Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics: Toward a Union of Love and Knowledge by Vic Mansfield, Dalai Lama (Introduction)

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Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics: Toward a Union of Love and Knowledge assumes no technical background in Buddhism or physics as it clearly and engagingly addresses the complex issues of dialogue and collaboration between Buddhism and science, revealing connections and differences between the two. It strongly responds to the Dalai Lama's "heartfelt plea" for genuine collaboration between science and Buddhism.

Author Vic Mansfield provides an expedition through the heart of modern physics and Tibetan Buddhism-from quantum mechanics, relativity, and comology to emptiness, compassion, and distintegratedness. Powerful connections are shown to exist between the Tibetan Buddhism principle of emptiness and modern quantum physics, modern relativity, and the nature of time. Along with these harmonies, a significant conflict concerning the role of causality is explored.

This book concludes by responding to the question: "How does this expedition through the heart of modern physics and Tibetan Buddhism apply to today's painfully polarized world?" Despite the subjects' differences and the questions raised in this book, Mansfield argues that when the message of universal compassion accompanies the spread of the scientific worldview, there will be compassionate action in the light of deep understanding-a true union of love and knowledge.

About the Author:
Vic Mansfield is a professor of physics and astronomy at Colgate University

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