Is Buddhism “Muddying the Waters” of Science?
#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) First, I attended the press conference with His Holiness the Dalai Lama yesterday and will be writing about it over the weekend. I’m sorry to say that I didn’t get to ask a question. There was not a lot of question time, and the individual running the press conference chose to call on reporters from no-name outfits like the Associated Press and Reuters. While I’m collecting my thoughts, here’s something else to read — at The Guardian, Ed Halliwell writes that Professor Richard Davidson of the University of Wisconsin is being criticized for mixing religion and science. Davidson has been investigating how meditation affects the brain. His Holiness the Dalai Lama has supported Dr. Davidson’s work, visited his laboratory, and sent some of his most accom
