Buddhism Welcomes Modern Cosmology

Buddhism Welcomes Modern Cosmology
AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia

Thirty-two Buddhist monks and nuns look up as I enter the classroom, which is bare except for a blackboard and my students sitting cross-legged on thin cushions on the wooden floor. The air shimmers with monsoon heat. We're at a monastery near in the foothills of the Himalayas. The monastics are refugees from Tibet, many are orphans, and they've come here from all over India to learn about cosmology.

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