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Contemplative Wisdom Offerings

2021 Summer Research Institute
The Mind, the Human-Earth Connection, and the Climate Crisis
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Interconnection

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The Dalai Lama, Greta Thunberg, and Leading Scientists Share Urgent Message to Protect the Planet
Mind and Life Institute • January 12, 2021
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Interconnection

Varela Grant
Examining Individual Differences in Contemplative Practice Response
Tawni Tidwell
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Inspiring Minds – Finding Connections: Pathways to Embodied Wisdom
Inspiring Minds - Finding Connections: Pathways to Embodied Wisdom
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Stress & Resilience

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Bridging Psychology and Contemplative Practice to Benefit Hearts and Minds Today
Paul Condon • December 8, 2020
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection

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Dr. Peter Wayne Honored with Catherine Kerr Award for Courageous and Compassionate Science
Mind and Life Institute • December 1, 2020
Topics: Body-based Practices | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Stress & Resilience

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Calling on Our Shared Humanity
Susan Bauer-Wu • November 4, 2020
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other

Inspiring Minds – Mindfulness and Racial Healing
Inspiring Minds - Mindfulness and Racial Healing
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other

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What Contemplative Wisdom Can Teach Us About Navigating Challenging Times
Jack Kornfield • October 12, 2020
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection


Think Tanks
International Society for Contemplative Research
Linda Carlson, Amishi Jha, Erin McCarthy, Harold Roth, Zindel Segal, David Vago, Fadel Zeidan
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Environment | Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

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Message from the Dalai Lama in a Time of Crisis: “We Have to Think of One Humanity”
Mind and Life Institute • July 2, 2020
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

Mind & Life Videos
2020 Mind & Life Conversation with the Dalai Lama: Resilience, Compassion, and Science for Healing Today
Mind and Life Institute • June 19, 2020
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

2020 Mind & Life Conversation
Mind & Life Conversation: Resilience, Compassion, and Science for Healing Today
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life 2020 President’s Call
Mind and Life Institute • May 20, 2020
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Social Change
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“Education of the Heart”: New Mind & Life Digital Dialogue Spotlights Role of Education in Human Flourishing
Mind and Life Institute • March 24, 2020
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection

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New Mind & Life Podcast to Tell Deeper Story of Contemplative Science
Sheila Kinkade • March 20, 2020

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Helen Weng: Using Science to Spread a Message of Compassion, Equity, and Inclusion
Sheila Kinkade • January 29, 2020
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other | Social Change

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Toward a Whole World Ethic: The Role of Conscious Evolution
Mind and Life Institute • December 19, 2019
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other

Varela Grant
The histories of Varela’s legacy within the contemplative sciences
Shayna Fox Lee
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Liyan: Contemplation, well-being and ethical action in Australian Indigenous wisdom traditions
Sarah Laborde
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection

Varela Grant
VOICES: Vocalizing Oppression and Interconnection in Contemplation and Embodiment Spaces
Richa Gawande
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Social Change

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Transforming Lives and Communities with Compassion
Mind and Life Institute • November 19, 2019
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection

Mind & Life Videos
2019 Mind & Life Conversations with the Dalai Lama and Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Mind and Life Institute • November 1, 2019
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other

2019 Mind & Life Conversations
Mind & Life Conversations: Conversations on Compassion, Interconnection, and Transformation
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Social Change

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Upcoming Mind & Life Conversations to Explore Role of Compassion and Conscious Evolution in Healing Growing Divides
Mind and Life Institute • October 22, 2019
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection

2019 Summer Research Institute
Exploring Mental Habits: Contemplative Practices and Interventions for Individual and Social Flourishing
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Self & Other | Social Change

2019 Summer Research Institute Session
The Quest for Serenity Among the Disenfranchised
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Social Change


2019 Summer Research Institute Session
Contemplative Practices
Alisa Dennis, Larry Yang
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2019 Summer Research Institute Session
Othering and Belonging
john a. powell
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change

2019 Summer Research Institute Session
How Thinking About Thinking Shapes the Human Experience of Spirit
Tanya Luhrmann
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health
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Contemplative Research and the Case for Transcultural Experiences and Perspectives
Hiroe Hu • April 10, 2019
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mindfulness
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Mind & Life Kyoto Conference Bridges East and West; Science and Contemplative Wisdom
Mind and Life Institute • December 6, 2018
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Yoga
Mary Taylor, Richard Freeman
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Contemplative Session: Watching the Breath
Pir Zia Inayat-Khan
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Catherine Kerr Award Ceremony and Lectures: “How to Choose Between Beautiful Stories”
Norman Farb
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Bridging Contemplative Science and Business: An Emerging Global Industry, Innovation Panel co-hosted by The Eagle and The Hawk Foundation and the Aetna Foundation
Moderators:
Panel: Acacia Parks, Cyd Crowse, Charlie Hartwell, Hamet Watt, Mark Bertolini
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Standing Meditation and Qigong
Louis Komjathy
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Closing Keynote “Where Is This All Going, and What’s Love—and Insight, Embodied Wisdom, and Community—Got to Do With It?”
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness
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2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Contemplative Session: Ancient Hebrew Sound Meditation
Zvi Ish-Shalom
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Contemplative Session: Awakening the Presence Body
Zvi Ish-Shalom
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Social Justice Breakout Session
angel Kyodo williams
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other | Social Change

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Keynote “Toward A Transformed Vision of Contemplative Education Centering Social Justice”
Laura Rendón
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Social Change

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Master Lectures: Social Justice Panel: “From Awareness to Embodied Change: A Conversation Toward Contemplative Justice”
Moderators: Dominique A. Malebranche
Panel: Helen Weng, Oliver Hill, Rhonda Magee, Dominique A. Malebranche
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other | Social Change

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Contemplative Session: The Four Elements
Pir Zia Inayat-Khan
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Dinner & Dialogue hosted by The Fetzer Institute: Consciousness and Contemplative Studies: Worldview Matters
Ed Sarath, Mohammed Mohammed
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Master Lectures: Seeing Reality: Interdependence, Relationality and the Expansion of Contemplative Practice
Chikako Ozawa-de Silva
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Master Lectures: Integrating First–person Inquiry in the Higher Education Classroom
Judith Simmer-Brown
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Keynote: To Be of Benefit: The Promise of Contemplative Research and Practice
Sona Dimidjian
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Mental Health | Self & Other | Social Change
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2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Contemplative Session: Putting the Mind in the Heart: Centering Prayer and the Christian Contemplative Tradition
Cynthia Bourgeault
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Master Lectures: Contemplative Studies Panel: Contemplating the Future of “Contemplative Studies”
Moderators: Erin McCarthy
Panel: Amishi Jha, Harold Roth, Ed Sarath, Erin McCarthy
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Self & Other

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Keynote Panel “Contemplative Practice Enters the Digital Age”
Moderators: Zindel Segal
Panel: Acacia Parks, Jack Kornfield, Darnell Lamont Walker, Zindel Segal
Topics: Body-based Practices | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Social Change

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Contemplative Arts Evening Performance
Srinivas Reddy, Robert Kaplan, Ed Sarath, Patricia Wallace
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research
International Symposium for Contemplative Research 2018
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Self & Other

Think Tanks
African Contemplative Practices for Healing the Past, for Transforming the Present and for Future Flourishing
Lucy Draper-Clarke
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Social Change
Blog
1,000 Years of Sacred Wisdom Preserved in One Very Special Book
Mind and Life Institute • September 4, 2018
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2018 International Research Institute
Contemplative Practice in Context: Culture, History, and Science
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness
2018 International Research Institute Session
Observation of the Mind in Buddhism and Mindfulness
Kenryo Minowa
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Self & Other
2018 International Research Institute Session
The Feature and Significance of the Philosophy of Kyoto School
Masakatsu Fujita
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education
2018 International Research Institute Session
Contemplative Practice in Context: Embodiment, Enactment and the Cultural Neurophenomenology of Experience
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other
2018 International Research Institute Session
Old Insights for A Hectic World: What Does Hakuin Teach Us Today?
Masaki Matsubara
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Research Institute Session
Healing Through Gratitude: Buddhist Theories of Mind and Self-Transformation in the Japanese Contemplative Practice of Naikan
Chikako Ozawa-de Silva
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2018 International Research Institute Session
Emerging Scholars Panel: Interdisciplinary Panel
Moderators: Yuki Imoto
Panel: Hiroe Hu, Yuuta Kawasaki, Masahiro Fujino, Yuki Imoto
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education

2018 International Research Institute Session
The Whole Person Sits: Social Imaginaries of Practitioners and Researchers in the Scientific Study of Meditation
Clifford Saron
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education

2018 International Research Institute Session
The Zen Roots of Contemplative Studies
Harold Roth
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Self & Other

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2018 SRI Reflections: “I judge less. I understand more.”
Mind and Life Institute • August 7, 2018
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Social Change
Blog
Six Positive Steps Toward Educational Renewal
Mind and Life Institute • July 12, 2018
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2018 Summer Research Institute
Engaging Cultural Difference and Human Diversity
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change

2018 Summer Research Institute Session
Mindfulness Is Always a Multicultural Experience, Even When It Is Not
Larry Yang
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Social Change
Blog
Meditation and Science: Ten Essays Worth Reading
Mind and Life Institute • April 23, 2018
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness


2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session
Meta-Awareness and Attention Training in Education Research
Amishi Jha, Sona Dimidjian, Thupten Jinpa Langri, Richard J. Davidson
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience


2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session
Social and Emotional Learning and Education in the Classroom
Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, Sophie Langri, Tara Wilkie, Jennifer Knox, Anthony Phillips
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Self & Other


2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session
Early Childhood Development and Social Emotional Learning
Richard J. Davidson, Michel Boivin, Daniel Goleman, Kimberly Schonert-Reichl
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Stress & Resilience

2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII
Dialogue XXXIII: Reimagining Human Flourishing
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education


2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session
Ethics and Compassion in Education Research
Daniel Goleman, Robert Roeser, Matthieu Ricard, Sona Dimidjian
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other


2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session
Evaluation and Implementation: Challenges and Opportunities for Human Flourishing
Sonia Lupien, Patricia (Tish) Jennings, Aaron Stern
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Blog
How Do We Know What’s True?
Mind and Life Institute • February 12, 2018
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other | Social Change
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A Golden String: Mind & Life 2018
Mind and Life Institute • January 17, 2018
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Social Change


PEACE Grant
CBCT® (Cognitively-Based Compassion Training) at the hospital bedside
Jennifer Mascaro, Charles Raison
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Stress & Resilience
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Ubuntu/Botho Leadership: An Ocean that Rejects No River
Mind and Life Institute • October 25, 2017
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change

Mind & Life Videos
MLI XXXII Session 5
Mind and Life Institute • August 19, 2017
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life Videos
MLI XXXII Session 4
Mind and Life Institute • August 18, 2017
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change

Mind & Life Videos
MLI XXXII Session 2
Mind and Life Institute • August 17, 2017
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life Videos
MLI XXXII Session 1
Mind and Life Institute • August 17, 2017
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change
2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session
Session II – Traditional Healer as Medium for Addressing Afflictions and Restoration of Wholistic Order within Botho/Ubuntu Cosmology
Mandaza Kandemwa, Lily Mafela
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change | Stress & Resilience
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2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session
Session I – The Concept of Botho/Ubuntu: its Expression and Resilience in the Lived Experiences of Batswana and Other Indigenous Africans
Moderators: Lily Mafela
Panel: Ponatshego H.K. Kedikilwe, Lily Mafela
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change
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2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session
Session V – Reparative Humanism: Exploring the Meaning of Ubuntu
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Lily Mafela, Theo Sowa
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Social Change | Stress & Resilience
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2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session
Session III – I am Because we are: Dynamic and Embodied Brain-to-brain Coupling as a new Framework for Social Interaction Between People
Uri Hasson, Theo Sowa
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other
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2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session
Session IV – The Role of Botho/Ubuntu in Modern Responses to Children’s and Women’s Rights Issues in Africa
Graça Machel, Theo Sowa
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change
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2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session
Session I – The History and Contemporary Frame of Botho/Ubuntu: Philosophical and Sociocultural Complexities
Michael Onyebuchi Eze, Lily Mafela
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change
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2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session
Welcome
Moderators: Lily Mafela
Panel: Rupert Hambira, Raphael Sikwane, Canon Mpho Tutu Van Furth, Susan Bauer-Wu, Seretse Khama Ian Khama, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Lily Mafela
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change

2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII
Dialogue XXXII: Botho/Ubuntu, A Dialogue on Spirituality, Science, and Humanity
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change

2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session
Session IV – The Biology of Care and Conflict in Groups
Carsten K.W. De Dreu, Theo Sowa
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change
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Interconnection, Inclusivity and Transdisciplinary Collaboration in Contemplative Research
Mind and Life Institute • August 7, 2017
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection

2017 Summer Research Institute Session
Interdependency: the Buddha’s Central Insight
William Waldron
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection

2017 Summer Research Institute
Intersubjectivity and Social Connectivity
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mental Health | Self & Other | Social Change
Mind & Life Contemplative Studies Fellowship
Philosophical and historical accounts for the neuroscientific investigation of human spirituality
Franco Fabbro
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The PhenoTank: A Mind & Life Think Tank on the Microphenomenology of Contemplative Experience
Mind and Life Institute • May 16, 2017
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection
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An in-depth look at a Mind & Life Think Tank on Abrahamic traditions
Mind and Life Institute • May 12, 2017
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other

Think Tanks
Designing and implementing a contemplative practice-based program for ex-combatants in Colombia’s peacebuilding process
Juan Santoyo, Juliana M Santoyo, Alejandro Chaoul, Brooke D. Lavelle
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Social Change
Blog
ISCS 2016 marks coming of age for Mind & Life
Mind and Life Institute • December 16, 2016
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Social Change
Blog
“Prayer is action”: Contemplative practice and social justice in Standing Rock, ND
Mind and Life Institute • December 14, 2016
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Social Change
Varela Grant
Investigating the impact of yoga on brain aging: A randomized controlled trial
Joseph Therriault
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health

Think Tanks
Socially-Engaged Mindfulness Interventions (SEMI) and the Promise of Making Refuge
Ronald Purser, Edwin Ng, Zack Walsh
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Social Change

Think Tanks
Microphenomenology and Contemplative Experience: Exploring the Intra- and Intersubjective Dynamics of Language and Embodied Experience
Andreas Roepstorff, Claire Petitmengin, Anne Klein

Varela Grant
Navigating the end of life among Tibetans in exile: A transnational ethnographic study
Sara Lewis
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom
Blog
The Mind & Life community remembers Cathy Kerr
Mind and Life Institute • November 28, 2016
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Clifford Saron
Mind and Life Institute • November 12, 2016
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Evening Conversation
Mind and Life Institute • November 12, 2016
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Robert Roeser
Mind and Life Institute • November 12, 2016
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Social Change

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Erin McCarthy
Mind and Life Institute • November 12, 2016
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Social Change

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Jeremy Hunter
Mind and Life Institute • November 12, 2016
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Niki Clements
Mind and Life Institute • November 12, 2016

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Thupten Jinpa
Mind and Life Institute • November 11, 2016
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Lizabeth Roemer
Mind and Life Institute • November 11, 2016
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Judson Brewer
Mind and Life Institute • November 11, 2016
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Keynote – Zindel Segal
Mind and Life Institute • November 11, 2016
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Harold Roth
Mind and Life Institute • November 11, 2016
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Education

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – John Dunne
Mind and Life Institute • November 11, 2016
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Sarah Bowen
Mind and Life Institute • November 11, 2016
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Opening Keynote – Richard Davidson, Matthieu Ricard
Mind and Life Institute • November 10, 2016
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Self & Other
2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lectures: Mindfulness-Informed Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety
Lizabeth Roemer
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lectures: What’s ‘Critical’ About ‘Critical First-Person’ Perspectives?
Harold Roth
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Education

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lectures: The Transdisciplinary Study of Contemplative Practices: Challenges and Opportunities
John Dunne
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lectures: Integrating Contemporary Behaviorist and Traditional Contemplative Approaches: Towards an Effective Technology of Behavior Change
Sarah Bowen
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Daoist Contemplative Practice: Standing Meditation and Qigong
Louis Komjathy
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom
2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lectures: Understanding the Psychology Behind Compassion Meditation
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness
2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Modern Interpretations of Zen Buddhist Teachings
Takafumi Kawakami Osho
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other
2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lectures: Neurobiological Underpinnings of Contemplative Practices: Is There Common Ground (and who cares)?
Judson Brewer
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Keynote: Mindfulness Therapeutics in the Promotion of Mental Health
Zindel Segal
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Tibetan Sound Meditation
Alejandro Chaoul
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Sustainable Compassion Training—Receiving-Care Mode of Practice
John Makransky
Topics: Body-based Practices | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other


2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Yoga of Sound: Indian Classical Music as Contemplative Practice
Srinivas Reddy, Ferhan Najeeb Qureshi
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom


2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Opening Keynote, Contemplative and Neuroscientific Perspectives on Personal and Social Well Being: A Conversation with Matthieu Ricard and Richard J. Davidson
Richard J. Davidson, Matthieu Ricard
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Self & Other


2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Opening Keynote: Opening Welcome and Meditation
Amishi Jha, Sharon Salzberg, Harold Roth
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Practicing the Presence of Compassion: Contemplative Christian Traditions
Andrew Dreitcer
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Liberation Through Memory and Storytelling
Sheila Peltz Weinberg
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change
2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Engaged Contemplative Practice in Islamic Sufism: Vocal Emphasis
Alan Godlas
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lectures: School Systems, Educational Reform and Mindfulness Training
Robert Roeser
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Social Change

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Evening Conversation – The Promises and Perils of Mainstreaming Mindfulness (Ticketed Event)
Susan Bauer-Wu, Jeremy Hunter, Carolyn Jacobs, Amishi Jha, Sharon Salzberg
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Letter from the Future
Sheila Peltz Weinberg
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Social Change

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lectures: Embodying Change: Buddhism, Feminism, and Contemplative Education
Erin McCarthy
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Social Change
2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lectures: The Missing Link of Leadership Development: Cultivating Awareness in Action
Jeremy Hunter
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Stress & Resilience
2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Ethical Know-How and Christian Contemplative Practices: A Case Study from Late Antiquity
Niki Clements

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lectures: Minding Mindfulness: Issues, Models, and Findings in the Scientific Study of Meditation
Clifford Saron
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Engaged Contemplative Practice in Islamic Sufism: Silent Emphasis
Alan Godlas
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Practicing Meditation Through Sacred Texts and Prayers
Sheila Peltz Weinberg
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Yoga with Mary Taylor and Richard Freeman
Mary Taylor, Richard Freeman
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom
2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Engaged Contemplative Practice in Islamic Sufism: Vocal, Silent, Living
Alan Godlas
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
Blog
Community and Conversations on Context in Contemplative Studies
Mind and Life Institute • July 8, 2016
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection
2016 Summer Research Institute Session
Taxonomies, Lifeworlds, and Self-cultivation: Contemplative Practices in Multiple Contexts
David McMahan

2016 Summer Research Institute Session
Contemplative Life: An Anthropological Perspective
Martijn van Beek
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection

2016 Summer Research Institute
People, Place, and Practice: Putting Contemplative Studies into Context
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection
2016 Summer Research Institute Session
Panel Discussion: Movement-Based Contemplative Practices
Moderators:
Panel: Catherine Kerr, Catherine Shaddix, Peter Wayne
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 Summer Research Institute Session
Compassion in Context
Brooke D. Lavelle
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom


Think Tanks
Concepts and Nonconceptuality in Buddhist Philosophy
Evan Thompson, Robert Sharf
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXX – Session 8
Mind and Life Institute • December 17, 2015
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXX – Session 7
Mind and Life Institute • December 17, 2015
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXX – Session 6
Mind and Life Institute • December 17, 2015
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXX – Session 5
Mind and Life Institute • December 17, 2015
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXX – Session 4
Mind and Life Institute • December 17, 2015
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXX – Session 3
Mind and Life Institute • December 17, 2015
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXX – Session 2
Mind and Life Institute • December 17, 2015
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXX – Session 1
Mind and Life Institute • December 17, 2015
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

2015 Mind & Life Dialogue XXX
Perception, Concepts, and Self: Contemporary Scientific and Buddhist Perspectives
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

Mind & Life Videos
The Mind & Life Institute
Mind and Life Institute • November 25, 2015
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Social Change

Mind & Life Videos
Francisco J. Varela Research Awards
Mind and Life Institute • September 15, 2015
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness


Blog
The Contemplative Development Mapping Project: A new model for interdisciplinary investigation
Willoughby Britton, Jared Lindahl • July 15, 2015
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection
2015 Summer Research Institute Session
Cultivating Fear to Achieve Fearlessness: A Puzzle in Buddhist Moral Philosophy
Bronwyn Finnigan
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom
2015 Summer Research Institute Session
Attachment Theory and Attachment Security in Relation to Buddhist Non-Attachment
Phillip R. Shaver
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other
2015 Summer Research Institute Session
A Perfect Storm of Healing: Psychological, Zen, and Christian Perspectives
Robert A. Jonas
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2015 Summer Research Institute Session
Fostering Communities of Care: Toward an Ecological Approach to the Development and Implementation of Contemplative-Based Programs
Brooke D. Lavelle
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
2015 Summer Research Institute Session
Fear and Fearlessness in Contemplative Christianity
Wendy Farley
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom
2015 Summer Research Institute Session
Meditation on Fearlessness
Wendy Farley
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2015 Summer Research Institute Session
Devotion as a Doorway to Existential Trust: Rethinking Devotion in Light of Attachment Theory
Willa Blythe Baker
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom
2015 Summer Research Institute Session
How Can a Buddhist Realize that They Are Afraid? A Study in Buddhist Philosophy of Mind
Bronwyn Finnigan
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom


Mind & Life 1440 Grants
Assessing beneficial relationship factors that support contemplative development
Willoughby Britton, Jared Lindahl
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection
Mind & Life 1440 Grants
Assessing the effect of contemplative-based training in self awareness, self-regulation, prosocial attitudes and ethical decision making in employees of private or public organizations in Mexico
Laura Emiliana Rodriguez Morales
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Stress & Resilience

Blog
Remembrance of things to come: the predictive nature of the mind and contemplative practices
Mind and Life Institute • December 12, 2014


Think Tanks
Varieties of Contemplative Experience
Willoughby Britton, Jared Lindahl
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health

Varela Grant
Mindfulness and the neurophysiological substrates of fear conditioning
Véronique Taylor
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life Institute: ISCS 2014 highlights
Mind and Life Institute • November 2, 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mental Health

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2014 – Master Lecture – Ted Slingerland
Mind and Life Institute • November 1, 2014

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2014 – Master Lecture – Andrew Olendzki
Mind and Life Institute • November 1, 2014

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2014 – Master Lecture – Harold Roth
Mind and Life Institute • November 1, 2014
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2014 – Keynote – David Germano
Mind and Life Institute • November 1, 2014
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2014 – Master Lecture – Evan Thompson
Mind and Life Institute • October 31, 2014

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2014 – Keynote Dialogue – His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Mind and Life Institute • October 31, 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2014 Pre-Conference – Closing Keynote – Sheryl Petty, Arthur Zajonc
Mind and Life Institute • October 30, 2014
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Are We Ready to Investigate Non-Dual Awareness?
James Austin, John Dunne, Eric Garland, Zoran Josipovic, Yoshio Nakamura
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Spiritual Well-Being in Historical Perspective
Francis Mckay
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Resilience and Compassion
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Heartfulness as Mindfulness: Affectivity and Perspective in Abrahamic and Dharmic Traditions
Linda-Susan Beard, Andrew Dreitcer, Brent A. Field, John Makransky, Rabbi Or Rose, Michael Spezio
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Half Empty: Measuring Indicators of Emptiness Awareness Through Contemplative Practice
MacAndrew Jack, Abigail Lindemann
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Stages of Mind Training in Dzogchen: Contemplative and Neurocognitive Perspectives
Dusana Dorjee
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 5 – Self, Nonself, and Silencing the Self: Dangers and Possibilities
Dana Jack
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Self & Other

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 4 – Debate as a Method of Contemplation: Deep Engagement with Science Through Tibetan Buddhist Debate
Michael Romano, Carol Worthman
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 5 – A Comparison of the Thematic Unfolding of Experience in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and the Tibetan Buddhist Lamrim Meditations
Susan Stabile
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 4 – Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB): Training, Research, and Future
Eve Ekman, Paul Ekman, B. Alan Wallace
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 4 – Mapping the Mind: A Model Based on Theravada Buddhist Texts and Practices
Piyal Walpola
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 4 – Remembering What We Need to Remember: Extending the Psychotherapeutic Application of Mindfulness
Kathleen Gregory
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 5 – Nonlinear Contemplative Development in Contemporary Theravadin Buddhist and Jewish Mystical Traditions
Nathan Fisher
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 5 – Grounding Ethics in the Qualities of Heart
Jake Davis
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 5 – The Rhetoric of Nonconceptuality and the Role of Analysis in Meditation and Mindfulness: Reconciling Traditional Buddhist and Modern Scientific Approaches
Jared Lindahl, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, Martijn van Beek
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 5 – Resuscitating the Heart: Hesychast Spirituality and the Neurophenomenology of Depression
Joshua Connor

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies
International Symposium for Contemplative Studies 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lecture – Contemplative Science Research and The Psychology of Confucian Virtue Ethics
Edward Slingerland
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom
Audio AvailableVideo Available
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – Engaged Compassion: Humanizing the Sacred and Secular
Enver Rahmanov
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lecture – A Buddhist Contribution to Neurophenomenology
Andrew Olendzki
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom
Audio AvailableVideo Available


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Keynote Dialogue with His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Richard J. Davidson, Amishi Jha, Arthur Zajonc
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
Audio AvailableVideo Available

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lecture – Dreamless Sleep and Consciousness
Evan Thompson
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom
Audio AvailableVideo Available

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lecture – The Varieties of Contemplative Experience
Willoughby Britton
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – PTSD and Buddhism: An Analogical Mapping Model
Anthony King, David Lewis, Deborah Rozelle
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Stress & Resilience
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – Dogen’s “Nonthinking”: What the Founder of Soto Zen Can Teach Us About Intentionality and Discrimination During Shikantaza Meditation
Adam Valerio
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – Can There Be a Jewish Contemplative Studies?
Jay Michaelson
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – Distinctions of Contemplative Practice in Different Religious Traditions and Relevance to Neuroscience
Vera Ketelboeter
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Pre-Conference Closing Keynote
Sheryl Petty, Arthur Zajonc
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mindfulness
Audio AvailableVideo Available
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – Ancient Western Contemplative Philosophy: An Introduction to Plotinus and Neo-Platonism
Michael Griffin
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 2 – Exploring Sleep Paralysis
Terje Sparby


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – Can We Measure Mental Balance? Scientific and Contemplative Perspectives On Equanimity
Gaelle Desbordes, Dusana Dorjee, Elizabeth A. Hoge, Catherine Kerr, Sara Lazar, Andrew Olendzki, David Vago
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lecture – Science, Daoism, and Scholarly Subjectivity
Harold Roth
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other
Audio AvailableVideo Available
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Keynote – Contemplation in Contexts
David Germano
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom
Audio AvailableVideo Available

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 5 – Emory-Tibet Science Initiative: Sustained Engagement Between Contemplatives and Scientists Offer Insights for Contemplative Science
Arri Eisen, Wendy Hasenkamp, Carol Worthman
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 5 – Zen Arts Ensemble – Deep Listening and Contemplative Creativity with Sound
Jay Rinsen Weik
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 2 – The Tears of a Scholar: Bringing Mindfulness into Higher Education
Laurie Cozad, Susan Gere, Catherine Koverola, Nancy Waring
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 2 – Contemplative Neuroscience, the Phenomenology of Attention and the Mereology of the Subject
Sean Smith
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 2 – Prospects for a Empirical Research of Buddhist Religious Practice from within Buddhist Contexts
Bhikshuni Trinlae
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

Mind & Life Videos
Mind and Life, Envisioning the Future of Contemplative Science
Mind and Life Institute • October 29, 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
Blog
A Question of Focus
Mind and Life Institute • October 19, 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
Blog
Roshi Joan Halifax
Mind and Life Institute • September 19, 2014
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Stress & Resilience
Blog
Model Behavior
Mind and Life Institute • September 18, 2014
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
Blog
The Peril and Promise of Selflessness
Mind and Life Institute • September 18, 2014
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Self & Other
Blog
Church, State, and the Mindfulness Movement
Mind and Life Institute • September 18, 2014
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Social Change
Blog
The Dark Knight
Mind and Life Institute • July 2, 2014
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Stress & Resilience
Blog
The Craving Cycle
Mind and Life Institute • July 1, 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health
Blog
Theory of Mind
Mind and Life Institute • June 18, 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom

2014 Mind & Life Dialogue XXIX
Mapping the Mind

Mind & Life 1440 Grants
Compassion training for emotional numbing in post-traumatic stress disorder
Jordan Kohn, Jennifer Mascaro
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health
Blog
The Pharmacy of Desire
Mind and Life Institute • December 14, 2013
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health
Varela Grant
Does meditation cause pain relief through endogenous opioids?
Lisa May
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Stress & Resilience
Varela Grant
Neural mechanisms of self-transcendence: Insights from noninvasive brain stimulation
Eileen Cardillo
Varela Grant
Mindfulness and beyond: A qualitative study of advanced Mahasi meditators’ experience
Sean Pritchard
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness
Varela Grant
Neural dynamics of attention and meta-attention during meditation
John Plass
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXVII – Session 5
Mind and Life Institute • November 1, 2013
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXVII – Session 4
Mind and Life Institute • November 1, 2013
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXVII – Session 3
Mind and Life Institute • November 1, 2013
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXVII – Session 2
Mind and Life Institute • November 1, 2013
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXVII – Session 1
Mind and Life Institute • November 1, 2013
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health

2013 Mind & Life Dialogue XXVII
Craving, Desire, and Addiction
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health
Blog
Meditation: It’s Not What You Think
Mind and Life Institute • September 13, 2013
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
Blog
Arming Introspection
Mind and Life Institute • May 10, 2013
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness
Mind & Life Contemplative Studies Fellowship
Contemplative practice, Hasidic modernism and contemporary psychology
Don Seeman
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom
Mind & Life Contemplative Studies Fellowship
Building a new theory of contemplative interactions for healthcare
Anthony Back
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life Contemplative Studies Fellowship
Meditation, concepts and de-reification: Investigation of possible links between contemplative and neurocognitive perspectives
Dusana Dorjee
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health
Mind & Life Contemplative Studies Fellowship
The roles of constitutive contexts in contemplative practice
David Germano, Shauna Shapiro
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

Mind & Life Contemplative Studies Fellowship
Subjective transformation and actual individual practice among at-risk populations engaged in cognitively-based compassion training
Chikako Ozawa-de Silva
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Contemplative Studies Fellowship
Introspective reliability: Synergizing Buddhist and contemporary viewpoints
Monima Chadha
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Mind & Life 1440 Grants
Contemplative practice, emotional well-being, and the transformation of hostility in the lab and real world
Paul Condon
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Stress & Resilience

2013 Mind & Life Dialogue XXVI
Mind, Brain, and Matter: Critical Conversations Between Buddhist Thought and Science

Varela Grant
The varieties of contemplative experience
Chris Kaplan, Nathan Fisher
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 5
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 4
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 3
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 2
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 1
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 10
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 9
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 8
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 7
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 6
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2012 Mind & Life Dialogue XXV
Contemplative Practice and Health: Laboratory Findings and Real World Challenges
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Contemplative Studies Fellowship
Meditation in Context
David McMahan
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Contemplative Studies Fellowship
Where’s the Breath? An Interdisciplinary Investigation of Breath Awareness Placement
Harold Roth
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2012 Mind & Life Dialogue XXIV
Latest Findings in Contemplative Neuroscience

Varela Grant
Effects of open monitoring on visual search: Evidence from eye-tracking, electrophysiology, and phenomenology
Michael Lifshitz
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 10
Mind and Life Institute • October 21, 2011
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Interconnection | Social Change
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 9
Mind and Life Institute • October 21, 2011
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Interconnection | Social Change
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 8
Mind and Life Institute • October 21, 2011
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Interconnection | Social Change
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 7
Mind and Life Institute • October 21, 2011
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Interconnection | Social Change
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 6
Mind and Life Institute • October 21, 2011
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Interconnection | Social Change
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 5
Mind and Life Institute • October 21, 2011
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Interconnection | Social Change
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 4
Mind and Life Institute • October 21, 2011
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Interconnection | Social Change
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 3
Mind and Life Institute • October 21, 2011
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Interconnection | Social Change
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 2
Mind and Life Institute • October 21, 2011
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Interconnection | Social Change
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 1
Mind and Life Institute • October 21, 2011
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Interconnection | Social Change

2011 Mind & Life Dialogue XXIII
Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Interconnection | Social Change

Varela Grant
Neural and physiological correlates of Tibetan energy-channel meditation in highly trained practitioners
Gaelle Desbordes

2010 Mind & Life Dialogue XXII
Contemplative Science: The Scientific Study of Contemplative Practice on Human Biology and Behaviour
Varela Grant
Exploring the role of self-compassion in the establishment and maintenance of a meditation practice
Meredith Terry
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom
Varela Grant
Investigating the neural basis of spontaneous thought with real-time fMRI and contemplative mental training
Melissa Ellamil

2009 Mind & Life Dialogue XVIII
Attention, Memory, and the Mind

Varela Grant
Meditation and nonlinear neurodynamics: From state to trait
Aviva Berkovich-Ohana
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Study to design and assess the validity of the Emory Meditation Practice, Tradition, and Experience (EMPTE) scale
Brooke D. Lavelle
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom


Varela Grant
Measurement and correlates of nonattachment
Baljinder Sahdra
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XIV – Session 4
Mind and Life Institute • April 14, 2007
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XIV – Session 3
Mind and Life Institute • April 14, 2007
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XIV – Session 2
Mind and Life Institute • April 14, 2007
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XIV – Session 1
Mind and Life Institute • April 14, 2007
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom

Varela Grant
Developing a computational model for meditation using cross cortical synchrony in EEG data
Manish Saggar
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Neural effects of mindfulness meditation training on working memory
Adam Safron
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
Varela Grant
Regulating emotion in social situations: An fMRI study of experienced Buddhist meditators
Deidre Kolarick Reis
Varela Grant
Neural systems supporting interoceptive awareness in experienced and beginning meditators
Sahib Khalsa
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
Varela Grant
Neural correlates of meta-consciousness events as experienced during Zen meditation practice
Arnaud Delorme
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
Varela Grant
Investigation of attentional modulation in visual cortex during meditation
Brian Pasley
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2003 Mind & Life Dialogue XI
A Public Talk for New England

2002 Mind & Life Dialogue X
The Nature of Matter, The Nature of Life

1998 Mind & Life Dialogue VII
Epistemological Questions in Quantum Physics and Eastern Contemplative Sciences



1989 Mind & Life Dialogue II
Dialogues Between Buddhism and the Neurosciences
1987 Mind & Life Dialogue I