Western Buddhist Review
Western Buddhist Review

Buddhism, Biology, Interconnectedness

By Dhivan Thomas Jones on Fri, 7 Mar, 2014 - 12:15

Buddhism, Biology, Interconnectedness

By Dhivan Thomas Jones on Fri, 7 Mar, 2014 - 12:15In this post I present a fine review by Ratnaprabha of a new book on the meeting of Buddhism and Biology - Dhivan.

David P. Barash, Buddhist Biology: Ancient Eastern Wisdom Meets Modern Western Science, Oxford University Press USA, New York, 2014. 224pp., £20 hback, also available as ebook.

Review by Ratnaprabha

Through the nineteenth century, Western science gradually disengaged itself from Christian religion, and scientists set themselves up as rivals to churchmen in interpreting the...