{"product_id":"einstein-and-buddha-the-parallel-sayings-paperback","title":"Einstein and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas J. McFarlane\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWes Nisker\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvocative, stimulating, and insightful, Einstein and Buddha points to the far-reaching and profound parallels between Western scientific thought and Eastern religion. These remarkably similar disciplines touch on the essential nature of energy and matter, the relationship between subject and object, and the limits of language in understanding and describing reality. The shared understandings communicate a deep common ground on both the nature of the universe and our place in it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEinstein: \u003cbr\u003e\"Our task must be to widen our \u003cbr\u003eunderstanding and compassion to \u003cbr\u003eembrace all living creatures and \u003cbr\u003ethe whole of nature in its beauty\" \u003cbr\u003e- Albert Einstein \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuddha: \u003cbr\u003e\"True happiness comes not \u003cbr\u003efrom a limited concern for one's \u003cbr\u003eown well-being, but from developing \u003cbr\u003elove and compassion for all sentient \u003cbr\u003ebeings\" \u003cbr\u003e- Dalai Lama \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEinstein: \u003cbr\u003e\"The principle of science is the \u003cbr\u003efollowing: The test of all knowledge \u003cbr\u003eis experiment. Experiment is the sole \u003cbr\u003ejudge of scientific truth\" \u003cbr\u003e- Richard Feynman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuddha: \u003cbr\u003e\"Personal experience is the foundation \u003cbr\u003eof Buddhist philosophy. In this sense \u003cbr\u003eBuddhism is a radical empiricism or \u003cbr\u003eexperimentalism\" \u003cbr\u003e- D. T. Suzuki \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEinstein: \u003cbr\u003e\"Under typical conditions of ordinary \u003cbr\u003eexperience, each thing is seen as\u003cbr\u003erelatively separate and related only \u003cbr\u003eexternally to other things\" \u003cbr\u003e- David Bohm \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuddha: \u003cbr\u003e\"If we are ordinary beings, objects \u003cbr\u003eseem to be independent of our mind \u003cbr\u003eand independent of other phenomena\" \u003cbr\u003e- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEinstein: \u003cbr\u003e\"The central recognition of the theory \u003cbr\u003eof relativity is that geometry is a \u003cbr\u003econstruct of the intellect\" \u003cbr\u003e- H. Margenau \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuddha: \u003cbr\u003e\"Space is nothing but a mode of \u003cbr\u003eparticularization and has no real \u003cbr\u003eexistence of its own. Space exists \u003cbr\u003eonly in realtion to our particularizing \u003cbr\u003econsciousness\" \u003cbr\u003e- Dalai Lama\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758757282080,"sku":"9781569753378","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/78006691d92c8ef45d57ccd4ff3399b8.webp?v=1780134670","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/einstein-and-buddha-the-parallel-sayings-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}