Lama Dalai

Ichbezogenheit, Eigennutz und Gier pragen unsere Welt - Der Dalai Lama gibt uns in diesem faszinierenden Buch Schlussel in die Hand, um die Turen zu einem Miteinander zu offnen. Mit diesen Texten fuhrt er uns in die Welt der buddhistischen Meditation, deren Grundlage und Ziel das Mitgefuhl mit anderen Wesen ist, ein. Mit Hilfe der Lehre von den drei Schlusseln steht uns nicht nur eine individuelle Entwicklung auf dem Weg zur innersten Erkenntnis offen, sondern auch eine kollektive Chance zu mehr Frieden. Ein uber Jahrtausende gewachsener Weisheitsschatz erschliesst sich dem Leser.

Eight years ago, in an unprecedented intellectual endeavor, the Dalai Lama invited Emory University to integrate modern science into the education of the thousands of Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns in exile in India. This project, the Emory Tibet Science Initiative, became the first major change in the monastic curriculum in six centuries. Eight years in, the results are transformative. The singular backdrop of teaching science to Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns offered provocative insights into how science and religion can work together to enrich each other, as well as to shed light on life and what it means to be a thinking, biological human. In The Enlightened Gene, Emory University Professor Dr. Arri Eisen, together with monk Geshe Yungdrung Konchok explore the striking ways in which the integration of Buddhism with cutting-edge discoveries in the biological sciences can change our understanding of life and how we live it. What this book discovers along the way will fundamentally change the way you think. Are humans inherently good? Where does compassion come from? Is death essential for life? Is experience inherited? These questions have occupied philosophers, religious thinkers and scientists since the dawn of civilization, but in today’s political discourse, much of the dialogue surrounding them and larger issues—such as climate change, abortion, genetically modified organisms, and evolution—are often framed as a dichotomy of science versus spirituality. Strikingly, many of new biological discoveries—such as the millions of microbes that we now know live together as part of each of us, the connections between those microbes and our immune systems, the nature of our genomes and how they respond to the environment, and how this response might be passed to future generations—can actually be read as moving science closer to spiritual concepts, rather than further away. The Enlightened Gene opens up and lays a foundation for serious conversations, integrating science and spirit in tackling life’s big questions. Each chapter integrates Buddhism and biology and uses striking examples of how doing so changes our understanding of life and how we lead it.

“This book will provide readers with a greater awareness of the spirit of curiosity and inquiry that lies at the heart of the Buddhist tradition, as well as the fruitfulness of maintaining active communication between the Buddhist and scientific commu­nities.” -from the Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama In Humble before the Void, Impey, a noted astronomer, educator, and author gives us a thor­oughly absorbing and engaging account of his journey to Northern India to teach in the first-ever “Science for Monks” leadership program. The pro­gram was initiated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to introduce science into the Tibetan Buddhist monastic tradition. In a vivid and compelling narrative, Impey intro­duces us to a group of exiled Tibetan monks whose charm, tenacity and unbridled enthusiasm for learning is infectious. Impey marvels not only at their enthusiasm, but at their tireless diligence that allows the monks to painstakingly build intri­cate sand mandalas-that can be swept away in an instant. He observes them as they meticulously count galaxies and notes how their enthusiasm and diligence stands in contrast to many American students who are frequently turned off by sci­ence’s inability to deliver easy, immediate payoffs. Because the Buddhist monks have had a limited science education, Impey must devise creative pedagogy. His new students immediately take to his inspired teaching methods, whether it’s the use of balloons to demonstrate the Hubble expansion or donning an Einstein mask to explain the theory of relativity. Humble before the Void also recounts Impey’s experiences outside the classroom, from the monks’ eagerness to engage in pick-up basket­ball games and stream episodes of hip American sitcoms to the effects on his relationship with the teenage son who makes the trip with him. Moments of profound serenity and beauty in the Himalayas are contrasted with the sorrow of learning that other monks have set themselves on fire to protest the Chinese oppression in Tibet. At the end of the three week program, both the monks and Impey have gained a valuable edu­cation. While the monks have a greater under­standing and appreciation of science, Impey has acquired greater self- knowledge and a deeper understanding of the nature of learning and teaching in the East and West. This understand­ing leads to a renewed enthusiasm for making his topic come alive for others.

Wir arbeiten immer mehr und sind immer weniger glucklich. Die Spielregeln des Erfolgs lauten: Kampf, Durchsetzung, Konkurrenz: Aber ist der Mensch nur das, was er verdient? Der Dalai Lama weiss: Der Sinn der Arbeit liegt nicht nur im ausseren Erfolg. Wir konnen Freude erfahren, wenn wir nach aussen strahlen und andere Menschen wahrnehmen. Es ist das Gegenteil von Gleichgultigkeit: fur den Moment zu akzeptieren, was gerade ist, Veranderungen eingeschlossen.

Die unauslotbare Tiefe der buddhistischen Sicht des Lebens und der Wirklichkeit. Vor einem grossen westlichen Publikum vorgetragen: die authentische Darstellung einer grossen Weisheitstradition. Von einer der grossen geistigen Gestalten der Gegenwart auf einzigartige Weise erschlossen. Der Klassiker: Zum 80.Geburtstag des Friedensnobelpreistragers in einer besonderen Edition.