The Universe in A Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality by Dalai Lama XIV
The Universe in A Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality by Dalai Lama XIV
The Universe in A Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality by Dalai Lama XIV
Description:
Galileo, Copernicus, Newton, Niels Bohr, Einstein. Their insights shook our perception of who we
are and where we stand in the world, and in their wake have left an uneasy coexistence: science
vs. religion, faith vs. empirical inquiry. Which is the keeper of truth? Which is the true path to
understanding reality?
After forty years of study with some of the greatest scientific minds, as well as a lifetime of
meditative, spiritual, and philosophic study, the Dalai Lama presents a brilliant analysis of why all
avenues of inquiryscientific as well as spiritualmust be pursued in order to arrive at a
complete picture of the truth. Through an examination of Darwinism and karma, quantum
mechanics and philosophical insight into the nature of reality, neurobiology and the study of
consciousness, the Dalai Lama draws significant parallels between contemplative and scientific
examinations of reality.
About Author:
Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (born Lhamo Dndrub), the 14th Dalai
Lama, is a practicing member of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism and is influential as a
Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the world's most famous Buddhist monk, and the leader of the exiled
Tibetan government in India.
Tenzin Gyatso was the fifth of sixteen children born to a farming family. He was proclaimed the
tulku (an Enlightened lama who has consciously decided to take rebirth) of the 13th Dalai Lama at
the age of two.
On 17 November 1950, at the age of 15, he was enthroned as Tibet's ruler. Thus he became
Tibet's most important political ruler just one month after the People's Republic of China's invasion
of Tibet on 7 October 1950. In 1954, he went to Beijing to attempt peace talks with Mao Zedong
and other leaders of the PRC. These talks ultimately failed.
After a failed uprising and the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, the Dalai
Lama left for India, where he was active in establishing the Central Tibetan Administration (the
Tibetan Government in Exile) and in seeking to preserve Tibetan culture and education among the
thousands of refugees who accompanied him.
Tenzin Gyatso is a charismatic figure and noted public speaker. This Dalai Lama is the first to
travel to the West. There, he has helped to spread Buddhism and to promote the concepts of
universal responsibility, secular ethics, and religious harmony.
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, honorary Canadian citizenship in 2006, and the
United States Congressional Gold Medal on 17 October 2007.
Other Editions:
- The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality (Hardcover)
- The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality (Kindle Edition)
- Buddhism And Science
- The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality (Audio CD)
Books By Author:
- The Art of Happiness
- The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and
Buddhism Meet
- The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life
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