Where Science and Religion Coexist Mundgod, Karnataka - "Religion and science have not always been easy friends, as Galileo could attest," Saskia De Rothschild wrote in the Rendezvous Blog, but over the last week scientists and Buddhist scholars have gathered at this Tibetan enclave for the 26th edition of the Mind & Life Conference "to prove that these two worlds can not only co-exist - but benefit each another." His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who gave the welcome speech at the conference, shared his deep personal interest in science, and urged all monks at Mundgod to follow the discussions - "whose topics range from Quantum physics to neuroscience," Ms. Rothschild wrote.