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Name: Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying
Author: His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the XIV Dalai Lama

📘 Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying by His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the XIV Dalai Lama

This book records a historic conversation at the fourth Mind and Life Conference in Dharamsala, India, where His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the XIV Dalai Lama, joined Western scholars to examine the three key moments of consciousness: sleep, dreams, and death. Renowned thinkers—including philosopher Charles Taylor, psychoanalyst Joyce McDougall, psychologist Jayne Gackenbach, cultural ecologist Joan Halifax, and neuroscientist Jerome Engel—contribute their perspectives, offering insights into lucid dreaming, near‑death experiences, and the nature of consciousness. The exchange reveals convergences and divergences between Buddhist philosophy and contemporary science, making complex ideas accessible and thought‑provoking.

First publish date: 1997

Genre: Psychology/Cognitive Psychology

Authors: His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the XIV Dalai Lama

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