About the book: 2009 / A book about a historically significant dialogue between leading Western scientists and the 14th Dalai Lama. The joint conference was dedicated to three key states - sleep, dreams and death, which were called "shadow zones of the ego" by the famous neurologist Francisco J. Varela. The conference included such renowned scientists as philosopher Charles Taylor, psychoanalyst Joyce McDougal, psychologist Jane Gackenbach, cultural scientist Joan Halifax, and neuroscientist Jerome Engel. Participants in a unique exchange of views continually surprise and delight us with their findings of similarities and differences between science and Buddhism. The book-report about this event is fascinating and intended for a wide range of readers..