Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind and Life XXV: Contemplative Practice and Health: Laboratory Findings and Real World Challenges” on October 20, 2012. Session Two – Laboratory Research From Life to Lab: Early Adversity, Brain Circuitry, and the Emergence of Well-BeingSPEAKER: Richard J. Davidson Newborns enter the world enveloped in profoundly varied environments. The …
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Mind & Life XXIII – Session 10
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence” on October 20-21, 2011. Discussion among participants and His Holiness’s final remarks Session 10 of “Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence”, the Mind and Life XXIII conference with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in dialogue with contemplative scholars, activists and ecological scientists who …
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 9
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence” on October 20-21, 2011. Topic Three – Ethics and Action The Skillful Means of ActivismSPEAKER: Dekila Chungyalpa What does successful activism look like? Laws against child labor, reservation quotas for scheduled tribes and castes, protection of wildlife preserves are examples of …
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 8
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence” on October 20-21, 2011. Topic Three – Ethics and Action A Buddhist Perspective on the Psychology of Action and Behavior ChangeSPEAKER: Thupten Jinpa The idea of transformation or change lies at the very heart of Buddhism. Traditionally, this process, characterized as …
Mind & Life XXIII – Session 7
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 …
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 …
