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The global lockdown forced us to switch our programs online. Many of our science leaders had never taken lessons online before the pandemic, but they have adapted remarkably to this change.
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Thirty three nuns from five different nunneries receiving 3-years of support and training.
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by Christopher Impey - May 28, 2019
Astronomical and cosmological questions get an airing in India’s Sikkim province in a program started 20 years ago by the Dalai Lama.
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Remembering the solar eclipse as its lunar twin sweeps over India, a Buddhist nunnery is teaching itself to think of science while looking at a cosmic event.
by Priyadarshi Sen - January 10, 2019
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My Earth, My Responsibility
World of Your Senses
The Secrets of Particles: In production, coming in 2020
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"I usually tell people we should be 21st century Buddhist. Not just faith and devotion, but, investigate, 'what is Buddhist teaching?' ... Buddhist should be 21st century Buddhists and should have more knowledge and scientific views."
“The great benefit of science is that it can contribute tremendously to the alleviation of suffering at the physical level, but it is only through the cultivation of the qualities of the human heart and the transformation of our attitudes that we can begin to address and overcome our mental suffering.”
Leadership institutes have been organized around batches of cohorts that attend several institutes and take on projects such as making exhibitions, publishing a journal, (more..)
Community spaces dedicated for exploring scientific knowledge, and engaging in inquiry and discourse with scientists. (more..)
Enough nuns in India have now been involved with science to establish an all-nuns leadership program. (more..)
OCT 21-31
2024
Distance Learning Program
A week-long virtual class program on quantum physics commenced on 21st October and concluded on 30th October 2024 at LTWA’s Distance Learning Education Centre. More than 17 monks and nuns attended the week-long virtual class program. As the session progressed, the participants delved into intensive quantum physics learning, in-depth discussions, experimental learning, etc.
SEP 10-30
2024
Exhibition Tour- Dehradun
Dehradun, a notable center for academic and monastic institutions, ensured this exhibition tour to be a resounding success. Five science monk scholars from South India traveled to Dehradun for this exhibition. They were assisted by interpreters and panelists from the LTWA’s Science Department and Science for Monks and Nuns.
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31 JULY
2024
Distance Learning Program
The three-month physics distance learning program commenced on 7th May and concluded on 31st July 2024 with great success. There were around 60 virtual participants and five in-person attendees. As the session progressed, monks and nuns were engaged in intensive physics learning, discussions, and hands-on activities, fostering an enriching collective learning experience.
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Apr 25-26
2024
2-Day International Conference and Exhibition
The 2-Day International Conference and Exhibition was organized by the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in collaboration with Pal Zurmang Monastery and Science for Monks and Nuns with the funding from Sager Family Foundation and John Templeton Foundation.
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APR 8-20
2024
Science Leadership Program
From 8th to 20th April, 2024, the Sikkim Science Leadership Program was held at the Pal Zurmang Monastery in Gangtok. This workshop aimed to familiarise participants with the principles and concepts of Quantum Physics. We had a total of 37 participants, representing 12 different monasteries and nunneries. The two-week workshop was led by two visiting teachers from the U.S.
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MAR 11-31
2024
2nd Cohort Nuns’ Leadership Program
The second cohort nuns’ leadership program commenced on March 11th at LTWA, Dharamsala for three weeks and it lasted till March 31st, 2024. This year we had 40 nuns from 4 different nunneries, and most of them are learning science for the first time.
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JAN 16-5
2024
4th Cohort Leadership Program
The fourth cohort leadership program began on February 16 and ended on March 5, 2024 at Tibetan Pavilion, Auroville in Pondicherry. This year the program mainly focused on honing skills in Tibetan creative writing and video editing. As for their final project, some participants are writing about science and Buddhism and while others are making videos associated with science and Buddhism.
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10 JAN
2024
Teacher Fellowship Program
The 2-week Teacher Fellowship begins on December 25th, 2023 and concluded on January 10th, 2024 in Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Studies, Bangalore. This year there are 13 participants which include, 6 monks, 1 nun and 6 laity participants, and they are all active science teachers in different monastics. This program in particular intends to support these teachers in their efforts to take the lead in advancing education.
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JUNE 16
2020
The Conversation
What Buddhism and science can teach each other – and us – about the universe
These are trying times. A global recession sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, and widespread civil unrest, have created a combustible mix of angst – stressors that heighten the risk for long-term health woes.
MARCH 10
2020
The Neuroethics Blog
Neuroethics with Tibetan Buddhist Monastics
As I write this, I am sitting in my room at Jangchub Choeling, a Tibetan Buddhist nunnery in Mundgod, India.
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FEB 21
2020
Mindfulness
Inter-brain Synchronization in the Practice of Tibetan Monastic Debate
Although mindfulness meditation is the familiar and researched form of mental training derived from Buddhism, it represents but one form of practice.
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JAN 10
2019
Outlook Magazine (online)
‘Interplay Between Science And Dharma': Buddhist Nuns Encounter Solar Eclipse In New Way
Remembering the solar eclipse as its lunar twin sweeps over India, a Buddhist nunnery is teaching itself to think of science while looking at a cosmic event.
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MAY 28
2019
Scientific American
Tibetan Monks Meet Science near the Roof of the World Astronomical and cosmological questions get an airing.
Astronomical and cosmological questions get an airing in India’s Sikkim province in a program started 20 years ago by the Dalai Lama.
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OCT 10
2018
The Wire
Scientists and Buddhists Discuss Physics, Reality at Three-Day Conference
It was on the back of this aspect of Buddhism, at least Tibetan Buddhism, that the ‘Science for Monks’ workshops and conferences have been organized, according to Bryce Johnson
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