Publisher's Synopsis
The Dalai Lama has had a long-standing interest in establishing a dialogue between Western science and Buddhist psychology. This book chronicles a week-long series of meetings between prominent Western scientists and the Dalai Lama that took place in 1987 to discuss what the two traditions could learn from each other. Topics discussed ranged from the mind, the brain, the self, perception, memory, evolution, artificial intelligence and sources of knowledge in Western science and Buddhism.;The book conveys the lively flavour of these discussions and demonstrates the insight and interest of the Dalai Lama in the sciences and the extent to which Tibetan Buddhism can contribute to modern research on the mind. It also provides a simple introduction to key themes in cognitive science.
