The universe in a single atom according to the Dalai Lama - The Dalai Lama on science and religion

The recent book of the Dalai Lama constitutes an original form of memories in which, based on his personal encounters with an interminable number of top rank scientists, he reflects on the image of the universe, on life and on man in science from the point of view of the Buddhist religion. The Dalai Lama offers us his point of view evaluating the great progress of science, and showing us the frequent coincidences with Buddhist doctrine and also the points of disagreement. Science and Buddhism can illuminate each other in order to re-orientate knowledge of reality which is progressively more profound. As regards quantum mechanics and cosmology, science and Buddhism have more evident coincidences. However, in the explanation of life and, especially, the explanation of human consciousness (of the <<soul>>) the differences with science become inevitable and decisive.