While modern science is adept at investigating the outer world through quantitative methods and third-‐person perspectives, Buddhism understands the importance of first-‐person observation as a means to understanding the world. And as the emerging field of contemplative science increasingly provides research-‐based evidence about the benefits of meditation, interest in the practice of meditation is steadily growing across the world. Working together, there is tremendous potential for these two intellectual traditions to advance the understanding of human emotions, consciousness, ethics, and spirituality.
The Drepung Loseling Mediation and Science center will be a nexus for these two worlds, a place where ideas and friendship can flourish. Providing generous facilities where scientists and monastic scholars can deliberate concepts and engage in research face to face, the center will also offer people from around the world a place to engage in study and practice at the heart of a thriving Tibetan Buddhist center of learning.
