The Mind & Life Summer Research Institute (SRI) is a collective experience in which all members bring their individual experiences together to build a community. This personal reflection, from the 2024 SRI held June 2-8 at the Garrison Institute, is but one perspective of many. Because I am a visual thinker, this piece includes digital …
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Larry Ward and Peggy Rowe-Ward—A Compassion Meditation
Aproteem Choudhury—Building Community Resilience
The Dalai Lama—Cultivating Compassion and Gratitude
Chikako Ozawa-de Silva—Healing Through Gratitude
The Global Refugee Crisis: How Can Mindfulness & Compassion Training Help?
According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 108 million people are forcibly displaced worldwide, the highest level on record. By 2050, this figure is expected to rise to 200 million—and potentially to over a billion—due to climate change and natural disasters. Such statistics belie the reality that each and every one …
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Can Loving Kindness Meditation Strengthen Social Connectedness? One Researcher Seeks to Find Out.
As a teenager in the 1990s, Abby Marsh experienced an accident that shaped the trajectory of her career. Traveling home late one night during a college break, Dr. Marsh swerved abruptly to avoid a dog that had run onto the freeway. Her car spun out of control—fishtailing and then skidding to a stop in the …
The Coming of a New Season at Mind & Life
Departing Reflections from Mind & Life President Susan Bauer-Wu It has truly been a privilege to lead Mind & Life during one of the most consequential—and disruptive—periods in modern history, a time when we are called to reimagine how we live and interact with each other and our earthly home. With so much at stake, …
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Tsoknyi Rinpoche—Befriending Our Beautiful Monsters
Mind & Life’s New Digital Library and the Lost Art of Dialogue
The Dalai Lama has long implored humans to move beyond conflict and wars, calling for the 21st century to be one of dialogue. Twenty-three years into the century, it’s clear we have a long way to go. Violent conflict continues to be a defining characteristic of our age. What’s more, the digital media landscape has …
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