Mind and Life: Discussions with the Dalai Lama on the Nature of Reality

This new book covers fundamental questions about reality and consciousness. It has actually been reviewed recently in Nature, which is a very prestigious scientific journal .

Mind and Life Institute:
"We are pleased to announce the publication of a new book that captures the rich exchange between scientists and Buddhist contemplatives during a Mind and Life Institute Dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. When a group of noted scientists including Nobel physicist Steven Chu and biologist Eric Lander discussed the nature of matter, life and everything from particle physics to the evolution and nature of consciousness with the Dalai Lama at his home in Dharamsala, their dialogue was recorded for posterity.

The book that grew out of this meeting of minds is Mind and Life: Discussions with the Dalai Lama on the Nature of Reality by Pier Luigi Luisi and Zara Houshmand. Recently released by Columbia University Press, the book has already received an appreciative review by the journal Nature, which notes that Luisi, 'does a fine job of capturing the ebb and flow of debate and the delicate dynamics of cross-cultural interaction ... The book is stimulating whatever your field of expertise, because it is likely to offer a way of looking at the world that you had not tried.'

You can read the book review in Nature at: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7219/full/456170a.html

The book can be ordered through your favorite bookseller, or online through Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Life-Discussions-Columbia-Religion/dp/0231145500/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227553287&sr=1-1

Please join us in offering our warmest congratulations to Pier Luigi Luisi and Zara Houshmand for their fine work."