Buddhism and Science_ Breaking New Ground

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List of Contributors ; Preface ; Introduction: Buddhism and Science—Breaking Down the Barriers B. ALAN WALLACE ; Part 1 Historical Context ; Buddhism and Science: On the Nature of the Dialogue JOSÉ IGNACIO CABEZÓN ; Science As an Ally or a Rival Philosophy? Tibetan Buddhist Thinkers’ Engagement with Modern Science THUPTEN JINPA ; Part 2 Buddhism and the Cognitive Sciences ; Understanding and Transforming the Mind HIS HOLINESS THE XIV DALAI LAMA ; The Concepts “Self,”“Person,”and “I”in Western Psychology and in Buddhism DAVID GALIN ; Common Ground,Common Cause: Buddhism and Science on the Afflictions of Identity WILLIAM S. WALDRON ; Imagining: Embodiment,Phenomenology,and Transformation FRANCISCO J. VARELA AND NATALIE DEPRAZ ; Lucid Dreaming and the Yoga of the Dream State:A Psychophysiological Perspective STEPHEN LABERGE ; On the Relevance of a Contemplative Science MATTHIEU RICARD ; Part 3 Buddhism and the Physical Sciences ; Emptiness and Quantum Theory WILLIAM L. AMES ; Time and Impermanence in Middle Way Buddhism and Modern Physics VICTOR MANSFIELD ; A Cure for Metaphysical Illusions: Kant,Quantum Mechanics,and Madhyamaka MICHEL BITBOL ; Emptiness and Relativity DAVID RITZ FINKELSTEIN ; Encounters Between Buddhist and Quantum Epistemologies ANTON ZEILINGER ; Conclusion: Life As a Laboratory PIET HUT ; Appendix:A History of the Mind and Life Institute ; Index ;