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The following article was taken from the talk “The Life of the Buddha: A Premium Event with Donald S. Lopez Jr. and Stephen Batchelor,” which took place on November 13, 2025, following two events Tricycle hosted to celebrate their recent books, The Buddha: Biography of a Myth and Buddha, Socrates, and Us: Ethical Living in Uncertain Times, respectively.
James Shaheen (JS): So you’ve written two very different books. Could you each, in a nutshell, tell us what you hoped to achieve in your books? We can start with you, Don.
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