This groundbreaking meeting, which began the Dialogue series, was inspired by a shared interest in opening a conversation between Buddhist thought and cognitive science to mutually inform and enrich these two distinct modes of exploring existence.
LOCATION: Dharamsala, India
Participants

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Honorary Board Chair

Thupten Jinpa, PhD
Board Chair, Mind & Life Institute

Francisco J. Varela, PhD
Mind & Life Institute