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Friday, March 27, 2009

Talking Up Enlightenment

Neuroscientists hear -- and applaud -- the Dalai Lama

Many years ago a curious boy looked through a telescope and, on seeing the shadows in the craters of the moon, realized that he had to make a choice. His religion taught him to respect the moon as a generator of light, but science taught him that the moon reflected the sun’s rays. The subtle clarification offered by science ultimately trumped the Buddhist interpretation for Tenzin Gyatso, the current Dalai Lama. (More)

Source: Scientic American

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