By The Economist — 2020
Released in 1962, “Bertrand Russell Speaking” was a greatest hits of the many interviews he had given. Subjects range from science and religion on side a, to “taboo morality” and “fanaticism” on side b.
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CLEAR ALL
I saw spiritual attainment and I thought, ‘That does not need to be religious. That can be scientific.’
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This question is more than a mind-bender. For thousands of years, certain people have claimed to have actually visited the place that, Saint Paul promised, “no eye has seen … and no human mind has conceived,” and their stories very often follow the same narrative arc.
Daniel Goleman reports on the Dalai Lama and the dialog between science and Buddhism, especially on how neuroscientists are measuring the effects of meditation.