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Gallileo, 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 co-existence: science vs. religion, faith vs. empirical enquiry. Which is
...(more) 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 philosophical study, the Dalai Lama presents a brilliant analysis of why both disciplines must be pursued in order to arrive at a complete picture of the truth. Science shows us ways of interpreting the physical world, while spirituality helps us cope with reality. But the extreme of either is impoverishing. The belief that all is reducible to matter and energy leaves out a huge range of human experience: emotions, yearnings, compassion, culture. At the same time, holding unexamined spiritual beliefs(less)
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This was the first book I read by the Dalai Lama, I am currently reading Ethics for the new millenium and looking for more!
Prior to reading this book I had read books on different religions and began to find Buddhism very interesting. Since then I have been trying to read as much as I can about buddhism.
This book opened my eyes to the world of buddhism and that it is not so much a religion as a way of life and even related to science. This book ties together modern science and buddhism and really makes you feel that buddhism is whats missing in todays modern, high paced world.
I highly reccomend this to anyway who has any interest in religion or more importantly science…a book that everyone should read.