Sensation, Feeling, Image, Talk
April 23, 2009 By
Dear friends, One of the enduring discussions of the meeting for me has been the “levels of processing” discussion between Buddhism and Modern science. There was a long series of conversations about different levels of experience and their inter-relations- those strands of phenomenal experience coming through the body and the senses, the emotions, cognition, and [...]
The Physical Place
April 16, 2009 By
Roshi Joan Halifax Reflections on Conference
April 14, 2009 By
View from Youth
April 10, 2009 By
Images from Day 5 Morning
April 9, 2009 By
Dear friends, We are preparing for the final day here today. Philosopher Shaun Gallagher will present on phenomenology and the study of the mind. Shaun is quite interested in incorporating the body, social others, and social contexts in our study of the mind. He will talk about how the orientation of the body, for instance, [...] Reflections on Day 4 – Emotion, Attention & Memory
April 9, 2009 By
Today the talks shifted to a focus on emotion and its relation to attention and memory. Dr. Liz Phelps from New York University began the morning by talking about how emotion is defined in the western scientific tradition and why we have them. Liz noted that emotion means many different things, and is defined as [...]
New Friends & Traditional Tibetan Music
April 9, 2009 By
One of the best parts of being here in Dharamsala is meeting new and incredibly interesting and heartfelt people who are all interested in and committed to enhancing the well-being of others. It has also been so nice to receive all of the wonderful comments from the broader sangha out there following the meeting. Thank [...]
Notable Quotes from HHDL
April 9, 2009 By
Images of ML XVIII
April 8, 2009 By
Lessons in Patience
April 8, 2009 By
Dear friends, I am writing to thank all of you for your comments and viewing of the BLOG, and also to ask for your kind patience as we work diligently, practicing mindful breathing as best we can, to surmount certain technical difficulties needed to bring you the interviews on movie format. The movies exceed local [...]




