Contemplative Wisdom

2021 Summer Research Institute Session

Don’t Look Down: How to Build Bridges with Unlikely Allies

Dekila Chungyalpa

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Environment | Social Change

2021 Summer Research Institute Session

The Timing of Climate Change

Kyle Whyte

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Social Change

2021 Summer Research Institute Session

A Conversation with Christiana Figueres: The Case for Stubborn Optimism

Christiana Figueres, Susan Bauer-Wu

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Social Change

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2021 Summer Research Institute Session

Film & Panel: “Storytelling, Science, and Hope: Climate Feedback Loops Film & Panel”

Moderators: nischal neupane
Panel: Bonnie Waltch, Donald Perovich, Thupten Jinpa, nischal neupane

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Stress & Resilience

2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session

Meditation: “A Guided Compassion Meditation”

Thupten Jinpa

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection

2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session

Morning Yoga: “Prana and Chi: Moving the Elements”

Hawah Kasat

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session

Morning Yoga: “Trul khor: Tibetan Yoga”

Alejandro Chaoul

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session

Panel Discussion: “What Does Spirituality Mean To US?”

Mohammed Hamid Mohammed, Veronica Selzler, Roman Williams

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection

2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session

Keynote and Q&A: “Contemplative Studies: An Ecological Methodology for Multidisciplinarity”

Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Environment

2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session

Meditation: “Cultivating Equanimity” and Contemplative Arts

Margaret Cullen, Carine Gilbert

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session

Opening Remarks and Contemplative Arts

Susan Bauer-Wu, Linda Carlson, John Dunne, Grant Jones

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2019 Summer Research Institute Session

How Thinking About Thinking Shapes the Human Experience of Spirit

Tanya Luhrmann

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health

2019 Summer Research Institute Session

Othering and Belonging

john a. powell

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change

2019 Summer Research Institute Session

The Quest for Serenity Among the Disenfranchised

Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Social Change

2019 Summer Research Institute Session

Contemplative Practices

Alisa Dennis, Larry Yang

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Contemplative Session: Ancient Hebrew Sound Meditation

Zvi Ish-Shalom

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Master Lectures: Social Justice Panel: “From Awareness to Embodied Change: A Conversation Toward Contemplative Justice”

Moderators: Dominique A. Malebranche
Panel: Helen Weng, Oliver Hill, Rhonda Magee, Dominique A. Malebranche

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other | Social Change

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Master Lectures: Contemplative Studies Panel: Contemplating the Future of “Contemplative Studies”

Moderators: Erin McCarthy
Panel: Amishi Jha, Harold Roth, Ed Sarath, Erin McCarthy

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Self & Other

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Standing Meditation and Qigong

Louis Komjathy

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Contemplative Session: Watching the Breath

Pir Zia Inayat-Khan

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Contemplative Arts Evening Performance

Srinivas Reddy, Robert Kaplan, Ed Sarath, Patricia Wallace

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Yoga

Mary Taylor, Richard Freeman

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Keynote “Toward A Transformed Vision of Contemplative Education Centering Social Justice”

Laura Rendón

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Social Change

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Bridging Contemplative Science and Business: An Emerging Global Industry, Innovation Panel co-hosted by The Eagle and The Hawk Foundation and the Aetna Foundation

Moderators:
Panel: Acacia Parks, Cyd Crowse, Charlie Hartwell, Hamet Watt, Mark Bertolini

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Master Lectures: Integrating First–person Inquiry in the Higher Education Classroom

Judith Simmer-Brown

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Contemplative Session: Putting the Mind in the Heart: Centering Prayer and the Christian Contemplative Tradition

Cynthia Bourgeault

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Closing Keynote “Where Is This All Going, and What’s Love—and Insight, Embodied Wisdom, and Community—Got to Do With It?”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness

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2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Catherine Kerr Award Ceremony and Lectures: “How to Choose Between Beautiful Stories”

Norman Farb

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Social Justice Breakout Session

angel Kyodo williams

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other | Social Change

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Contemplative Session: The Four Elements

Pir Zia Inayat-Khan

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Master Lectures: Seeing Reality: Interdependence, Relationality and the Expansion of Contemplative Practice

Chikako Ozawa-de Silva

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Keynote Panel “Contemplative Practice Enters the Digital Age”

Moderators: Zindel Segal
Panel: Acacia Parks, Jack Kornfield, Darnell Lamont Walker, Zindel Segal

Topics: Body-based Practices | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Social Change

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Keynote: To Be of Benefit: The Promise of Contemplative Research and Practice

Sona Dimidjian

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Mental Health | Self & Other | Social Change

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2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Dinner & Dialogue hosted by The Fetzer Institute: Consciousness and Contemplative Studies: Worldview Matters

Ed Sarath, Mohammed Hamid Mohammed

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Contemplative Session: Awakening the Presence Body

Zvi Ish-Shalom

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Research Institute Session

Observation of the Mind in Buddhism and Mindfulness

Kenryo Minowa

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2018 International Research Institute Session

Old Insights for A Hectic World: What Does Hakuin Teach Us Today?

Masaki Matsubara

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Research Institute Session

Healing Through Gratitude: Buddhist Theories of Mind and Self-Transformation in the Japanese Contemplative Practice of Naikan

Chikako Ozawa-de Silva

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2018 International Research Institute Session

Emerging Scholars Panel: Interdisciplinary Panel

Moderators: Yuki Imoto
Panel: Hiroe Hu, Yuuta Kawasaki, Masahiro Fujino, Yuki Imoto

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education

2018 International Research Institute Session

The Whole Person Sits: Social Imaginaries of Practitioners and Researchers in the Scientific Study of Meditation

Clifford Saron

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education

2018 International Research Institute Session

The Feature and Significance of the Philosophy of Kyoto School

Masakatsu Fujita

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education

2018 International Research Institute Session

The Zen Roots of Contemplative Studies

Harold Roth

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Self & Other

2018 International Research Institute Session

Contemplative Practice in Context: Embodiment, Enactment and the Cultural Neurophenomenology of Experience

Laurence J. Kirmayer

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

2018 Summer Research Institute Session

Mindfulness Is Always a Multicultural Experience, Even When It Is Not

Larry Yang

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Social Change

2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session

Early Childhood Development and Social Emotional Learning

Richard J. Davidson, Michel Boivin, Daniel Goleman, Kimberly Schonert-Reichl

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Stress & Resilience

2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session

Social and Emotional Learning and Education in the Classroom

Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, Sophie Langri, Tara Wilkie, Jennifer Knox, Anthony Phillips

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Self & Other

2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session

Meta-Awareness and Attention Training in Education Research

Amishi Jha, Sona Dimidjian, Thupten Jinpa, Richard J. Davidson

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session

Evaluation and Implementation: Challenges and Opportunities for Human Flourishing

Sonia Lupien, Patricia (Tish) Jennings, Aaron Stern

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session

Ethics and Compassion in Education Research

Daniel Goleman, Robert Roeser, Matthieu Ricard, Sona Dimidjian

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session

Session V – Reparative Humanism: Exploring the Meaning of Ubuntu

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Lily Mafela, Theo Sowa

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

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2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session

Session I – The Concept of Botho/Ubuntu: its Expression and Resilience in the Lived Experiences of Batswana and Other Indigenous Africans

Moderators: Lily Mafela
Panel: Ponatshego H.K. Kedikilwe, Lily Mafela

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change

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2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session

Session II – Traditional Healer as Medium for Addressing Afflictions and Restoration of Wholistic Order within Botho/Ubuntu Cosmology

Mandaza Kandemwa, Lily Mafela

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

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2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session

Session IV – The Role of Botho/Ubuntu in Modern Responses to Children’s and Women’s Rights Issues in Africa

Graça Machel, Theo Sowa

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change

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2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session

Session III – I am Because we are: Dynamic and Embodied Brain-to-brain Coupling as a new Framework for Social Interaction Between People

Uri Hasson, Theo Sowa

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other

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2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session

Session I – The History and Contemporary Frame of Botho/Ubuntu: Philosophical and Sociocultural Complexities

Michael Onyebuchi Eze, Lily Mafela

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change

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2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session

Welcome

Moderators: Lily Mafela
Panel: Rupert Hambira, Raphael Sikwane, Canon Mpho Tutu Van Furth, Susan Bauer-Wu, Seretse Khama Ian Khama, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Lily Mafela

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change

2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session

Session IV – The Biology of Care and Conflict in Groups

Carsten K.W. De Dreu, Theo Sowa

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change

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2017 Summer Research Institute Session

Interdependency: the Buddha’s Central Insight

William Waldron

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: Understanding the Psychology Behind Compassion Meditation

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: What’s ‘Critical’ About ‘Critical First-Person’ Perspectives?

Harold Roth

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Education

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Tibetan Sound Meditation

Alejandro Chaoul

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: The Transdisciplinary Study of Contemplative Practices: Challenges and Opportunities

John Dunne

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: Integrating Contemporary Behaviorist and Traditional Contemplative Approaches: Towards an Effective Technology of Behavior Change

Sarah Bowen

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Daoist Contemplative Practice: Standing Meditation and Qigong

Louis Komjathy

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Opening Keynote: Opening Welcome and Meditation

Amishi Jha, Sharon Salzberg, Harold Roth

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: Mindfulness-Informed Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety

Lizabeth Roemer

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: Neurobiological Underpinnings of Contemplative Practices: Is There Common Ground (and who cares)?

Judson Brewer

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Keynote: Mindfulness Therapeutics in the Promotion of Mental Health

Zindel Segal

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Opening Keynote, Contemplative and Neuroscientific Perspectives on Personal and Social Well Being: A Conversation with Matthieu Ricard and Richard J. Davidson

Richard J. Davidson, Matthieu Ricard

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Self & Other

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Modern Interpretations of Zen Buddhist Teachings

Takafumi Kawakami Osho

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Practicing the Presence of Compassion: Contemplative Christian Traditions

Andrew Dreitcer

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Sustainable Compassion Training—Receiving-Care Mode of Practice

John Makransky

Topics: Body-based Practices | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Engaged Contemplative Practice in Islamic Sufism: Vocal Emphasis

Alan Godlas

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Yoga of Sound: Indian Classical Music as Contemplative Practice

Srinivas Reddy, Ferhan Najeeb Qureshi

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Liberation Through Memory and Storytelling

Sheila Peltz Weinberg

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: Embodying Change: Buddhism, Feminism, and Contemplative Education

Erin McCarthy

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Social Change

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Yoga with Mary Taylor and Richard Freeman

Mary Taylor, Richard Freeman

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Evening Conversation – The Promises and Perils of Mainstreaming Mindfulness (Ticketed Event)

Susan Bauer-Wu, Jeremy Hunter, Carolyn Jacobs, Amishi Jha, Sharon Salzberg

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Letter from the Future

Sheila Peltz Weinberg

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Social Change

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Engaged Contemplative Practice in Islamic Sufism: Vocal, Silent, Living

Alan Godlas

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Ethical Know-How and Christian Contemplative Practices: A Case Study from Late Antiquity

Niki Clements

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: The Missing Link of Leadership Development: Cultivating Awareness in Action

Jeremy Hunter

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Stress & Resilience

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: Minding Mindfulness: Issues, Models, and Findings in the Scientific Study of Meditation

Clifford Saron

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Engaged Contemplative Practice in Islamic Sufism: Silent Emphasis

Alan Godlas

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Practicing Meditation Through Sacred Texts and Prayers

Sheila Peltz Weinberg

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: School Systems, Educational Reform and Mindfulness Training

Robert Roeser

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Social Change

2016 Summer Research Institute Session

Compassion in Context

Brooke D. Lavelle

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 Summer Research Institute Session

Panel Discussion: Movement-Based Contemplative Practices

Moderators:
Panel: Catherine Kerr, Catherine Shaddix, Peter Wayne

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 Summer Research Institute Session

Taxonomies, Lifeworlds, and Self-cultivation: Contemplative Practices in Multiple Contexts

David McMahan

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 Summer Research Institute Session

Contemplative Life: An Anthropological Perspective

Martijn van Beek

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection

2015 Summer Research Institute Session

How Can a Buddhist Realize that They Are Afraid? A Study in Buddhist Philosophy of Mind

Bronwyn Finnigan

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2015 Summer Research Institute Session

A Perfect Storm of Healing: Psychological, Zen, and Christian Perspectives

Robert A. Jonas

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2015 Summer Research Institute Session

Fostering Communities of Care: Toward an Ecological Approach to the Development and Implementation of Contemplative-Based Programs

Brooke D. Lavelle

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2015 Summer Research Institute Session

Meditation on Fearlessness

Wendy Farley

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2015 Summer Research Institute Session

Fear and Fearlessness in Contemplative Christianity

Wendy Farley

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2015 Summer Research Institute Session

Attachment Theory and Attachment Security in Relation to Buddhist Non-Attachment

Phillip R. Shaver

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

2015 Summer Research Institute Session

Devotion as a Doorway to Existential Trust: Rethinking Devotion in Light of Attachment Theory

Willa Blythe Baker

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2015 Summer Research Institute Session

Cultivating Fear to Achieve Fearlessness: A Puzzle in Buddhist Moral Philosophy

Bronwyn Finnigan

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Keynote – Contemplation in Contexts

David Germano

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 3 – Spiritual Well-Being in Historical Perspective

Francis Mckay

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 2 – Contemplative Neuroscience, the Phenomenology of Attention and the Mereology of the Subject

Sean Smith

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 2 – The Tears of a Scholar: Bringing Mindfulness into Higher Education

Laurie Cozad, Susan Gere, Catherine Koverola, Nancy Waring

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 2 – Exploring Sleep Paralysis

Terje Sparby

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lecture – Science, Daoism, and Scholarly Subjectivity

Harold Roth

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lecture – A Buddhist Contribution to Neurophenomenology

Andrew Olendzki

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom

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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lecture – Contemplative Science Research and The Psychology of Confucian Virtue Ethics

Edward Slingerland

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom

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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 3 – Resilience and Compassion

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 2 – Prospects for a Empirical Research of Buddhist Religious Practice from within Buddhist Contexts

Bhikshuni Trinlae

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 3 – Heartfulness as Mindfulness: Affectivity and Perspective in Abrahamic and Dharmic Traditions

Linda-Susan Beard, Andrew Dreitcer, Brent A. Field, John Makransky, Rabbi Or Rose, Michael Spezio

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 3 – Half Empty: Measuring Indicators of Emptiness Awareness Through Contemplative Practice

MacAndrew Jack, Abigail Lindemann

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 3 – Stages of Mind Training in Dzogchen: Contemplative and Neurocognitive Perspectives

Dusana Dorjee

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 3 – Are We Ready to Investigate Non-Dual Awareness?

James Austin, John Dunne, Eric Garland, Zoran Josipovic, Yoshio Nakamura

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 4 – Debate as a Method of Contemplation: Deep Engagement with Science Through Tibetan Buddhist Debate

Michael Romano, Carol Worthman

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 4 – Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB): Training, Research, and Future

Eve Ekman, Paul Ekman, B. Alan Wallace

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 4 – Mapping the Mind: A Model Based on Theravada Buddhist Texts and Practices

Piyal Walpola

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 4 – Remembering What We Need to Remember: Extending the Psychotherapeutic Application of Mindfulness

Kathleen Gregory

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 5 – Nonlinear Contemplative Development in Contemporary Theravadin Buddhist and Jewish Mystical Traditions

Nathan Fisher

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 5 – The Rhetoric of Nonconceptuality and the Role of Analysis in Meditation and Mindfulness: Reconciling Traditional Buddhist and Modern Scientific Approaches

Jared Lindahl, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, Martijn van Beek

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 5 – Resuscitating the Heart: Hesychast Spirituality and the Neurophenomenology of Depression

Joshua Connor

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 5 – Grounding Ethics in the Qualities of Heart

Jake Davis

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 5 – A Comparison of the Thematic Unfolding of Experience in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and the Tibetan Buddhist Lamrim Meditations

Susan Stabile

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 5 – Self, Nonself, and Silencing the Self: Dangers and Possibilities

Dana Jack

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Self & Other

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 1 – Ancient Western Contemplative Philosophy: An Introduction to Plotinus and Neo-Platonism

Michael Griffin

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 1 – Can We Measure Mental Balance? Scientific and Contemplative Perspectives On Equanimity

Gaelle Desbordes, Dusana Dorjee, Elizabeth A. Hoge, Catherine Kerr, Sara Lazar, Andrew Olendzki, David Vago

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lecture – The Varieties of Contemplative Experience

Willoughby Britton

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 5 – Zen Arts Ensemble – Deep Listening and Contemplative Creativity with Sound

Jay Rinsen Weik

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Pre-Conference Closing Keynote

Sheryl Petty, Arthur Zajonc

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mindfulness

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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Keynote Dialogue with His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Richard J. Davidson, Amishi Jha, Arthur Zajonc

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lecture – Dreamless Sleep and Consciousness

Evan Thompson

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom

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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 5 – Emory-Tibet Science Initiative: Sustained Engagement Between Contemplatives and Scientists Offer Insights for Contemplative Science

Arri Eisen, Wendy Hasenkamp, Carol Worthman

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 1 – PTSD and Buddhism: An Analogical Mapping Model

Anthony King, David Lewis, Deborah Rozelle

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Stress & Resilience

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 1 – Engaged Compassion: Humanizing the Sacred and Secular

Enver Rahmanov

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 1 – Dogen’s “Nonthinking”: What the Founder of Soto Zen Can Teach Us About Intentionality and Discrimination During Shikantaza Meditation

Adam Valerio

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 1 – Can There Be a Jewish Contemplative Studies?

Jay Michaelson

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 1 – Distinctions of Contemplative Practice in Different Religious Traditions and Relevance to Neuroscience

Vera Ketelboeter

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other