is more in touch with reality than many world religious leaders. According to this article in the (granted, usually appalling) New York Sun, the Dalai Lama, who writes in the prologue of his latest book, “The Universe in a Single Atom” (Morgan Road Books, $24.95): “My confidence in venturing into science lies in my basic belief that as in science so in Buddhism, understanding the nature of reality is pursued by means of critical investigation: if scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.”
Residents of Kansas, are you listening?
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Wow! A world religious leader that has a shred of respect for science! I didn’t think there were any of those. Most are too afraid to go outside for fear of invisible people who live in the sky.
Thanks for telling me about this book it sounds like a must-read.
And the Dalai Lama…I knew I liked that guy.
Hi Drone, I haven’t read the book yet either, but I am very impressed.
Thanks for your comments!
Finally. A religious head with an actual brain.
You have to give respect to a leader with an open mind.
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