Einstein and Buddha : the parallel sayings

by Thomas J. McFarlane

Hardcover, 2002

Publication

Imprint: Berkeley, California : Seastone, and imprint of Ulysses Press, 2002. Edition: First Ulysses Press edition. Series: The Parallel Sayings. Responsibility: Edited by Thomas J. McFarlane, introduction by Wes Nisker. OCLC Number: 51438357. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xvi, 178 pages ; 19 cm. Features: Includes bibliography.

Call number

Inter / McFar

Barcode

BK-05076

ISBN

1569752745 / 9781569752746

Original publication date

2001

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Philosophy and Science

CSS Library Notes

Description: This unique collection of parallel quotes reveals how modern science and ancient Eastern thought lead us to the same deep truths. [The book] shows how seemingly opposite endeavors - scientific observation and spiritual contemplation - have produced amazingly similar ideas about the nature of the universe and our place in it. This book presents over one hundred examples of these convergent beliefs, including quotes from: Albert Einstein; Niels Bohr; Erwin Schrodinger; Werner Heisenberg; David Bohm; Buddha; The Upanishads; Chuang Tzu; D.T. Suzuki; the Dalai Lama. -- from Back cover.

Table of Contents: Introduction
Editor's Preface
Parallel Sayings, Parallel Worlds
> The Human Experience
> The Touchstone of Truth
> Paradox and Contradiction
> Speakable and Unspeakable
> Subject and Object
> Name and Form
> Illusions and Delusions
> Waves, Fields and Energy
> Particles and Matter
> Wholeness and Interdependence
> Time and Space> Manifestation and Causality
> Unity and Plurality
> Physics and Mysticism
Bibliography
About the Author

FY2002 /

Other editions

Einstein and Buddha : the parallel sayings by Thomas J. McFarlane (Paperback)

Einstein and Buddha : the parallel sayings by Thomas J. McFarlane (Hardcover)

Physical description

xvi, 177 p.; 19 cm

Description

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.