{"product_id":"buddha-takes-the-mound","title":"Buddha Takes the Mound","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-top-section\" id=\"book-image\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 2010 a Buddhist scroll was found in the ruins of Yankee stadium, and it proved what Buddhist scholar\/award-winning author Donald Lopez, Ph.D., had suspected: the Buddha created the game of baseball.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuddha Takes the Mound: Enlightenment in 9 Innings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tao of Pooh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for baseball. Funny, moving, and enlightening, this is a read that will engross, enrich, and charm any baseball fan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt once a love letter to the sport and an engaging introduction to Buddhism, it shows how the Buddha invented baseball to teach us deep truths about the world, about ourselves, and about each other. Lopez believes that Buddhism provides a lens for us to see baseball in a new way, a way that makes us love the game even more, a way that makes us ponder profound questions about winning and losing, about who we are, about finitude and infinitude, about birth and death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Lopez reveals, not only is Buddhism integral to baseball; but baseball is Buddhism, and baseball is ourselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald S. Lopez, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., has been referred to as the only public intellectual in the field of Buddhist Studies. He has appeared on many television and radio stations, including ABC, NPR, BBC radio, and more. He has written for the\u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has been quoted in countless publications, such as \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker,\u003c\/i\u003e to name a few.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonald is the author of \u003ci\u003eBuddha Takes the Mound, The Scientific Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e In Search of the Christian Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also translated the Dalai Lama's \u003ci\u003eOpening the Eye of New Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e and edited influential scholarly works including \u003ci\u003eThe Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCritical Terms for the Study of Buddhism.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-top-section\" id=\"book-data\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39947494162505,"sku":"9781250237910","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/6506\/6057\/products\/IndependentPublisherBuddhaTakestheMound_36cf7b59-aa20-42ba-ab64-8e018ee8dd2a.jpg?v=1758841616","url":"https:\/\/bmshou-ston.shop\/products\/buddha-takes-the-mound","provider":"Body Mind \u0026 Soul Houston","version":"1.0","type":"link"}