Donald S. Lopez Jr. is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. His books include Curators of the Buddha: The Study of Buddhism under Colonialism, Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West, and Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

"Lopez has provided the first Western-language translation of the most important work by one of the most brilliant and controversial Tibetan thinkers of modern times. This is a book that tells us much about what has happened over the last century of Tibet's cultural and intellectual history." - Roger Jackson, Carleton College"

Donald S. Lopez Jr. is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. His books include Curators of the Buddha: The Study of Buddhism under Colonialism, Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West, and Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

"Lopez has provided the first Western-language translation of the most important work by one of the most brilliant and controversial Tibetan thinkers of modern times. This is a book that tells us much about what has happened over the last century of Tibet's cultural and intellectual history." - Roger Jackson, Carleton College"

Donald S. Lopez Jr. is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. His books include Curators of the Buddha: The Study of Buddhism under Colonialism, Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West, and Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

"Lopez has provided the first Western-language translation of the most important work by one of the most brilliant and controversial Tibetan thinkers of modern times. This is a book that tells us much about what has happened over the last century of Tibet's cultural and intellectual history." - Roger Jackson, Carleton College"