Mind and life institute

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Joan Halifax with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at a 2007 Mind and Life conference
Joan Halifax with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at a 2007 Mind and Life conference

The Mind and Life Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated in exploring the relationship of science and Buddhism as methodologies in understanding the nature of reality. The institute has affiliates including notable scientists, and Buddhist practitioners, the most notable of which is Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama.

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[edit] Board of Directors

[edit] Mind and Life Conferences

[edit] 1987 : Mind and Life I

Dialogues between Buddhism & the Cognitive Sciences Dharamsala, India

[edit] 1989 : Mind and Life II

Dialogues between Buddhism & the Neurosciences Newport Beach, California, USA

[edit] 1990 : Mind and Life III

Emotions & Health Dharamsala, India

  • Publication : Healing Emotions: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mindfulness, Emotions, and Health,[3]
  • Participants : Tenzin Gyatso, Francisco J. Varela, Joyce McDougall, Jayne Gackenbach, Jerome Engel and Joan Halifax. Interprets: Thubten Jinpa and B. Alan Wallace
  • From this exchange was born the initiative of a neurobiological study of Buddhist meditation; this is also to facilitate this project that was founded the Mind and Life Institute.

[edit] 1992 : Mind and Life IV

Sleeping, Dreaming, & Dying Dharamsala, India

[edit] 1995 : Mind and Life V

Altruism, Ethics, & Compassion Dharamsala, India

[edit] 1997 : Mind and Life VI

The New Physics & Cosmology Dharamsala, India

[edit] 1998 : Mind and Life VII

Epistemological Questions in Quantum Physics and Eastern Contemplative Sciences Innsbruck, Austria

[edit] 2000 : Mind and Life VIII

Destructive Emotions Dharamsala, India

[edit] 2001 : Mind and Life IX

Transformations of Mind, Brain & Emotion Madison, Wisconsin, USA

[edit] 2002 : Mind and Life X

The Nature of Matter, The Nature of Life Dharamsala, India

[edit] 2003 : Mind and Life XI

Investigating the Mind Cambridge, MA, USA

[edit] 2004 : Mind and Life XII

Neuroplasticity: The Neuronal Substrates of Learning and Transformation Dharamsala, India

[edit] 2005 : Mind and Life XIII

The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation Washington DC, USA

[edit] 2007 : Mind and Life XIV

A Dialogue on The Universe in a Single Atom Dharamsala, India

[edit] 2007 : Mind and Life XV

Mindfulness, Compassion, and the Treatment of Depression October 20, 2007 — Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

[edit] Bibliographie (French)

  1. ^ Passerelles, entretiens avec des scientifiques sur la nature de l'esprit, Albin Michel 1995, Poche : Albin Michel 2000 (ISBN 2226115102)
  2. ^ Le Pouvoir de l'esprit Entretiens avec des scientifiques, Dalaï Lama XIV, Editions Fayard, 09/2000, (ISBN 221360715X)
  3. ^ Quand l'esprit dialogue avec le corps, Daniel Goleman, Editeur Guy Trédaniel 11/1998 (ISBN : 9782857079262)
  4. ^ Dormir, rêver, mourir, explorer la conscience avec le Dalaï Lama, Francisco J. Varela, Claude Levenson, Nil éditions 1998 (ISBN 2841110990)
  5. ^ Surmonter les émotions destructrices, Un dialogue scientifique avec le Dalaï Lama , Dalaï-Lama, Daniel Goleman, Editeur Robert Laffont, octobre 2003 (ISBN 2221093011)

[edit] Books

Sharon Begley, Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves, Ballantine, January 2007 ISBN 978-1-4000-6390-1

Gentle Bridges: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind Edited by Jeremy W. Hayward and Francisco J. Varela Shambhala Publications

Anne Harrington and Arthur Zajonc, The Dalai Lama at MIT, Harvard University Press 2006, ISBN 0674023196

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