Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics
 

Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics: Toward a Union of Love and Knowledge was published in February of 2008 by the Templeton Foundation Press.  Chapters 2 and 4 from this book can be found on this website along with my other papers.  (Note the link to "Papers" in the left navigation column.)  You can also read the introduction to the book by His Holiness the Dalai Lama by clicking here.   Read the catalog description for my book by clicking here.   Get good discounts direct from the publisher or from Amazon.com.  Users of Amazon in Canada can find the book here.

Table of Contents

      Introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Acknowledgements                                                                                  i

1. What are Buddhism and science? Why is a dialogue needed?        1

2. Quantum Mechanics & Compassion: Parallels & Problems        24

3. An Introduction to Middle Way Emptiness                                    40

4. The Physics of Peace. Quantum Nonlocality and Emptiness         56

5. A Quantum Mechanical Challenge to Tibetan Buddhism             86

6. Relativity and the Arrow of Time                                                   115

7. Toward the Union of Love and Knowledge                                    133

Presenting an inscribed copy of my book to the Dalai Lama at Colgate University on 4/23/08.