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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..)
12 JULY
2026
Another day of interpreter training for the “Buddhism and Science” Exhibition
Diluv Hutugthu Foundation in collaboration with Science for Monks and Nuns, and Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, is organizing the interpreter training of exhibition “Buddhism and Science” again today.
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10 JULY
2026
Buddhism and Science Exhibition at Zuun Huree Dashchoilon Hiid
The exhibition consisting of 3 parts: “World of your senses”, “Secrets of Particles” “My Earth, my responsibility” has been presented to the visitors.
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10 JULY
2026
Buddhism and Science Exhibition at Khuree Tsam–2026 Danshig Naadam
On the initiative of Telo Tulku Rinpoche Hutugthu Foundation / Diluv Hutugthu Foundation in collaboration with Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, and Science for Monks and Nuns, presents a fragment of the exhibition “Buddhism and Science” during Khuree Tsam -2026 Danshig Naadam.
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9-10 JUN
2026
Curator training in Mongolia
Library of Tibetan Works & Archives in collaboration with the Science for Monks and Nuns, Diluv Hutugthu Foundation, and Bakula Rinpoche's Betuv Danjay Choykhorlin Monastery organized Exhibition Curator training for two days.
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2-10 JUNE
2026
Science and Buddhism Exhibition in Mongolia
A glimpse of the ongoing “Buddhism and Science” event at the Chinggis Khan Museum, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, featuring “The Secrets of Particles”, “My Earth, My Responsibility”, and “The World of Your Senses”.
2 -10 JUNE
2026
Science and Buddhism Exhibition in Mongolia
The opening ceremony of the event “Science and Buddhism” marks a unique gathering where the realms of empirical inquiry and spiritual wisdom converge.
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2 -10 June
2026
Science and Buddhism Exhibition in Mongolia
The glimpse of the “Buddhism and Science” event was presented to the public. This event features three exhibitions titled: “The Secrets of Particles”, “My Earth, My Responsibility”, and “The World of your Senses”.
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MAR 12-31
2026
Sager Nuns Science Leadership Program 2026
The Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, in collaboration with the Science for Monks and Nuns Foundation, organized the Sager Nuns Science Leadership Program for its second cohort from March 11th to 31st at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah, Dharamshala.
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JUN 15
2021
Hartford Courant
A solid grasp of science might help the monks improve their lives and the lives of all Tibetan refugees – Earl L. Carlyon
Earl L. Carlyon passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 27, 2021, surrounded by his loving family. He was 86 years old. Earl grew up in Alexandria, LA., one of seven siblings, the son of Walter and Irma Carlyon.
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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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