Tenzin Palmo isn’t your ordinary Englishwoman. For twelve years she boiled snow for drinking water, lived without heat and electricity, and spent 12 hours a day propped up in a wooden box. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, a Buddhist nun recalls her years of meditation in a lonely Himalayan cave. Also, a scientist considers the connection between brain and religion. And a physicist turned priest makes the case for a truce between science and God.
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September 11, 2023