-believe-that-things-exist-in-the-way-that/) [Donald S. Lopez Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-s-lopez-jr/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/donald-s-lopez-jr-105597_believe_only-the-ignorant-would-believe-that-thi_2359654.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-s-lopez-jr/#itemlist", "name": "Donald S. Lopez Jr Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To seek the self, one must first have a clear idea of what one is looking for. Thus, some meditation manuals advise actively cultivating the sense of self, despite the fact that this sense is the target of the analysis. Our sense of identity is often vaguely felt. 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