
This landmark six-day event, convened at the specific request of the Dalai Lama, brought together 20 of the world’s foremost scientists and philosophers with senior Tibetan scholars. Several thousand monks and nuns from numerous Tibetan monastic centers of learning were in attendance. In addition to critically engaging in important questions of mutual interest and challenge such as the fundamental nature of our physical world, the problem of consciousness, the nature and workings of our mind, and the interface of contemplative practice and scientific research, this conference also aimed to offer an educational forum, whereby the monastic students could learn about the historical development of science, and how science has come to shape the way we understand our world.
LOCATION: Mundgod, India
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Participants

Michel Bitbol, MD, PhD
Archives Husserl, École Normale Supérieure

Richard J. Davidson, PhD
Mind & Life Chief Scientific Advisor, Center for Healthy Minds at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Sona Dimidjian, PhD
Renée Crown Wellness Institute
Anne Harrington, PhD
Harvard University


Thupten Jinpa, PhD
McGill University


Tania Singer, PhD
Convening Faculty

Aaron Stern
Academy for the Love of Learning

Diana Chapman Walsh, PhD
Wellesley College

Carol Worthman, PhD
Emory University

Arthur Zajonc, PhD
Mind & Life Institute