MIND SCIENCE: An East-West Dialogue by H.H. the Dalai Lama, Herbert Benson, Robert Thurman, Howard Gardner, Daniel Goleman
What is the subtle relationship between mind and body? What can today's scientists learn about this relationship from masters of Buddhist thought? Is it possible that by combining Western and Eastern approaches, we can reach a new understanding of the nature of the mind, the human potential for growth, the possibilities for mental and physical health?
"MindScience" explores these and other questions as it documents the beginning of a historic dialogue between modern science and Buddhism. Based on a day long Harvard Medical School symposium in which His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other Indo-Tibetan scholars met with leading authorities from the fields of medicine, psychiatry, psychology, psychobiology, neurobiology, and education, "MindScience" offers important new insights into the workings of perception, cognition, and the body/mind connection.
THE NEW PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY: Dialogues with the Dalai Lama edited by Arthuyr Zajonc
How does quantum physics intersect with Buddhist philosophy? Five leading physicists discuss a range of topics with the Dalai Lama in this fascinating look at cutting-edge thought on the nature of our reality. This is part of the Mind and Life Series.
THE QUANTUM AND THE LOTUS: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet by Matthieu Ricard and Trinh Xuan Thuan
Now in paperback, an enchanting exploration of the remarkable connection between Buddhism and cutting-edge contemporary science, in the form of a dialogue between a Buddhist monk trained as a molecular biologist and a leading astronomer raised as a Buddhist.
SLEEPING, DREAMING AND DYING: An Exploration of Consciousness with The Dalai Lama ed. and narrated by Francisco J. Varela, Ph.D
An exploration of Consciousness with The Dalai Lama. This book is the account of a historic dialogue between leading Western scientists and one of the foremost representatives of Buddhism today, the Dalai Lama of Tibet. Revolving around the three key moments of consciousness of sleep, dreams, and death-what internationally acclaimed neuroscientist Francisco Varela calls the ego's shadow zones-the conversations recorded here took place at the fourth Mind and Life Conference in Dharamsala, India. With contributions from acclaimed voices such as philosopher Charles Taylor, psychoanalyst Joyce McDougall, psychologist Jayne Gackenbach, cultural ecologist Joan Halifax, and neuroscientist Jerome Engel, the book is both engrossing and highly readable.
THE TABOO OF SUBJECTIVITY: Toward a New Science of Consciousness by B. Alan Wallace
This book takes a bold new look at ways of exploring the nature, origins, and potentials of consciousness within the context of science and religion. Alan Wallace draws careful distinctions between four elements of the scientific tradition: science itself, scientific realism, scientific materialism, and scientism. Arguing that the metaphysical doctrine of scientific materialism has taken on the role of ersatz-religion for its adherents, he traces its development from its Greek and Judeo-Christian origins, focusing on the interrelation between the Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revolution.
THE UNIVERSE IN A SINGLE ATOM: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality by H.H. the Dalai Lama
A rare, personal investigation of the astonishing connections between seemingly disparate topics--such as evolution and karma--that challenge us see that science and faith can work hand-to-hand to alleviate human suffering. The Dalai Lama invites us to see them as complementary investigative approaches to truth, and a key to peace.
THE UNIVERSE IN A SINGLE ATOM: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality, Audio CD by H.H. the Dalai Lama
A rare, personal investigation of the astonishing connections between seemingly disparate topics--such as evolution and karma--that challenge us see that science and faith can work hand-to-hand to alleviate human suffering. The Dalai Lama invites us to see them as complementary investigative approaches to truth, and a key to peace.
EINSTEIN AND BUDDHA; The Parallel Sayings by Thomas J. McFarlane, ed.
Provocative, stimulating, and insightful, Einstein and Buddha points to the far-reaching and profound parallels between Western scientific thought and Eastern religion. These remarkably similar disciplines touch on the essential nature of energy and matter, the relationship between subject and object, and the limits of language in understanding and describing reality. The shared understandings communicate a deep common ground on both the nature of the universe and our place in it.
BUDDHIST THOUGHT AND APPLIED PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH by D.K. Nauriyal, Michael S. Drummond, Y.B. Lal, editors
The interface between Buddhist Studies and the uses of Buddhist principles and practices in psychotherapy and consciousness studies has attracted a growing interest from scholars and researchers of both Buddhism and psychology. This book examines the origins and expressions of Buddhist thought, and how it is now being utilized by psychologists and social scientists. The basic tenets of Buddhism and contemporary Buddhist-based empirical research in the psychological sciences are explained. Further emphasis is placed on current trends in the areas of clinical and cognitive psychology and on the Mahayana Buddhist understanding of consciousness with reference to certain developments in Consciousness Studies and Physics.
EMBRACING MIND: The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality by B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel
Both science and spirituality search for "ultimate truths." God, the Big Bang, nirvana, the theory of evolution, relativity, quantum mechanics-these are some of the concepts that have been articulated as a result of that search. But the human capacity for exploring these ultimate sources of truth-the one thing that unites science and spirituality-is often overlooked. Embracing Mind argues (1) that science has hobbled itself by ignoring its unique source of inspiration-the mind-and (2) that the schism between science and spirituality is unnecessary. In language accessible to any intelligent reader, Embracing Mind first explores the veracity of major scientific "myths," then presents a viable science of the mind emanating from contemplative spirituality, including Hindu, Christian, Sufi, and Buddhist views.
"This book shows clearly and compellingly how Buddhism and other spiritual traditions may help enrich our understanding of the mind and its role in nature, without reducing it merely to a material function property of the brain."--H. H. the Dalai Lama
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