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Tibetan Buddhism & modern physics : toward a union of love and knowledge / Vic Mansfield ; with a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mansfield, Victor, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physics--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
- Physics.
- Quantum theory--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
- Quantum theory.
- Buddhism and science.
- Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--Doctrines.
- Buddhism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 180 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Templeton Foundation Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 show
- Contents:
- What are Buddhism and science and why a dialogue?
- Quantum mechanics and compassion: parallels and problems
- An introduction to Middle Way emptiness
- The physics of peace: quantum nonlocality and emptiness
- A quantum mechanical challenge to Tibetan Buddhism
- Relativity and the arrow of time
- Toward the union of love and knowledge.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-26040-9
- 9786613260406
- 1-59947-232-5
- OCLC:
- 727649262
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