Ten misconceptions about Buddhism

Temple complex at Angkor Wat, Cambodia. (Photo: © Christina Buswell.)

Buddhist scholars Robert E. Buswell, Jr., and Donald S. Lopez, Jr. — authors and and co-editors of the "Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism" — put paid to a number of false beliefs about Buddhism in a short article in Tricycle magazine.

Click here (http: //www.tricycle.com/blog/10-misconceptions-about-buddhism) to read the article.

Published: Tuesday, November 19, 2013

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Buddhist scholars Robert E. Buswell, Jr., and Donald S. Lopez, Jr. — authors and and co-editors of the "Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism" — put paid to a number of false beliefs about Buddhism in a short article in Tricycle magazine.