Mind and Life: Discussions with the Dalai Lama on the Nature of Reality PDF
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Mind and Life Columbia Series in Science and Religion The Columbia Series in Science and Religion The Columbia Series in Science and Religion is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Science and Religion (CSSR) at Columbia University. It is a forum for the examination of issues that lie at the boundary of these two complementary ways of comprehending the world and our place in it. By examining the intersections between one or more of the sciences and one or more religions, the CSSR hopes to stimulate dialogue and encourage understanding. Robert Pollack, The Faith of Biology and the Biology of Faith B. Alan Wallace, ed., Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground Lisa Sideris, Environmental Ethics, Ecological Theory, and Natural Selection: Suffering and Responsibility Wayne Proudfoot, ed., William James and a Science of Religions: Reexperiencing the Varieties of Religious Experience Mortimer Ostow, Spirit, Mind, and Brain: A Psychoanalytic Examination of Spirituality and Religion B. Alan Wallace, Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge Philip Clayton and Jim Schaal, editors, Practicing Science, Living Faith: Interviews with Twelve Scientists B. Alan Wallace, Hidden Dimensions: The Unification of Physics and Consciousness Mind and Life DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DALAI LAMA ON THE NATURE OF REALITY PIER LUIGI LUISI ZARA HOUSHMAND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF Columbia University Press New York Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex cup.columbia.edu Copyright © 2009 Mind and Life Institute Paperback edition, 2011 All rights reserved E-ISBN 978-0-231-52970-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Luisi, P. L. Mind and life : discussions with the Dalai Lama on the nature of reality / Pier Luigi Luisi with the assistance of Zara Houshmand. p. cm. — (The Columbia series in science and religion) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-231-14550-3 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-231-14551-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Matter—Religious aspects—Buddhism. 2. Life—Religious aspects—Buddhism. 3. Biology—Religious aspects—Buddhism. 4. Philosophy, Buddhist. I. Houshmand, Zara. II. Title. III. Series. BQ4570.M37L85 2009 294.3’3657—dc22 2008006773 A Columbia University Press E-book. CUP would be pleased to hear about your reading experience with this e-book at [email protected]. References to Internet Web sites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the author nor Columbia University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. Dedicated to the memory of Francisco Varela From a previous Mind and Life meeting: His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeting the late Francisco Varela, to whom this book is dedicated.
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