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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama will visit Botswana in August to participate as an honorary guest at a public conference hosted by the Mind & Life Institute. The Government of Botswana has opened its doors to...
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App-based study asks: What do you want — and will it make you happy? CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, January 10, 2017 — The Mind & Life Institute, in partnership with Northeastern University, announced today the launch of Qwantify, a scientific research study seeking...
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Early Bird Registration ends Friday, July 1st for ISCS
Early Bird Registration ends this Friday, July 1st for the 2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies (ISCS). Join a diverse group of scientists, scholars, mindfulness practitioners and other contemplatives, artists, and others from an estimated 40 countries to learn about the...
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Upcoming Conference on Compassionate Leadership, featuring Thupten Jinpa
AMHERST, Mass. – Thupten Jinpa, official translator for the Dalai Lama, will be the keynote speaker at the Conference for Compassionate Leadership on Saturday, April 16 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM in the Integrative Learning Center Auditorium at the University...
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Mind and Life Relocation and Positions
MIND AND LIFE RELOCATING TO CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA The Mind & Life Institute is pleased to announce the upcoming move of its headquarters to Charlottesville, Virginia. Effective in May 2016, the MLI office will relocate from Hadley, Massachusetts to Charlottesville....
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Building a Humane Science of Intersubjectivity
Philosopher of cognitive science Hanne De Jaegher aims to put the humanity back in the scientific process of studying human experience....
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Meditating Together: Tania Singer on the Contemplative Dyad
As part of the work that she’s leading on the ReSource Project—a large-scale multi-methodological secular mental training program—Tania Singer is studying novel forms of intersubjective mental training practices that are performed with a partner. These contemplative dyad practices are...
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Is Technology Interfering with Our Most Intimate Relationships?
Psychology professor David Sbarra explores what technology addiction is doing to our in-person relationships from an evolutionary perspective....
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The PhenoTank: A Mind & Life Think Tank on the Microphenomenology of Contemplative Experience
What happens when an experience is described? Does the very effort to find words deepen practice, sharpen awareness, clarify an experience? Imagining a lens through which to deepen access to contemplative experience, these were among the questions that drove the...
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An in-depth look at a Mind & Life Think Tank on Abrahamic traditions.
To date, the traditions and techniques that have been most substantively researched in the field of contemplative science have largely derived from Buddhism and Buddhist-inspired movements. While there have been tremendous advances and developments due to this collaboration—indeed there would...
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