Between Buddhism and science, between mind and body

Religions

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 560-579

  Samuel, Geoffrey ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Consciousness; Mind and Life Institute; Science; Tantra

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904504792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20771444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rel5030560     Document Type: Article

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