The Monastery and the Microscope - Conversations with the DalaLama on Mind
epu| 4.14 MB | English | Author :Wendy Hasenkamp | B00IICN1F8 | 2017 | Yale University Press

Book Description :

An illuminating record of dialogues between the DalaLama and some of today's most prominent scientists, philosophers, and contemplatives
In 2013, during a historisix-day meeting at a Tibetan monastery in southern India, the DalaLama gathered with leading scientists, philosophers, and monks foin-depth discussions on the nature of reality, consciousness, and the human mind. This eye-opening boopresents a record of those spirited and wide-ranging dialogues, featuring contributions froprominent scholars like Richard Davidson, Matthieu Ricard, Tania Singer, and ArthuZajonas they address such questions as: Does nature have a nature? Dyou need a brain tbe conscious? Can we change ouminds and brains through meditation? Throughout, the contributors explore the exciting and sometimes surprising commonalities between Western scientifiand Tibetan Buddhist methods of perceiving, investigating, and knowing. Part history, part state-of-the-field, part...

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