Dependent Origination in Buddhism and Science - Alan Wallace

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Dependent Origination in Buddhism and Science - Alan Wallace

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The Jefferson Tibetan Society of Charlottesville, VA was pleased to sponsor, organize and host a Public Lecture by Dr. Alan Wallace on December 8, 2006.

Dependent Origination in Buddhism and Science

The pluralistic and naturalistic perspective of Buddhism offers an alternative to the false absolutes that appear in the idols of religion and science. The Buddhist principle of dependent origination, specifically as it is expressed in the "Middle Way" view, advocates a kind of universal relativity. This includes the relativity of the mode of perception and perceived objects, and the relativity of the mode of conception and conceived objects. These themes find parallels in the writings of some of the greatest physicists of the 20th century. Werner Heisenberg, for example, wrote "What we observe is not nature in itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning." And Albert Einstein declared, "On Principle, it is quite wrong to try founding a theory on observable magnitudes alone. In reality the very opposite happens. It is the theory which decides what we can observe." In this lecture Dr. Alan Wallace will discuss Western and Buddhist approaches to relativity that avoid the philosophical extremes of substantialism and nihilism.

The Jefferson Tibetan Society's primary function is to provide teaching and meditation practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, as exemplified by His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings. See http://avenue.org/jts/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; for more information.
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Look at the unfathomable spinelessness of man: all the means he's been given to stay alert he uses, in the end, to ornament his sleep. – Rene Daumal
the modern mind has become so limited and single-visioned that it has lost touch with normal perception - John Michell
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