"This extensively researched and illustrated volume offers Western readers a rare introduction to Buddhism's complex and fascinating views about the structure of the universe. The book begins by clearly explaining classical cosmology, with its symmetrical, India-centered univers…
"This extensively researched and illustrated volume offers Western readers a rare introduction to Buddhism's complex and fascinating views about the structure of the universe. The book begins by clearly explaining classical cosmology, with its symmetrical, India-centered univers…
On voidness: study on Buddhist Nihilism
by Tola, Fernando, Dragonetti, Carmen, Āryadeva, Nāgārjuna
With translation on the concept of Śūnyata or voidness according to Mādhyamika School of Buddhism.
Mind and life: discussions with the Dalai Lama on the nature of …
by Bstan-vdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, Wallace, B. Alan, Ricard, Matthieu, Thub-bstan-sbyin-pa, Luisi, Pier Luigi, Houshmand, Zara, Lander, Eric S., Zajonc, Arthur, Bitbo, Michael, Chu, Steven, Goodenough, Ursula
fromThe Columbia series in science and religion
East meets West in a lively debate concerning ethics, consciousness and the relationship between Buddhism and science. Members of the Mind and Life Institute meet regularly to discuss the intersection between science and spirit. This book relates some of the issues the group has…
For over a decade, a small group of scientists and philosophers--members of the Mind and Life Institute--have met regularly to explore the intersection between science and the spirit. At one of these meetings, the themes discussed were both fundamental and profound: can physics,…
For over a decade, a small group of scientists and philosophers-members of the Mind and Life Institute-have met regularly to explore the intersection between science and the spirit. At one of these meetings, the themes discussed were both fundamental and profound: can physics, c…
Reason's Traces addresses some of the key questions in the study of Indian and Buddhist thought: the analysis of personal identity and of ultimate reality, the interpretation of Tantric texts and traditions, and Tibetan approaches to the interpretation of Indian sources. Drawing…