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The 14th Dalai Lama (2012)

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Statement by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Fact Sheet - The 14th Dalai Lama
Books by the 14th Dalai Lama
Statement by Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr.: 40 Years of Spiritual Progress & the 2012 Templeton Prize Laureate
BIG QUESTIONS – VIDEOS
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on accepting the 2012 Templeton Prize
Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr.: 40 Years of Spiritual Progress & the 2012 Templeton Prize Laureate
Does having a sense of purpose make achieving success more likely?
"You have to make effort. Your goal also must be realistic… then you can achieve."
Spiritual laws and action
"You must work, you must create karma, positive karma means positive action."
Can compassion be trained or taught?
"Through training, through awareness… you can develop genuine sense of concern of well-being of others, including your enemy."
Personal responsibility for oneself with others
"The basis of genuine friendship is trust. Trust depends on openness. So, through these things, we can change."

Martin J. Rees (2011)up

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Historic Buckingham Palace Ceremony Marks Templeton Prize Presentation
Martin Rees Wins 2011 Templeton Prize
News Conference Statement
Fact Sheet
Books
BIG QUESTIONS – VIDEOS
What effect has your scientific research had on your beliefs?
How large is physical reality?
Does moral action depend on reasoning?
Are human brains capable of understanding the very big, the very small, and the very complex?
World population will be 9 billion by 2050. Can genetically modified (GM) crops help feed the world?

Francisco J. Ayala (2010)up

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Templeton Prize Press Release
News Conference Statement
Fact Sheet
Reflections on Key Books and Papers
Books
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Science, Evolution and Creationism (book, 2008)
Science, Evolution and Creationism (brochure PDF)
What the Biological Sciences Can and Cannot Contribute to Ethics (paper, 2008)
Darwin's Gift: to Science and Religion (book, 2007)
Press Conference Webcast
BIG QUESTIONS – VIDEOS
Does scientific knowledge contradict religious belief?
– Does God work through the process of evolution?
Is morality derived from biological evolution?
– Why do humans behave ethically?
– Do we have free will?
Does moral action depend on reasoning?
As we learn more about neurobiology and the brain, will it change our ideas about purpose, values and meaning in life?
– Does evolution support or invalidate purpose, values and meaning in life?

Bernard d’Espagnat (2009)up

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Scientists Statements about Bernard d'Espagnat
Statement by Professor Bernard d'Espagnat
Fact Sheet
Reflections on Key Books and Publications
Books and articles by Bernard d'Espagnat
Career of Bernard d'Espagnat
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Reality and the Physicist
Veiled Reality
On Physics and Philosophy
"The Quantum Theory and Reality," Scientific American, November 1979
Invisible Reality: A dialogue on nonlocal quantum entanglement World Science Festival, New York City, May 30, 2008
More Information on physicist John Bell
More information on Bell's Theorem
More information on Bell Test Experiments
BIG QUESTIONS – VIDEOS
Is it possible that not all of reality can be observed?
Can scientific research encourage spirituality?
What do we learn about the nature of reality from quantum physics?

Michael Heller (2008)up

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Fact Sheet for Michael Heller
Statement by Michael Heller
Reflections on Key Books and Publications by Professor Michael Heller
Cosmological Singularity and the Creation of the Universe
Generalizations: From Quantum Mechanics to God
Chaos, Probability, and the Comprehensibility of the World
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Excerpts from “Creative Tension” by Michael Heller. (Templeton Foundation Press, 2003)
www.obi.opoka.org/heller
Wikipedia BiographyFact Sheet for Michael Heller
Excerpts from News Conference Video

Charles Taylor (2007)up

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2007 Templeton Prize Chronicle
News Conference - Video
Excerpts from News Conference Video

John D. Barrow (2006)up

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2006 Templeton Prize Chronicle
Excerpts from News Conference Video

Charles H. Townes (2005)up

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2005 Templeton Prize

George F. R. Ellis (2004)up

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2004 Templeton Prize Chronicle
Excerpts from News Conference Video

Holmes Rolston III (2003)up

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2003 Templeton Prize Chronicle

John C. Polkinghorne (2002)up

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2002 Templeton Prize Chronicle

 

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