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

235 Pages·2010·3.8 MB·English

by  Pier Luigi Luisi (Author)

Mind and Life

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Mind and Life

DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DALAI LAMA
ON THE NATURE OF REALITY

PIER LUIGI LUISI
ZARA HOUSHMAND
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Luisi, P. L.

Mind and life : discussions with the Dalai Lama on the nature of reality / Pier Luigi Luisi with the
assistance of Zara Houshmand.

p. cm. — (The Columbia series in science and religion)
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-231-14550-3 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-231-14551-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Matter—Religious aspects—Buddhism. 2. Life—Religious aspects—Buddhism. 3. Biology—Religious
aspects—Buddhism. 4. Philosophy, Buddhist. I. Houshmand, Zara. II. Title. III. Series.

BQ4570.M37L85 2009

294.3’3657—dc22

2008006773

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Dedicated to the memory of Francisco Varela

From a previous Mind and Life meeting: His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeting
the late Francisco Varela, to whom this book is dedicated.