Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence” on October 20-21, 2011. Topic Three – Ethics and Action Session 7: The Psychology of Action and Behavior ChangeSPEAKER: Elke Weber The path to a sustainable human future on Earth lies in finding a balance between conflicting goals – between striving …
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Mind & Life XXIII – Session 6
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence” on October 18-19, 2011. Topic Two – Ethics, Philosophy, Theology A Buddhist Perspective and Open Discussion PANELISTS:His Holiness the 14th Dalai LamaDekila ChungyalpaJohn DunneDaniel GolemanJoan Halifax RoshiThupten JinpaDiana LivermanSallie McFagueGreg NorrisClare PalmerJonathan PatzMatthieu RicardElke Weber
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 5
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence” on October 18-19, 2011. Topic Two – Ethics, Philosophy, Theology A Role for Theology – Models of God, the World, and the SelfSPEAKER: Sallie McFague “Be careful how you interpret the world. It is like that.” We live within our models, …
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 4
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence” on October 18-19, 2011. Topic Two – Ethics, Philosophy, Theology Session 4: Environmental Ethics: What is at Stake?SPEAKER: Clare Palmer How do we understand our ethical obligations when we conceive of ourselves as part of an ecosystem? Must we move beyond …
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 3
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence ” on October 17-18, 2011. Topic One – The Science Industrial Ecology: Connecting Everyday Activity to Planetary CrisisSPEAKERS: Gregory Norris, Matthieu Ricard Industrial ecology studies how human systems impact nature in a fine-grained manner, revealing with precision just how everyday operations …
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 2
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence ” on October 17-18, 2011. Topic One: The Science Interdependence Between the Environment and Our Health: Risk and OpportunitiesSPEAKER: Jonathan Patz These global disruptions raise several ethical issues that will become themes of subsequent sessions, among them: damage from global warming …
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 1
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence ” on October 17-21, 2011. Topic One – The Science Human Impact on Global Systems for Sustaining LifeSPEAKER: Diana Liverman Session 1 of “Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence”, the Mind and Life XXIII conference with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in dialogue …
Mind & Life XXII – Session 5
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XVII: Contemplative Science” on October 23, 2010. Reflections, Integrations, and Future Direction Previous sessions have shown the great benefit that can arise from a clear and rigorous dialogue between modern science and the contemplative traditions of India. This final session concentrates on the future avenues of …
Mind & Life XXII – Session 4
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XVII: Contemplative Science” on October 21-23, 2010. Understanding Contemplative Practices: Yoga and Jain SPEAKERS:His Holiness the 14th Dalai LamaMuni Mahendra KumarBN GangadharShirley Telles In continuation of the morning session, this session will be dedicated to the exploration of the central practices in the Yoga and Jain …
Mind & Life XXII – Session 3
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XVII: Contemplative Science” on October 21-23, 2010. Understanding Contemplative Practices: VedantaSPEAKERS:His Holiness the 14th Dalai LamaSwami AtmapriyanandaChakravarthi Ram-Prasad Within both Hinduism and Buddhism, numerous lineages (parampār) of contemplative practice employ a wide range of techniques to realize their spiritual goals. This session, focusing on the Advaita …
