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The Quantum and the Lotus A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet

Matthieu Ricard

The Quantum and the Lotus Matthieu Ricard trained as a molecular biologist, working in the lab of a Nobel prize—winning scientist, but when he read some Buddhist philosophy, he became drawn to Buddhism. Eventually he left his life in science to study with Tibetan teachers, and he is now a Buddhist...

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On Being with Krista Tippett

This book, in dialogue format, explores the intersection of quantum physics and Buddhist philosophy, examining questions about reality, the origin of the world, and the relationship between the animate and inanimate.

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Is there a solid reality behind appearances? What is the origin of the world, a phenomena of the world that we see as real all around us? What is the relationship between the animate and the inanimate...

— Episode: Matthieu Ricard — Happiness As Human Flo...

Episode: Matthieu Ricard — Happiness As Human Flourishing

This book, in dialogue format, explores the intersection of quantum physics and Buddhist philosophy, examining questions about reality, the origin of the world, and the relationship between the animate and inanimate.

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Is there a solid reality behind appearances? What is the origin of the world, a phenomena of the world that we see as real all around us? What is the relationship between the animate and the inanimate between the subject and the object? Do time space and the laws of nature really exist? Buddhist philosophers have been studying these questions for the last 2,500 years.

Episode: [Unedited] Matthieu Ricard with Krista Tippett

This book, a dialogue between Matthieu Ricard and an astrophysicist, explored the intersection of Buddhist philosophy and modern physics, specifically focusing on interdependence and impermanence.

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You know, is there a solid reality behind appearances?

What is the origin of the world, a phenomena of the world that we see as real all around us? What is the relationship between the animate and the inanimate between the subject and the object? Do time space in the laws of nature really exist?

So it was another great encounter. I met Trinwanthuan in Andora when our previous, we were both invited to some somewhere in university and immediately said, you know, I'm born in Vietnam, born in Buddhist. I don't know. I always wanted to have a dialogue about Buddhism and astrophysics or modern science. So, you know, I started a new dialogue again, but it was too tempting and we did that, it was wonderful.

And I wonder, you know, I'd love to know about what insights emerge for you in that conversation.

Episode: Matthieu Ricard — Happiness As Human Flourishing

This book is presented as a dialogue between Matthieu Ricard and an astrophysicist, exploring the intersection of modern physics and Buddhist philosophy. The conversation focused on the nature of reality, interdependence, and impermanence, highlighting parallels between scientific findings and Buddhist concepts.

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Is there a solid reality behind appearances? What is the origin of the world, a phenomena of the world that we see as real all around us? What is the relationship between the animate and the inanimate between the subject and the object? Do time space and the laws of nature really exist? Buddhist philosophers have been studying these questions for the last 2,500 years.

Episode: [Unedited] Matthieu Ricard with Krista Tippett

This book, a dialogue between Matthieu Ricard and an astrophysicist, explored the intersection of Buddhist philosophy and modern physics, particularly focusing on interdependence and impermanence. Ricard found the astrophysicist's insights on non-locality particularly compelling.

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And then there's this book "The Quantum and the Lotus", which is a dialogue between you and an astrophysicist, turn one-to-one.

So what really, the most fascinating thing I'd learned through this dialogue was precisely about something very deep about the nature of reality related to interdependence and impermanence.

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