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Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics

Author : Vic Mansfield
Publisher : Templeton Foundation Press
ISBN 13 : 9781599472324
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (723 download)

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Download or read book Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics written by Vic Mansfield and published by Templeton Foundation Press. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics: Toward a Union of Love and Knowledge addresses the complex issues of dialogue and collaboration between Buddhism and science, revealing connections and differences between the two. While assuming no technical background in Buddhism or physics, this book strongly responds to the Dalai Lama’s “heartfelt plea” for genuine collaboration between science and Buddhism. The Dalai Lama has written a foreword to the book and the Office of His Holiness will translate it into both Chinese and Tibetan. In a clear and engaging way, this book shows how the principle of emptiness, the philosophic heart of Tibetan Buddhism, connects intimately to quantum nonlocality and other foundational features of quantum mechanics. Detailed connections between emptiness, modern relativity, and the nature of time are also explored. For Tibetan Buddhists, the profound interconnectedness implied by emptiness demands the practice of universal compassion. Because of the powerful connections between emptiness and modern physics, the book argues that the interconnected worldview of modern physics also encourages universal compassion. Along with these harmonies, the book explores a significant conflict between quantum mechanics and Tibetan Buddhism concerning the role of causality. The book concludes with a response to the question: "How does this expedition through the heart of modern physics and Tibetan Buddhism—from quantum mechanics, relativity, and cosmology, to emptiness, compassion, and disintegratedness—apply to today's painfully polarized world?" Despite differences and questions raised, the book's central message is that there is a solid basis for uniting these worldviews. From this basis, the message of universal compassion can accompany the spread of the scientific worldview, stimulating compassionate action in the light of deep understanding—a true union of love and knowledge. Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics will appeal to a broad audience that includes general readers and undergraduate and graduate students in science and religion courses.

Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics

Author : Vic Mansfield
Publisher : Templeton Press
ISBN 13 : 9781599471372
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics written by Vic Mansfield and published by Templeton Press. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics: Toward a Union of Love and Knowledge addresses the complex issues of dialogue and collaboration between Buddhism and science, revealing connections and differences between the two. While assuming no technical background in Buddhism or physics, this book strongly responds to the Dalai Lama’s “heartfelt plea” for genuine collaboration between science and Buddhism. The Dalai Lama has written a foreword to the book and the Office of His Holiness will translate it into both Chinese and Tibetan. In a clear and engaging way, this book shows how the principle of emptiness, the philosophic heart of Tibetan Buddhism, connects intimately to quantum nonlocality and other foundational features of quantum mechanics. Detailed connections between emptiness, modern relativity, and the nature of time are also explored. For Tibetan Buddhists, the profound interconnectedness implied by emptiness demands the practice of universal compassion. Because of the powerful connections between emptiness and modern physics, the book argues that the interconnected worldview of modern physics also encourages universal compassion. Along with these harmonies, the book explores a significant conflict between quantum mechanics and Tibetan Buddhism concerning the role of causality. The book concludes with a response to the question: "How does this expedition through the heart of modern physics and Tibetan Buddhism—from quantum mechanics, relativity, and cosmology, to emptiness, compassion, and disintegratedness—apply to today's painfully polarized world?" Despite differences and questions raised, the book's central message is that there is a solid basis for uniting these worldviews. From this basis, the message of universal compassion can accompany the spread of the scientific worldview, stimulating compassionate action in the light of deep understanding—a true union of love and knowledge. Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics will appeal to a broad audience that includes general readers and undergraduate and graduate students in science and religion courses.

Buddhism and Modern Physics:

Author : Robert Alan Paul
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781520657073
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism and Modern Physics: written by Robert Alan Paul and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-05 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book investigates distinctions between independent individuality and interactive relationality in physical phenomena. This is a common topic for investigation in modern physics and philosophy of science, and the topic is explored using contemporary research in those disciplines. Additionally, it is common for Buddhism to focus on relationships, and it proposes that independent individual things do not exist. In the context of physical reality, I take this Buddhist view as a hypothesis and examine it critically. We evaluate its arguments and find them generally to be problematic when evaluated against modern standards for logic and physics. However, its fundamental principle--emptiness, or shunyata--is still worthy of being tested.Contrary to many books on Buddhism and science, this one takes a very positive view of science. Yet, this depends on how we define 'science'. Hence, the book begins with an examination of that topic, informed by philosophy of science and the author's experience and training as physicist and philosopher. While we discuss, explain and justify many standard views of science, and present the standard elements of science, physics and physics theories, the book argues extensively for one perspective: pluralism in a synthesis of the author's design.The author will show shunyata to be quite consistent with the knowledge framework of Physics Pluralism. When we test Buddhist emptiness against the results of physics--interpreting both within that knowledge framework--we discover the relevance, importance, and some truth in the relationality ideas of shunyata.Robert Alan Paul has studied physics, had a career as a physicist, and both studied and practiced Tibetan Buddhism. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics, and separate master's degrees in philosophy; philosophy of science & mathematics; and physics (abd). He holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in four disciplines: philosophy of science, Western analytic metaphysics, Buddhist philosophy, and physics. His Ph.D. dissertation was the foundation of this book.

The New Physics and Cosmology

Author : Arthur Zajonc
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019534782X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The New Physics and Cosmology written by Arthur Zajonc and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-25 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when the Dalai Lama meets with leading physicists and a historian? This book is the carefully edited record of the fascinating discussions at a Mind and Life conference in which five leading physicists and a historian (David Finkelstein, George Greenstein, Piet Hut, Arthur Zajonc, Anton Zeilinger, and Tu Weiming) discussed with the Dalai Lama current thought in theoretical quantum physics, in the context of Buddhist philosophy. A contribution to the science-religion interface, and a useful explanation of our basic understanding of quantum reality, couched at a level that intelligent readers without a deep involvement in science can grasp. In the tradition of other popular books on resonances between modern quantum physics and Zen or Buddhist mystical traditions--notably The Dancing Wu Li Masters and The Tao of Physics, this book gives a clear and useful update of the genuine correspondences between these two rather disparate approaches to understanding the nature of reality.

The New Physics and Cosmology

Author : Arthur Zajonc
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199882835
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Choosing Reality

Author : B. Alan Wallace
Publisher : Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Choosing Reality written by B. Alan Wallace and published by Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1996 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shares the podium with The Tao of Physics & The Dancing Wu Li Masters, and wears the gold medal.--John Tigue, Ph.D., Daemen College

Buddhism and Modern Physics

Author : Robert Paul
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781520731797
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (317 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism and Modern Physics written by Robert Paul and published by . This book was released on 2017-03 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book investigates distinctions between independent individuality and interactive relationality in physical phenomena. This is a common topic for investigation in modern physics and philosophy of science, and the topic is explored using contemporary research in those disciplines. Additionally, it is common for Buddhism to focus on relationships, and it proposes that independent individual things do not exist. In the context of physical reality, I take this Buddhist view as a hypothesis and examine it critically. We evaluate its arguments and find them generally to be problematic when evaluated against modern standards for logic and physics. However, its fundamental principle--emptiness, or shunyata--is still worthy of being tested. Contrary to many books on Buddhism and science, this one takes a very positive view of science. Yet, this depends on how we define 'science'. Hence, the book begins with an examination of that topic, informed by philosophy of science and the author's experience and training as physicist and philosopher. While we discuss, explain and justify many standard views of science, and present the standard elements of science, physics and physics theories, the book argues extensively for one perspective: pluralism in a synthesis of the author's design. I will show Buddhist 'emptiness' (shunyata) to be quite consistent with the knowledge framework of Physical Pluralism. When we test shunyata against the results of physics--while interpreting them within that knowledge framework--we discover the relevance, importance, and some truth in the Buddhist relationality ideas. For nearly four decades, Robert Alan Paul has studied physics, had a career as a physicist, and both studied and practiced Tibetan Buddhism. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics, and separate master's degrees in philosophy; philosophy of science and mathematics; and physics (abd). He holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in four disciplines: philosophy of science, Western analytic metaphysics, Buddhist philosophy, and physics. His Ph.D. dissertation was the foundation for this book.This Volume 1: Non-Technical Summary provides a brief introductory treatment of the topic designed for the general audience. You may read Volume 1 independently from Volume 2: Scholarly Edition. Both volumes provide background and develop concepts from a non-technical and non-specialized starting point. However, this Volume 1 stops there, while in Volume 2 we examine extensive treatments of controversies, complexities and technical details, plus elaborate explanations and examples. Volume 2 contains hundreds of citations and footnotes, while Volume 1 has no footnotes and few citations, although both have complete bibliographies. The series Buddhism and Modern Science will include books that examine links between Buddhism and the life and social sciences, e.g. neuroscience, economics, and geopolitics.

Buddhism & Science

Author : B. Alan Wallace
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN 13 : 9788120820258
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism & Science written by B. Alan Wallace and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2004 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflecting its wide variety of topics, Buddhism and science is comprised of three sections. The first presents two historical overviews of the engagements between Buddhism and modern science or rather how Buddhism and modern science have definced, rivaled and complemented one another. The second describes the ways Buddhism and the cognitive sciences inform each other, the third address point of intersection between Buddhsim and the physical sciences. On the broadest level this work illuminates how different ways of exploring the nature of human identity the mind, and the universe at large can enrich and enlighten one another.

Quantum Buddhism : Dancing in Emptiness - Reality Revealed at the Interface of Quantum Physics and Buddhist Philosophy

Author : graham smetham
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1445294303
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (452 download)

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Download or read book Quantum Buddhism : Dancing in Emptiness - Reality Revealed at the Interface of Quantum Physics and Buddhist Philosophy written by graham smetham and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-04-17 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive, detailed and definitive exploration and elucidation of the extraordinary meeting ground and interconnections between quantum physics and Buddhist philosophy.

The Tao of Physics

Author : Fritjof Capra
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1590308352
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Tao of Physics written by Fritjof Capra and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A special edition of the “brilliant” best-selling classic on the paradoxes of modern physics and their relationship to concepts of Eastern mysticism (New York Magazine) The Tao of Physics brought the mystical implications of subatomic physics to popular consciousness for the very first time. Many books have been written in the ensuing years about the connections between quantum theory and the ideas of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism, but Fritjof Capra’s text serves as the foundation on which the others have been built—and its wisdom has stood the test of time. Its publication in more than twenty-three languages stands as testimony to its universal applicability and its enduring significance. This special edition celebrates the thirty-fifth anniversary of this early Shambhala best seller that has gone on to become a true classic. It includes a fresh cover design and a new preface by the author reflecting on further discoveries and developments in the years since the book’s original publication. “Physicists do not need mysticism,” Dr. Capra says, “and mystics do not need physics, but humanity needs both.” It is a message of timeless importance.

Buddhism and Modern Physics, Vol 2

Author : Robert Paul
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781520924960
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (249 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism and Modern Physics, Vol 2 written by Robert Paul and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-25 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the book I investigate distinctions between independent individuality and interactive relationality in physical phenomena. This common topic for modern physics and philosophy of science is explored using current research in those disciplines. Buddhism also focuses on relationships, proposing that independent things do not exist. In the context of physical reality, I take this Buddhist view as a hypothesis and examine it critically. We evaluate it's arguments and find them generally to be problematic when evaluated against modern standards for logic and physics. However, its fundamental principle-emptiness, or shunyata-is still test-worthy. Contrary to many books on Buddhism and science, this one takes a positive view of science. The book begins by defining 'science'. While we discuss, explain and justify many views of science, and present the standard elements of science, physics and physics theories, I argue extensively for one perspective: pluralism in a synthesis of my own design: physics pluralism. I show Buddhist 'emptiness' (shunyata) to be quite consistent physical pluralism. When we test shunyata with physics within that knowledge framework uncovers the relevance, importance, and some truth in the Buddhist relationality ideas. This Volume 1: Non-Technical Summary provides a brief introductory treatment of the topic designed for the general audience. You may read Volume 1 independently from Volume 2: Scholarly Edition. Both volumes provide background and develop concepts from a non-technical and non-specialized starting point. However, this Volume 1 stops there, while in Volume 2 we examine extensive treatments of controversies, complexities and technical details, plus elaborate explanations and examples. Volume 2 contains hundreds of citations and footnotes, while Volume 1 has no footnotes and few citations, although both have complete bibliographies. The series Buddhism and Modern Science will include books that examine links between Buddhism and the life and social sciences, e.g. neuroscience, economics, and geopolitics. For four decades, Robert Alan Paul has studied physics, had a career as a physicist, and both studied and practiced Tibetan Buddhism. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics, and separate master's degrees in philosophy; philosophy of science & mathematics; and physics (abd). He holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in four disciplines: philosophy of science, Western analytic metaphysics, Buddhist philosophy, and physics. His Ph.D. dissertation was the foundation for this book.

Synchronicity, Science and Soul-Making

Author : Victor Mansfield
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780812693041
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Synchronicity, Science and Soul-Making written by Victor Mansfield and published by Open Court Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pioneering analysis of synchronicity was given by Jung, yet despite the concept's momentous significance in Jung's work, and despite the widespread dissemination of the term 'synchronicity' even within pop culture, synchronicity is often badly misconstrued and remains "perhaps the least understood of Jung's theories". Synchronicity, Science, and Soul-Making has already been hailed as the most important analysis of synchronicity since Jung himself.

The Tao of Physics

Author : Fritjof Capra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780553240139
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Tao of Physics written by Fritjof Capra and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies similarities between the concept of a harmonious universe that emerges from the theories of modern physics and the vision of a continuously interactive world conceived by Eastern mystics.

Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics

Author : Vic Mansfield
Publisher : Templeton Foundation Press
ISBN 13 : 1599472325
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics written by Vic Mansfield and published by Templeton Foundation Press. This book was released on 2009-07-27 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics: Toward a Union of Love and Knowledge addresses the complex issues of dialogue and collaboration between Buddhism and science, revealing connections and differences between the two. While assuming no technical background in Buddhism or physics, this book strongly responds to the Dalai Lama’s “heartfelt plea” for genuine collaboration between science and Buddhism. The Dalai Lama has written a foreword to the book and the Office of His Holiness will translate it into both Chinese and Tibetan. In a clear and engaging way, this book shows how the principle of emptiness, the philosophic heart of Tibetan Buddhism, connects intimately to quantum nonlocality and other foundational features of quantum mechanics. Detailed connections between emptiness, modern relativity, and the nature of time are also explored. For Tibetan Buddhists, the profound interconnectedness implied by emptiness demands the practice of universal compassion. Because of the powerful connections between emptiness and modern physics, the book argues that the interconnected worldview of modern physics also encourages universal compassion. Along with these harmonies, the book explores a significant conflict between quantum mechanics and Tibetan Buddhism concerning the role of causality. The book concludes with a response to the question: "How does this expedition through the heart of modern physics and Tibetan Buddhism—from quantum mechanics, relativity, and cosmology, to emptiness, compassion, and disintegratedness—apply to today's painfully polarized world?" Despite differences and questions raised, the book's central message is that there is a solid basis for uniting these worldviews. From this basis, the message of universal compassion can accompany the spread of the scientific worldview, stimulating compassionate action in the light of deep understanding—a true union of love and knowledge. Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics will appeal to a broad audience that includes general readers and undergraduate and graduate students in science and religion courses.

The Quantum and the Lotus

Author : Matthieu Ricard
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307566129
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book The Quantum and the Lotus written by Matthieu Ricard and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthieu Ricard trained as a molecular biologist, working in the lab of a Nobel prize—winning scientist, but when he read some Buddhist philosophy, he became drawn to Buddhism. Eventually he left his life in science to study with Tibetan teachers, and he is now a Buddhist monk and translator for the Dalai Lama, living in the Shechen monastery near Kathmandu in Nepal. Trinh Thuan was born into a Buddhist family in Vietnam but became intrigued by the explosion of discoveries in astronomy during the 1960s. He made his way to the prestigious California Institute of Technology to study with some of the biggest names in the field and is now an acclaimed astrophysicist and specialist on how the galaxies formed. When Matthieu Ricard and Trinh Thuan met at an academic conference in the summer of 1997, they began discussing the many remarkable connections between the teachings of Buddhism and the findings of recent science. That conversation grew into an astonishing correspondence exploring a series of fascinating questions. Did the universe have a beginning? Or is our universe one in a series of infinite universes with no end and no beginning? Is the concept of a beginning of time fundamentally flawed? Might our perception of time in fact be an illusion, a phenomenon created in our brains that has no ultimate reality? Is the stunning fine-tuning of the universe, which has produced just the right conditions for life to evolve, a sign that a “principle of creation” is at work in our world? If such a principle of creation undergirds the workings of the universe, what does that tell us about whether or not there is a divine Creator? How does the radical interpretation of reality offered by quantum physics conform to and yet differ from the Buddhist conception of reality? What is consciousness and how did it evolve? Can consciousness exist apart from a brain generating it? The stimulating journey of discovery the authors traveled in their discussions is re-created beautifully in The Quantum and the Lotus, written in the style of a lively dialogue between friends. Both the fundamental teachings of Buddhism and the discoveries of contemporary science are introduced with great clarity, and the reader will be profoundly impressed by the many correspondences between the two streams of thought and revelation. Through the course of their dialogue, the authors reach a remarkable meeting of minds, ultimately offering a vital new understanding of the many ways in which science and Buddhism confirm and complement each other and of the ways in which, as Matthieu Ricard writes, “knowledge of our spirits and knowledge of the world are mutually enlightening and empowering.”

Buddhism and Modern Physics 2nd Edition Volume 1

Author : Robert Alan Paul
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781701319370
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism and Modern Physics 2nd Edition Volume 1 written by Robert Alan Paul and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-20 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the book I investigate distinctions between independent individuality and interactive relationality in physical phenomena. This common topic for modern physics and philosophy of science is explored using current research in those disciplines. Buddhism also focuses on relationships, proposing that independent things do not exist. In the context of physical reality, I take this Buddhist view as a hypothesis and examine it critically. We evaluate it's arguments and find them generally to be problematic when evaluated against modern standards for logic and physics. However, its fundamental principle--emptiness, or shunyata--is still test-worthy. Contrary to many books on Buddhism and science, this one takes a positive view of science. The book begins by defining 'science'. While we discuss, explain and justify many views of science, and present the standard elements of science, physics and physics theories, I argue extensively for one perspective: pluralism in a synthesis of my own design: physics pluralism. I show Buddhist 'emptiness' (shunyata) to be quite consistent physical pluralism. When we test shunyata with physics within that knowledge framework uncovers the relevance, importance, and some truth in the Buddhist relationality ideas. This Volume 1: Non-Technical Summary provides a brief introductory treatment of the topic designed for the general audience. You may read Volume 1 independently from Volume 2: Scholarly Edition. Both volumes provide background and develop concepts from a non-technical and non-specialized starting point. However, this Volume 1 stops there, while in Volume 2 we examine extensive treatments of controversies, complexities and technical details, plus elaborate explanations and examples. Volume 2 contains hundreds of citations and footnotes, while Volume 1 has no footnotes and few citations, although both have complete bibliographies. The series Buddhism and Modern Science will include books that examine links between Buddhism and the life and social sciences, e.g. neuroscience, economics, and geopolitics.

The Scientific Buddha

Author : Donald S. Lopez
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300159137
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Scientific Buddha written by Donald S. Lopez and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of the Scientific Buddha, "born" in Europe in the 1800s but commonly confused with the Buddha born in India 2,500 years ago. The Scientific Buddha was sent into battle against Christian missionaries, who were proclaiming across Asia that Buddhism was a form of superstition. He proved the missionaries wrong, teaching a dharma that was in harmony with modern science. And his influence continues. Today his teaching of "mindfulness" is heralded as the cure for all manner of maladies, from depression to high blood pressure. In this potent critique, a well-known chronicler of the West's encounter with Buddhism demonstrates how the Scientific Buddha's teachings deviate in crucial ways from those of the far older Buddha of ancient India. Donald Lopez shows that the Western focus on the Scientific Buddha threatens to bleach Buddhism of its vibrancy, complexity, and power, even as the superficial focus on "mindfulness" turns Buddhism into merely the latest self-help movement. The Scientific Buddha has served his purpose, Lopez argues. It is now time for him to pass into nirvana. This is not to say, however, that the teachings of the ancient Buddha must be dismissed as mere cultural artifacts. They continue to present a potent challenge, even to our modern world.