The Mind & Life Digital Library

For over three decades, Mind & Life has hosted Dialogues and Conversations with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and leading scientists, scholars, and contemplatives to explore key questions at the intersection of science and contemplative wisdom. Below you will find recordings of these timeless conversations with deep relevance for our world today. The library provides a unique window into the art of interdisciplinary dialogue, while tracing the evolution of the field of contemplative science.

Additional Dialogues are being added to the archive on an ongoing basis.

The Digital Library was made possible thanks to generous donations by The Gaden Phodrang Foundation of the Dalai Lama, the Hershey Family Foundation, and the Morrison Centre.

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2024 Summer Research Institute
2024|SRI 21|Garrison, New York

11 sessions8:04 total hours
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Interdependence, Ethics, and Social Networks
2022|Conversation 2|Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India

6 sessions3:44 total hours
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Perception, Concepts, and Self
2015|Dialogue 30|Sera Monastery, Bylakuppe, India

Contemporary Scientific and Buddhist Perspectives

19 sessions17:35 total hours
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Craving, Desire, and Addiction
2013|Dialogue 27|Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India

11 sessions8:19 total hours
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Mind, Brain, and Matter
2013|Dialogue 26|Drepung Monastery, Mundgod, India

Critical Conversations Between Buddhist Thought and Science

27 sessions14:07 total hours
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Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence
2011|Dialogue 23|Dharamsala, India

8 sessions5:28 total hours
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Investigating the Mind
2005|Dialogue 13|Dar Constitution Hall, Washington, DC

The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation

16 sessions8:23 total hours
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Neuroplasticity
2004|Dialogue 12|Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India

The Neuronal Substrates of Learning and Transformation

1 sessions0:45 total hours
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2004 Summer Research Institute
2004|SRI 1|Garrison, New York

4 sessions2:03 total hours
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Destructive Emotions
2000|Dialogue 8|Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India

11 sessions11:07 total hours
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