Donald Lopez delivers lecture on "Buddhism and Science"
It was standing room only for the lecture on "Buddhism and Science" by , the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan. There were more than one hundred people packed into UMC 247 on September 25, 2008 with many spilling out the door.
In this lecture, Donald Lopez offered a preview of his new book Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed (October, 2008), a genealogy of the discourse on Buddhism and science as it has emerged over the past century and a half—from colonial encounters in Sri Lanka to present-day laboratory research on meditation. Tailoring his remarks to a general audience, he delivered a compelling lecture tracing the genealogy of the discourse on Buddhism and science in broad strokes.
The lecture was co-sponsored by the Center for Asian Studies and Department of Religious Studies.