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Nature 456, 170-171 (13 November 2008) | doi:10.1038/456170a; Published online 12 November 2008
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Meditating on consciousness
Michael Bond1
Abstract
Two books exploring the relationship between Buddhism and science reveal surprising synergies — and hint that insights into the brain may come from studying the religion's practices, finds Michael Bond.
BOOK REVIEWED-Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed
by Donald S. Lopez
University of Chicago Press: 2008. 280 pp. $25, £13
BOOK REVIEWED-Mind and Life: Discussions with the Dalai Lama on the Nature of Reality
by Pier Luigi Luisi & Zara Houshmand
Columbia University Press: 2008. 232 pp. $24.95, £14.95
In the troubled relationship between science and religion, Buddhism represents something of a singularity, in which the usual rules do not apply. Sharing quests for the big truths about the Universe and the human condition, science and Buddhism seem strangely compatible.
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