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Buddhism and Science: Probing the Boundaries of Faith and Reason
Dr. Martin J. VerhoevenWhat Buddhism Offers Science
H.H. the 14th Dalai LamaToward a Buddhist Philosophy of Science
Jim KukulaBuddhism, The only real science
Ajahn BrahmavamsoFuture Directions in Study of Buddhism and Science
Bhikkhu P.A. PayuttoBuddhism Meets Western Science: A dialogue on the mind and consciousness
Gay WatsonBuddhism and the Brain
Derek EllermanA Dhammic Pedagogy: True Religion and True Science
Jonathan WattsDharma, Dogma and DNA
Jose Reissig
Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground
B. Alan Wallace (editor) (Columbia University Press - 2003)
B. Alan. Wallace (Columbia University Press - 2006)
H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama (Morgan Road Books - 2005)
Christopher deCharms (Snow Lion - 1997)
H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama (Snow Lion- 1999)
P.A. Payutto (Buddhadamma Foundation)
Mind and Life Institute
Establishing a mutually respectful working collaboration and research partnerships between modern science and Buddhism and promoting the creation of a contemplative, compassionate, and rigorous experimental and experiential science of the mind which could guide and inform medicine, neuroscience, psychology, education and human development.
With its focus on the nature of mind and its implications for the concept of reality, Buddhism offers explanations for metaphysical issues within psychology and studies of consciousness. Some popular conceptions of Buddhism connect it to discourse regarding evolution, quantum theory, and cosmology, though most scientists see a separation between the religious and metaphysical statements of Buddhism and the methodology of science. Nevertheless, commonalities have been cited between scientific investigation and Buddhist thought. The Dalai Lama in a speech at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience listed a "suspicion of absolutes" and a reliance on causality and empiricism as common philosophical principles shared between Buddhism and science. As both Buddhism and science are open to criticism from within, there is some disagreement over whether one is being badly influenced by the other. (Wikipedia)