Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mind, Mindfulness, and the Nature of Reality. An illuminating record of dialogues between the Dalai Lama and some
of today’s most prominent scientists, philosophers, and contemplatives.
In 2013, during a historic six-day meeting at a Tibetan monastery in
southern India, the Dalai Lama gathered with leading scientists,
philosophers, and monks for in-depth discussions on the nature of
reality, consciousness, and the human mind. This eye-opening book
presents a record of those spirited and wide-ranging dialogues,
featuring contributions from prominent scholars like Richard Davidson,
Matthieu Ricard, Tania Singer, and Arthur Zajonc as they address such
questions as: Does nature have a nature? Do you need a brain to be
conscious? Can we change our minds and brains through meditation?
Throughout, the contributors explore the exciting and sometimes
surprising commonalities between Western scientific and Tibetan Buddhist
methods of perceiving, investigating, and knowing. Part history, part
state-of-the-field, part inspiration for the future, this book
rigorously and accessibly explores what these two investigative
traditions can teach each other, and what that can tell us about
ourselves and the world.
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