George Greenstein, PhD, is the Sidney Dillon Professor of Astronomy at Amherst College. He received his BS from Stanford and his PhD from Yale, both in physics. Initially his interests centered on research in theoretical astrophysics, but later they shifted to writing. He is the author of numerous works interpreting science for nonscientists. His first …
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The Monastery and the Microscope: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mind, Mindfulness, and the Nature of Reality
ORDER NOW Edited by Wendy Hasenkamp with Janna White (Yale University Press) ISBN: 9780300218084 In 2013, during a landmark Mind & Life dialogue at a Tibetan monastery in southern India, with an audience of thousands of monks and nuns, the Dalai Lama gathered with leading scientists, philosophers and monastics for in-depth discussions on the nature of …
An in-depth look at a Mind & Life Think Tank on Abrahamic traditions
To date, the traditions and techniques that have been most substantively researched in the field of contemplative science have largely derived from Buddhism and Buddhist-inspired movements. While there have been tremendous advances and developments due to this collaboration—indeed there would be no field without it—a natural consequence of this specific alliance is that insights from …
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The New Physics and Cosmology
Dialogues with the Dalai Lama PURCHASE NOW by Arthur Zajonc (Oxford University Press) ISBN: 9780195159943 What happens when the Dalai Lama meets with leading physicists and a historian? This book is the carefully edited record of the fascinating discussions at a Mind & Life conference in which five leading physicists and a historian (David Finkelstein, …
The Dalai Lama at MIT
PURCHASE NOW by Anne Harrington and Arthur Zajonc (Harvard University Press) ISBN: 0674023196 Is there any substance to monks’ claims that meditation can provide astonishing memories for words and images? Is there any neuroscientific evidence that meditation will help you pay attention, think better, control and even eliminate negative emotions? Are Buddhists right to make …
Books
Bestselling authors and experts in the field of contemplative sciences contribute their talents and insights to the Mind & Life library of books. Here you will find a selection of titles documenting the historic Mind & Life Dialogues with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. 2021 Mind & Life Conversation (Online) A Future We Can Love:How …
The Dalai Lama’s Conjecture
A preview of Evan Thompson’s new book, Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy
The Bright Knight of the Soul
How a 13th-century myth illuminates the contemporary mission of Mind & Life
The Care Proposition
Can a Greater Emphasis on Compassion Change Education?
Mind & Life XXIX – Session 4
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind and Life XXIX: Mapping the Mind” on April 12, 2014. Emotional Plasticity: A Healthy SocietySPEAKER: Barry Kerzin Our high-stress busy lives are out of control. Our emotions have gone wild. Anger is on the rise. Jealousy, aggressive competition, and judgmental attitudes feed on anger. Burnout runs rampant. Depression, …
