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Growing Up in a Time of Crisis: COVID-19 and the Need for an “Education of the Heart”
New Mind & Life Institute Digital Dialogue Offers Insights, Tools for Whole Child Education from Conversations with Dalai Lama CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia—In the era of COVID-19, school administrators, teachers, parents, and students are faced with growing uncertainty and complex challenges. The...
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The Time is Now for Whole Student Education
A Critical Dialogue with The Dalai Lama and Leading Scientists and Education Experts Mind & Life Institute Dialogue to be Livestreamed from Dharamsala, India, March 12-16 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, March 6, 2018 — From March 12-16, His Holiness the 14th Dalai...
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Faculty Announced for 2018 Mind & Life Summer Research Institute
The 2018 Mind & Life Summer Research Institute, June 2-8 in Garrison, New York, brings together a diverse group of contemplatives, scholars, and scientists to explore the theme “Engaging Cultural Difference and Human Diversity.” The weeklong immersive program will examine...
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The biennial International Symposium for Contemplative Research (ISCR), convened by the Mind & Life Institute, will be held November 8-11, 2018 at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass outside Phoenix, Arizona. The Call for Abstracts is now open until...
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Open Access to Research on the Human Mind and Contemplative Practices
The Mind & Life Institute launches MindRxiv, a free preprint server sharing research in the contemplative sciences CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, August 29, 2017 — At a time when it seems like almost all information is available at the touch of a...
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Cultivating Compassion in Healthcare: One Researcher’s Journey
Image from Emory University. In the midst of the COVID pandemic, health care is in the news daily. But there’s an often-overlooked element in many hospital systems: the role of chaplains. For patients experiencing loneliness, isolation, fear, and physical pain, chaplains...
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In the four years since this piece was originally published, issues around race and systemic racism in the United States have only become more pressing. The list of names of Black victims of police violence has grown steadily. Now, in...
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Cultivating Pro-Sociality at a Time of Unprecedented Change
Held against the backdrop of a global pandemic and worldwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism, Mind & Life’s 17th annual Summer Research Institute (SRI) offered participants in 22 countries a unique opportunity to reflect on recent events and...
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Message from the Dalai Lama in a Time of Crisis: “We Have to Think of One Humanity”
In a world besieged by the COVID-19 pandemic and rocked by anti-racism protests, more than 1.3 million people tuned-in to a livestream event, simultaneously translated into 14 languages, to hear the Dalai Lama offer insights on the way forward. Hosted...
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Mind & Life Speaks Out Against Racism
We sit with heavy hearts in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. This senseless loss has deepened wounds in the United States at a time when ongoing health and economic crises continue to disproportionately harm Black people. We are profoundly...
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