naa a22 4500 510774792 CHVBK 20180411083226.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12210-013-0259-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12210-013-0259-8 Luisi Pier Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy aut The origins of life at a Buddhist monastery in Bhutan [Elektronische Daten] [Pier Luisi] This is a report of a teaching course in a Buddhist monastery (a nunnery) in Bhutan, where I—as a member of the Midn and Life Institute directed by the Dalai Lama—have been invited to illustrate the main aspects of modern science in the field of the origin of life and evolution. The class was formed by ca. 60 nuns, and a good number of Buddhist Lamas and senior learned monks, including Khentsye Rimpoche', a well-known religious leader in the region. The course, consisting in 4h teaching every week day for 2weeks, proposed first the origin of life from the inanimate matter, then molecular evolution till the formation of the first living cells, then Darwinian principles of evolution and the origin of biodiversity, till the origin of mankind and the emergence of consciousness. Also due to the continuous questions of these learned monks, the course developed into a dialogue between science and traditional Buddhism in all these mentioned issues. While a substantial agreement could be found in certain areas, in others—like the definition of life and consciousness—we had to admit a substantial divergence. Clarification of this was found very useful and challenging from both sides. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 2013 Buddhism nationallicence Origin of life nationallicence Darwinism nationallicence Consciousness nationallicence Reincarnation nationallicence Evolution nationallicence Emergent properties nationallicence Self-organization nationallicence Sentient beings nationallicence Dalai Lama nationallicence Rendiconti Lincei Springer Milan 24/4(2013-12-01), 387-400 2037-4631 24:4<387 2013 24 12210 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-013-0259-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-013-0259-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Luisi Pier Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Rendiconti Lincei Springer Milan 24/4(2013-12-01), 387-400 2037-4631 24:4<387 2013 24 12210 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer