The New Physics and Cosmology Dialogues with the Dalai Lama

by Zara Houshmand (Primary Contributor)

Hardcover, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

294.3

Genres

Religion & Spirituality

All Topics

General Nonfiction

Nonfiction

Publication

Oxford University Press (2004), Edition: Illustrated, 246 pages

Description

What happens when the Dalai Lama meets with five leading physicists and a historian? This book documents their discussions about theoretical quantum physics and Buddhist philosophy. This book is a contribution to the science-religion interface, and a useful explanation of our basic understanding of quantum reality.

User reviews

LibraryThing member SeriousGrace

I have to set the stage for this interesting book: Nine individuals participating in a five-day discussion set in Dharamsala, India as part of the Mind and Life Conference. To elaborate: Arthur Zajonc was there to present as well as facilitate a dialogue between the other members of the group:

Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama; David Ritz Finkelstein; George Greenstein, Piet Hut; Thupten Jinpa; B. Alan Wallace; Tu Weiming; and Anton Zeilinger. The group included five physicians, a historian, two interpreters and the Dalai Lama. Their goal was an open dialogue without rules. Buddhism and science have something in common: fundamentally both are a system of thought and the idea is to question everything. The comments made by the Dalai Lama are the most interesting.

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