The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality (Audiobook) - Dalai Lama

The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality

(Audiobook) - Dalai Lama

Read by Richard Gere | Unabridged | mp3 | 96kbpss | 252 Mb | 6 hrs | ISBN: 0739322656

Publisher: RH Audio | Unabridged edition (September 13, 2005)

Gallileo, Copernicus, Newton, Niels Bohr, Einstein. Their insights shook our perception of who we

are and where we stand in the world and in their wake have left an uneasy co-existence: science

vs. religion, faith vs. empirical enquiry. Which is the keeper of truth? Which is the true path to

understanding reality?


After forty years of study with some of the greatest scientific minds as well as a lifetime of

meditative, spiritual and philosophical study, the Dalai Lama presents a brilliant analysis of why

both disciplines must be pursued in order to arrive at a complete picture of the truth. Science

shows us ways of interpreting the physical world, while spirituality helps us cope with reality.

But the extreme of either is impoverishing. The belief that all is reducible to matter and energy

leaves out a huge range of human experience: emotions, yearnings, compassion, culture. At the

same time, holding unexamined spiritual beliefs-beliefs that are contradicted by evidence, logic,

and experience-can lock us into fundamentalist cages.



Through an examination of Darwinism and karma, quantum mechanics and philosophical insight

into the nature of reality, neurobiology and the study of consciousness, the Dalai Lama draws

significant parallels between contemplative and scientific examination of reality. "I believe that

spirituality and science are complementary but different investigative approaches with the same

goal of seeking the truth," His Holiness writes. "In this, there is much each may learn from the

other, and together they may contribute to expanding the horizon of human knowledge and

wisdom."



This breathtakingly personal examination is a tribute to the Dalai Lama's teachers-both of

science and spirituality. The legacy of this book is a vision of the world in which our different

approaches to understanding ourselves, our universe and one another can be brought together in

the service of humanity.




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