[MD] sideways drifting

[Margaret Warren]

marsha,

This isn't a book (yet). But it's a retreat by Thich Nhat Hahn
(Zen Master Buddhist monk - noted for being nominated for a Nobel Peace
Prize 
by MLK Jr.) He has authored a lot of books - "Peace is in Every Step" and
others...

http://www.plumvillage.org/retreats/SpecialRetreats/ScientistRetreat_2006.ht
m

I REALLY want to go to this retreat...but I don’t know if I can come up with
the
money.

The retreat is a get together for both scientists in the fields of
neuroscience and
cognition as well as Buddhist monks. It is a seven day mindfulness retreat
to learn about our own minds using Buddhist teachings and recent scientific
findings.

It is open to the public and there will be presentations all throughout the
week on this topic. The info on this link makes the agenda more clear. I
mentioned this retreat here once on this MOQ list before a few months back. 

mm


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Greetings,

A few weeks ago I heard an interview of Joel Primack and Nancy Abrams 
concerning their new book, 'The View from the Center of the 
Universe'.  The interview was presented as "A world-renowned 
cosmologist and an innovative writer of the history and philosophy of 
science present a new, scientifically supported understanding of the 
universe, one that profoundly changes our relationship to the cosmos."

I interpreted what they were saying as we humans are still living 
with a cosmology based on the Newtonian model of the Universe, and it 
is time for something better based on modern scientifically-tested 
discoveries.  Of course I ordered the book.  I ordered it because 
they also stated during the interview, and I also found it written in 
the book,  "To meet that challenge,... If this new picture can 
inspire the writers, artists, and open-minded thinkers who are the 
real meaning-makers and visionaries of our time, it is possible that 
the painful centuries-long hiatus in human connection with the 
universe will end."  As someone who paints, this is a subject I've 
thought about for many years in relationship to the MOQ.

But here's my question.  This book is based upon a history of Western 
cosmology (For example, I could find in the book no reference to 
Buddhism.) and it's relationship with science.  Does anyone know of a 
book relating the Buddhist philosophy specifically to modern 
scientific discoveries?  It seems to me that in a global world, to 
explore only Western thought is lacking. Or would all such discussion 
from a Buddhist point-of-view be meaningless because it could only be 
a discussion built on conventional truth?

Sometimes (not always) it seems that painting is the raft on which I 
do my sideways drifting.

Marsha



  

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