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 H.H The 14th Dalai Lama launched this project in order to integrate modern science subjects into the traditional study program of Tibetan monasteries. Under this project, international teams of scientists train monastics teachers in various scientific fields. The teachings and methods are then passed on to thousands of monastics students.
“It is most important for the traditions of western science and eastern mental development to work together. At some stage people gained the impression that these two traditions are very different and incompatible. In recent years, however, it has become clear that this is not exactly the case. This kind of dialogue is therefore extremely important, as a means of contributing something to future humanity, by enabling each tradition to benefit from the other. So this is one goal, I also think that it is very important for Buddhists to understand the latest scientific findings concerning the nature of mind, the relationship between mind and brain, and the nature of consciousness, these sorts of things, whether consciousness does or does not exist as a discrete entity, for example. So I would like to introduce some of these western explanations to Buddhists in general, and to Tibetan Buddhist in particular.” His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama, 1987
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 17:18 |
NYT[Tuesday, June 30, 2009 18:36] By AMY YEE
 DHARAMSALA, India — Tibetan monks and nuns spend their lives studying the inner world of the mind rather than the physical world of matter. Yet for one month this spring a group of 91 monastics devoted themselves to the corporeal realm of science.
Instead of delving into Buddhist texts on karma and emptiness, they learned about Galileo’s law of accelerated motion, chromosomes, neurons and the Big Bang, among other far-ranging topics.
Many in the group, whose ages ranged from the 20s to 40s, had never learned science and math. In Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and nunneries, the curriculum has remained unchanged for centuries.
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Sunday, 31 May 2009 05:51 |
 The 1st Science for Monks Exhibition is an undertaking of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA) and is part of several events this year commemorating 50 years of Tibetan Government and people in exile. The interactive exhibition focuses on topics of common interest to both Buddhism and science and are presented by monks that participate in both the Emory Tibet Science Initiative and the Sager Science Leadership for Monks. Venue: CTA Staff Mess, Dates: June 22-24, 2009 |
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Saturday, 18 April 2009 11:11 |
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Bon Monastery, Solan. May 4-15,2009. Science Leadership Institute - III at Menri Monastery in Solan, India. This meeting of the monk leaders in science education will emphasize study group learning and continue instruction on modern scientific cosmology. Activities and lectures on cosmology will be instructed by Chris Impey, Ph.D. (Distinguished Professor, University of Arizona). |
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Dharamsala, India. April 6–10, 2009. Attention, Memory and the Mind: A Synergy of Psychological, Neuroscientific, and Contemplative Perspectives with His Holiness The Dalai Lama Beginning in the twentieth century, science has become the dominant paradigm for understanding the natural world by way of objective, quantitative measurements, using the instruments of technology. The integration of scientific knowledge and technology has vastly contributed to our understanding of the physical world and to improving the human standard of living. Furthermore, over a much longer time period spanning the past 2,500 years, Buddhism has emerged in multiple cultures throughout Asia as the dominant paradigm for understanding the natural world by way of subjective, qualitative observations by way of highly |
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