Tenzin Gyatzo, His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, is the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and is both the temporal and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. The Dalai Lama travels the world speaking on peace and interreligious understanding, giving Buddhist teachings, and meeting with political leaders as he works tirelessly on behalf of the Tibetan people. He resides in Dharamsala, India, and is the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
“The Dalai Lama lost spiritual leadership in his own country, but
now exercises it around the world. Like all good teachers, he comes
to learn. He found that what Buddhism lacked in his country
was a fruitful interchange with reason and modern science. Here he
fosters that exchange, at a time when some Christians have turned
their backs on science and the Enlightenment. We are losing what he
has gained.”
—Garry Wills, author of Why I Am a Catholic
“With disarming honesty, humility, and respect, His Holiness the
Dalai Lama has explored the relationship between religion and
science and suggested the way in which they can affirm and qualify
each other’s insights. By juxtaposing traditional Buddhist teaching
with the discoveries of modern physics and biology, he infuses the
debate about such contentious issues as the origins of the
universe, the nature of human consciousness, the evolution of
species and genetic engineering with intimations of profound
spirituality and shows how these questions can further our search
for ultimate meaning. But above all, his gentle but insistent call
for compassion is desperately needed in our torn and conflicted
world.”
—Karen Armstrong, author of A HIstory of God and The Spiral
Staircase
"The Dalai Lama lost spiritual leadership in his own country, but
now exercises it around the world. Like all good teachers, he comes
to learn. He found that what Buddhism lacked in his country was a
fruitful interchange with reason and modern science. Here he
fosters that exchange, at a time when some Christians have turned
their backs on science and the Enlightenment. We are losing what he
has gained."
-Garry Wills, author of Why I Am a Catholic
"With disarming honesty, humility, and respect, His Holiness the
Dalai Lama has explored the relationship between religion and
science and suggested the way in which they can affirm and qualify
each other's insights. By juxtaposing traditional Buddhist teaching
with the discoveries of modern physics and biology, he infuses the
debate about such contentious issues as the origins of the
universe, the nature of human consciousness, the evolution of
species and genetic engineering with intimations of profound
spirituality and shows how these questions can further our search
for ultimate meaning. But above all, his gentle but insistent call
for compassion is desperately needed in our torn and conflicted
world."
-Karen Armstrong, author of A HIstory of God and The
Spiral Staircase
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