Science

[Clarification of His Holiness' answers by Dr. Berzin are included within square brackets.] Relation between Westerners and Kalachakra Dr. Berzin: Do Westerners have a special relation with Kalachakra? His Holiness: I wonder, do they really have one? In general, the...

Is There a Common-Denominator Temporal Interval? The Gelug Prasangika Position  We were speaking about the issue of a common denominator. Is there an actual temporal interval, somehow like a blank screen, that’s the basis for labeling by different persons with many different...

Review We have been talking about the meaning of the word “tantra” to get a general introductory picture of it. We saw that there are two meanings – one is the “warp of a loom” upon which all the threads of the themes of practice from sutra are interwoven as the different...

Introduction Given the above analysis of the three times and what the omniscient awareness of a Buddha cognizes when validly cognizing the three times, several questions arise concerning the relation between this analysis and the modern theories of quantum mechanics. In order...

Everyone has the Buddha-nature factors that will enable them to reach enlightenment and become a Buddha.

A comparative overview of the Buddhist point of view of time, referring to the interval that can be measured on a continuum between a cause and an effect, and the relativistic point of view in current Western science.

A Q&A with Dr. Berzin and his students about the relationship between Buddhism and science, with specific examples of points that they share in common.

His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: Tenzin Gyatso, the simple Buddhist monk, and the man who is now one of the world’s most popular public figures.

The Dalai Lama talks about the meeting points between the East and the West, which aren’t for religious reasons, but simply for the exchange of knowledge about the science of mind.

A short introduction to the mind and mental activity in Buddhism.