Some years ago I was invited to participate in a public forum with the Dalai Lama. During the discussion, I noted the preponderance of books explaining how modern physics is recapitulating discoveries made in the Far East thousands of years ago, and I asked the Dalai Lama whether he considered these claims valid. His forthright answer left a significant impression on me: “When it comes to consciousness, Buddhism has something important to say. But when it comes to material reality, we need to look to you and your colleagues. You are the ones penetrating deeply.”
