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24/03/2016 - Leading neuroscientists and Buddhists agree: “Consciousness is everywhere”

24/3/2016

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BY SAM LITTLEFAIR WALLACE    MARCH 23, 2016    

New theories in neuroscience suggest consciousness is an intrinsic property of everything, just like gravity. That development opens a world of opportunity for collaboration between Buddhists and neuroscientists.

”The heart of consciousness,” says neuroscientist Christof Koch, “is that it feels like something. How is it that a piece of matter, like my brain, can feel anything?”
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In 2013, ​Koch, one of the world’s leading experts on consciousness, went to a monastery in India to discuss that question with a group of Buddhist monks. He and the Dalai Lama debated neuroscience and mind for a full day.  more ...

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