Here are just a few morsels that we heard today as the dialogue moved to a consideration of issues of emotion and its relation to attention and emotion on day 4. “I describe myself as a messenger of Ancient Indian thought.” HH Dalai Lama “Many of the problems we are facing today in the world [...]

Hi all, Dave and I wanted to share with you some new images of the conference. It continues to rain like the monsoon here so we are especially savoring the days when the beautiful himalaya was visible. We will be writing more later about the substance of today’s meeting.

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 [...]

Today after a talk by Adele Diamond of the University of British Columbia on the development of executive control of mental processes in young people and its relation to their academic achievement and well-being, HH Dalai Lama talked some about his own views of education. In particular, he expressed the view that modern education systems [...]

Today we woke again with some thunder. Sorry about  the video technical difficulties. We are having some trouble uploading large files with slow connections. To be expected here in the rooftop of the world. This morning Adele Diamond spoke about the developmental cognitive neurosciences and how best to develop executive control (which i can speak about [...]