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The 14th Dalai Lama (2012)

PDF: 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)

PDF: 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)

PDF: Templeton Prize Press Release; News Conference Statement; Fact Sheet; Reflections on Key Books and Papers; Books
Links: 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)

PDF: 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
Links: 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)

PDF: 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
Links: Excerpts from “Creative Tension” by Michael Heller. (Templeton Foundation Press, 2003); www.obi.opoka.org/heller; Wikipedia Biography Fact Sheet for Michael Heller; Excerpts from News Conference Video

Charles Taylor (2007)

PDF: 2007 Templeton Prize Chronicle; News Conference - Video; Excerpts from News Conference Video

John D. Barrow (2006)

PDF: 2006 Templeton Prize Chronicle; Excerpts from News Conference Video

Charles H. Townes (2005)

PDF: 2005 Templeton Prize

George F. R. Ellis (2004)

PDF: 2004 Templeton Prize Chronicle; Excerpts from News Conference Video

Holmes Rolston III (2003)

PDF: 2003 Templeton Prize Chronicle

John C. Polkinghorne (2002)

PDF: 2002 Templeton Prize Chronicle

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The 14th Dalai Lama(2012)
Martin J. Rees(2011)
Francisco J. Ayala(2010)
Bernard d’Espagnat(2009)
Michael Heller(2008)
Charles Taylor(2007)
John D. Barrow(2006)
Charles H. Townes(2005)
George F. R. Ellis(2004)
Holmes Rolston III(2003)
John C. Polkinghorne(2002)
Arthur Peacocke(2001)
Freeman J. Dyson(2000)
Ian Graeme Barbour(1999)
Sigmund Sternberg(1998)
Pandurang Shastri Athavale(1997)
William R. "Bill" Bright(1996)
Paul Davies(1995)
Michael Novak(1994)
Charles W. Colson(1993)
Kyung-Chik Han(1992)
Lord Jakobovits(1991)
Baba Amte(1990 ; awarded jointly)
L. Charles Birch(1990 ; awarded jointly)
Lord MacLeod(1989 ; awarded jointly)

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker(1989 ; awarded jointly)
Inamullah Khan(1988)
Stanley L. Jaki(1987)
James McCord(1986)
Alister Hardy(1985)
Michael Bourdeaux(1984)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn(1983)
Billy Graham(1982)
Cicely Saunders(1981)
Ralph Wendell Burhoe(1980)
Nikkyo Niwano(1979)
Thomas F. Torrance(1978)
Chiara Lubich(1977)
Leon Joseph Cardinal Suenens(1976)
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan(1975)
Brother Roger(1974)
Mother Teresa(1973)