Explained Chu, who was jointly awarded the Nobel in 1997 for his work with bio-molecules: ‘‘As scientists, I think our sight often becomes too narrow and we are unable to touch the broader humanistic issues that concern us all. This is what brought me here.’’ Agreed Lander: ‘‘ Science is posing ethical questions today that need to be answered urgently... For me, this conference is really about posing those questions to Buddhism and looking at the reactions." -------------
Buddhism's dialogue with science
SWATI CHOPRA
TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ SUNDAY, OCTOBER 06, 2002 11:13:07 PM ]
DHARAMSALA: Even as the Indian media could not keep its eyes off Hollywood celebrities Goldie Hawn and Richard Gere attending Mind and Life X, the crucial exchange between modern science and Buddhism, concluded at the Dalai Lama’s residence in Dharamsala.
Over five days, Nobel laureate physicist Steven Chu, leader of the human genome project Eric Lander, chemist Luigi Luisi, geneticist Ursula Goodenough, physicist Arthur Zajonc and biophysicist Michel Bitbol discussed the nature of matter and life with Buddhist monks led by the Dalai Lama.
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