A Tibetan Buddhist monk explains the makeup of the human mind to visitors at a science exhibition organized under the Tibetan Monastic Science Initiative which began in 2000 at the request of the Dalai Lama, in Dharmsala, India, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. 50 Buddhist monks have been undergoing training in western science under the initiative. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

A Tibetan Buddhist monk explains the makeup of the human mind to visitors at a science exhibition organized under the Tibetan Monastic Science Initiative which began in 2000 at the request of the Dalai Lama, in Dharmsala, India, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. 50 Buddhist monks have been undergoing training in western science under the initiative.

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