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Meditating on consciousness

Michael Bond1

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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 REVIEWEDBuddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed

by Donald S. Lopez

University of Chicago Press: 2008. 280 pp. $25, £13

BOOK REVIEWEDMind 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.