Thinking Beyond Materialism : A Contemplative Manifesto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lama, H. H. the Dalai.

Series:

SUNY Series, Perspectives in Contemplative Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-.

Science and spiritualism.

Consciousness.

Local Subjects:

Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2026.

Summary:

Draws on the revolutionary discoveries of modern physics to reveal a universe built on experience and relationship, offering a new foundation for an ethical and spiritual life.For centuries, science and spirituality have been viewed as irreconcilable.For the physicist Arthur Zajonc, this conflict is based on a profound misunderstanding.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 Science and the Transcendent

Science in Dialogue

Three Strands in Early Modern Science

Unweaving a Rainbow

Perversions of Science and Religion

Religions' Critics

Separate but Equal

The Dangers of Border Crossing

Beyond Independence to Dialogue and Integration

Science and the Contemplative

Embracing the Undivided Life

Cognitively Oriented, Contemplative Spirituality

Chapter 2 From Moral Law to Quantum Mechanics

Order by Edict

The Geometry of the Heavens

Kepler: A Watershed Figure

Dawn of the Mechanical Philosophy

A New Dawn

Chapter 3 In Search of an Enduring Reality

Four Turns

Mistaking Theory for Fact

Facts as Theory

In Pursuit of Objectivity

Spatial and Temporal Dissection

Science Oversimplified

The Problem of Size

Issues Arising from Relativity

Commonplace Matter and Mechanism

Turning Reality Inside Out

Wheeler's Participatory Universe

Mathematical Models

Seeking a Viable Alternative

Chapter 4 Implications of Relativity

The Beginnings of Relativity Theory

The Idea of "Now"

Setting the Stage: The Mechanical Philosophy

The Germ of Relativity

Two Types of Theory

Harmonizing the Two Postulates

Relativity of Simultaneity

Length Contraction and Time Dilation

Chapter 5 Coincidence of Opposites

The Many "Nows" of Relativity Theory

Time Slowing Down

Invariance: Finding our New Footing

A Relational Approach

A Participatory Universe

Chapter 6 Matter as Experience

The Perennial Question Concerning Matter

Experiencing Matter

Natural Minima and Emergence

Chapter 7 Matter as Idea

Matter and Mechanism

Of Idols and Abstractions

"Mass Without Mass"

In Pursuit of Perfection

Identity

Indistinguishability.

The Archetypal Quantum Device

Quantum Contextuality

Chapter 8 Relational Reality

Types of Matter

Matter in Quantum Field Theory

Where the Ideal Becomes Real

Existential Ambiguity

Entanglement

The Beautiful if Strange World of the Quantum

Many-Pointed Attention

Relational Properties

Finding Meaning

Learning to See

The Centrist Buddhist View of Reality

Chapter 9 Science of the Soul

William James and the Varieties

False Starts

Inner Empiricism

Mental Cognition as a Sixth Sense

Inner Rationality

Finding Meaning in the Math

Awakened Universe

Five Turns

Chapter 10 Embracing Ambiguity

An Epistemological Challenge

Cultivating Contemplative Insight

Transformative Knowing

Polarity in Knowing

Taking Science into New Territory

Extending the Anthropic Principle

Present Under the Form of Absence

From the Temptation of Certainty to the Ultimate Turn

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

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Print version: Lama, H. H. the Dalai Thinking Beyond Materialism

ISBN:

9798855808070

OCLC:

1597390017