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
Session Videos
Participants
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Honorary Board Chair
Michel Bitbol, MD, PhD
Archives Husserl, École Normale Supérieure
Richard J. Davidson, PhD
William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founder and Chief Visionary for Healthy Minds Innovations, Inc.
Anne Harrington, PhD
Harvard University
Rajesh Kasturirangan
Reviewer
Tania Singer, PhD
Convening Faculty
Diana Chapman Walsh, PhD
Wellesley College
Arthur Zajonc, PhD
Mind & Life Institute
