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 …
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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 XXII – Session 5
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XVII: Contemplative Science” on October 23, 2010. Reflections, Integrations, and Future Direction Previous sessions have shown the great benefit that can arise from a clear and rigorous dialogue between modern science and the contemplative traditions of India. This final session concentrates on the future avenues of …
Mind & Life XXII – Session 4
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XVII: Contemplative Science” on October 21-23, 2010. Understanding Contemplative Practices: Yoga and Jain SPEAKERS:His Holiness the 14th Dalai LamaMuni Mahendra KumarBN GangadharShirley Telles In continuation of the morning session, this session will be dedicated to the exploration of the central practices in the Yoga and Jain …
Mind & Life XXII – Session 3
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XVII: Contemplative Science” on October 21-23, 2010. Understanding Contemplative Practices: VedantaSPEAKERS:His Holiness the 14th Dalai LamaSwami AtmapriyanandaChakravarthi Ram-Prasad Within both Hinduism and Buddhism, numerous lineages (parampār) of contemplative practice employ a wide range of techniques to realize their spiritual goals. This session, focusing on the Advaita …
Mind & Life XXII – Session 2
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XVII: Contemplative Science” on October 21-23, 2010. Foundations for Scientific Understanding of Contemplative PracticeSPEAKERS:His Holiness the 14th Dalai LamaMatthieu RicardRichard Davidson Despite its youth, the emerging field of Contemplative Science has advanced considerably in the last decade, and many of these advancements are linked to progress …
Buddhism and Modern Science
The Importance of the Encounter with Buddhism for Modern Science (written circa 1999)
Mind & Life XVIII – Session 5
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XVIII: Attention, Memory, and Mind” on April 6-10, 2009. Embodiment and Intersubjectivity: Empirical and Phenomenological ApproachesSPEAKER: Shaun Gallagher Two themes that have become prominent in studies of consciousness and cognition: embodiment and intersubjectivity. We will begin by discussing recent work in embodied cognition, informed by both …
Mind & Life XVIII – Session 3
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XVIII: Attention, Memory, and Mind” on April 6-10, 2009. Mental Processes for Attention and Cognitive Control in Children and AdolescentsSPEAKER: Adele Diamond Attentional control, self-regulation, and inhibitory control are not immutable. They can be improved even in children as young as 4–5 years, in regular classrooms, …
Mind & Life XVIII – Session 2
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XVIII: Attention, Memory, and Mind” on April 6-10, 2009. Mental Processes Underlying Attention, Visual Perception, and Cognitive ControlSPEAKER: Anne Treisman Attention is a fuzzy concept that we try to capture in a variety of forms to study it in the lab. The main meaning is the …
