Best-selling authors and experts in the field of contemplative sciences contribute their talents and insights to the Mind & Life library of books. Here you will find a selection of titles documenting the historic Mind & Life Dialogues with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, along with a selection of recent releases by members of the Mind & Life community. View recent releases »
Mind & Life Dialogues
Each of these books includes an introduction to the subject matter of the Dialogue, the presentations provided by scientists and scholars to his His Holiness, and excerpts from the most intriguing and thought-provoking exchanges following each presentation.
2013 Mind & Life Dialogue in Mundgod, IndiaThe Monastery and the Microscope: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mind, Mindfulness, and the Nature of Reality
Edited by Wendy Hasenkamp with Janna White
Yale University Press
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2010 Mind & Life Dialogue in Zurich, SwitzerlandCaring Economics
Edited by Tania Singer and Matthieu Ricard
Picador
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2005 Mind & Life Dialogue in Washington, DC, USA
The Mind’s Own Physician: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama on the Healing Power of Meditation
By Jon Kabat-Zinn and Richard Davidson with Zara Houshmand
New Harbinger Publications
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2004 Mind & Life Dialogue in Dharamsala, India
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves
by Sharon Begley
Ballantine Books
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2003 Mind & Life Dialogue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
The Dalai Lama at MIT
by Anne Harrington and Arthur Zajonc
Harvard University Press
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2002 Mind & Life Dialogue in Dharamsala, India
Mind & Life: Discussions with the Dalai Lama on the Nature of Reality
by Pier Luigi Luisi with Zara Houshmand
Columbia University Press
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2000 Mind & Life Dialogue in Dharamsala, India
Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama
by Daniel Goleman
Bantam Doubleday Dell
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1997 Mind & Life Dialogue in Dharamsala, India
The New Physics and Cosmology: Dialogues with the Dalai Lama
by Arthur Zajonc
Oxford University Press
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1995 Mind & Life Dialogue in Dharamsala, India
Visions of Compassion: Western Scientists and Tibetan Buddhists Examine Human Nature
Edited by Richard J. Davidson and Anne Harrington
Oxford University Press
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1992 Mind & Life Dialogue in Dharamsala, India
Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying: An Exploration of Consciousness with the Dalai Lama
Edited by Francisco J. Varela
Wisdom Publications
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1990 Mind & Life Dialogue in Dharamsala, India
Healing Emotions: Conversations With the Dalai Lama on Mindfulness, Emotions, and Health
Edited by Daniel Goleman
Shambhala Publications
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1989 Mind & Life Dialogue in Los Angeles, California, USAConsciousness at the Crossroads
Edited by Zara Houshmand, Robert B. Livingston, and B. Alan Wallace
Snow Lion Publications
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1987 Mind & Life Dialogue in Dharamsala, India
Gentle Bridges: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind
Edited by Jeremy W. Hayward and Francisco J. Varela
Shambhala Publications
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Recent Releases
The field of contemplative sciences is fueled in large part by the published work of Mind & Life Fellows and grant recipients. Here are some recent releases from our community.
Murals of Tibet
A thousand years of Tibetan mural masterpieces are now revealed for the first time in a new limited edition book.
Thomas Laird, Robert Thurman, Heather Stoddard, Jakob Winkler, Shigeru Ban
TASCHEN
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Contemplative Social Research: Caring for Self, Being, and Lifeworld
By Valerie M. Bentz and Vincenzo M. B. Giorgino
CreateSpace Independent Publishing
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The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience
By Evan Thompson, Eleanor Rosch and Francisco J. Varela
MIT Press
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The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer
by Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel
Grand Central Publishing
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Resources for Teaching Mindfulness: An International Handbook
Edited by Donald McCown, Diane K. Reibel and Marc S. Micozzi
Including chapters by Susan Bauer-Wu, Willoughby B. Britton and Rhonda MageeSpringer
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Mindful Birthing: Training the Mind, Body and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond
By Nancy Bardacke
HarperOne
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The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love—Why We Get Hooked & How We Can Break Bad Habits
Judson Brewer
Foreword by Jon Kabat-ZinnYale University Press