Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXVI: Mind, Brain and Matter” on January 19, 2013. Day Three: Neuroscience Changing the BrainSPEAKERS: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Richard Davidson, PhD, and Tania Singer, PhD The ability of the brain to change through experience, a capacity known as neuroplasticity, allows for exciting possibilities of …
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Mind & Life XXVI – Session 2
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXVI: Mind, Brain and Matter” on January 18, 2013. Day Two: Physics Quantum Physics and RealitySPEAKERS: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Arthur Zajonc, PhD, and Michel Bitbol, PhD The traditional view of reality seeks to identify the intrinsic or “real” properties of things, such as their …
Mind & Life XXVI – Session 1
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXVI: Mind, Brain and Matter” on January 17, 2013. Day One: Introduction Since he was a youth, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has had a personal interest in modern science and technology. Over many years, this interest has led to the conviction that recent developments …
Mind & Life XXV – Part 10
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind and Life XXV: Contemplative Practice and Health: Laboratory Findings and Real World Challenges” on October 20, 2012. Session Three – Next Steps Round Table Discussion and Panel Conversation with Audience, Closing Remarks MODERATOR: Arthur Zajonc PANELISTS:His Holiness the 14th Dalai LamaRichard J. DavidsonAnne HarringtonJimmie HollandAlfred KaszniakBruce S. McEwenLis …
Mind & Life XIV – Session 4
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIV: The Universe in a Single Atom” on April 9-13, 2007. Day Four ConsciousnessSPEAKERS:Wolf SingerRichard DavidsonEvan Thompson Buddhist psychology and philosophy make strong claims about the primary of subjective experience and from this perspective, Buddhist accounts have argued that there are three fundamentally distinct features of …
Mind & Life XIV – Session 3
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIV: The Universe in a Single Atom” on April 9-13, 2007. Day Three Evolution, Altruism and the Fundamental Nature of Human EmotionSPEAKERS:Ben ShapiroPaul EkmanRichard DavidsonMatthieu Ricard Is evolution driven by random mutation and natural selection? How can the adaptations of species best be understood? Can basic …
Mind & Life XIV – Session 2
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIV: The Universe in a Single Atom” on April 9-13, 2007. Day Two Cosmology and the Relativity of Space and TimeSPEAKERS: George Greenstein, Arthur Zajonc Two related themes emerge from the Dalai Lama’s writings on cosmology:1) The relativity of time and space as developed within both …
Mind & Life XIV – Session 1
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIV: The Universe in a Single Atom” on April 9-13, 2007. Day One The Buddhism-Science Collaboration and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge: Exposing the Fracture PointsSPEAKER: Evan Thompson While science has made phenomenal progress in physics, cosmology and neuroscience, the juxtaposition of questions posed by the …
Mind & Life XI – Session 4
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XI: A Public Talk for New England” on September 14, 2003. Integration & Final Reflections From its inception Buddhism has probed the nature of mind, using the mind itself as its instrument of investigation, especially with the aid of refined meditation methods. For the past millennium, …
Mind & Life XI – Session 3
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XI: A Public Talk for New England” on September 14, 2003. Emotion From its inception Buddhism has probed the nature of mind, using the mind itself as its instrument of investigation, especially with the aid of refined meditation methods. For the past millennium, Tibetan Buddhists have …
