conversations with the Dalai Lama on brain science and Buddhism /
edited by Zara Houshmand, Robert B. Livingston, and B. Alan Wallace ; with contributions by Patricia Smith Churchland [and others] ; translations by Thubten Jinpa and B. Alan Wallace ; with an afterword by B. Alan Wallace.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-183).
Organized by the Mind and Life Institute, this discussion addresses some of the most troublesome questions that have driven a wedge between Western science and religion. Consciousness at the Crossroads resulted from meetings of the Dalai Lama and a group of eminent neuroscientists and psychiatrists. Is the mind an ephemeral side-effect of the brain's physical processes? Are there forms of consciousness so subtle that science has not yet identified them? How does consciousness happen? The Dalai Lama's incisive, clear approach and open-minded pursuit of knowledge both challenges and offers inspiration to Western scientists.