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Your Brain on Meditation 21 Aug 2013 | 01:10 am
A new technology allows researchers to see the contemplative brain in real time—and uncover game-changing insights on everything from contentment to effort to distraction. We’ve all read or heard abo...
What Do We Mean by “Mapping the Mind”? 15 Aug 2013 | 01:18 am
In our new video series, we go behind the scenes of our 2013 Summer Research Institute.
European Symposium for Contemplative Studies 25 May 2013 | 09:03 am
We are delighted to announce that our website for the first Mind and Life Europe Symposium for Contemplative Studies, which will take place from 10 - 13 October 2013 in Berlin, is now online. Particip...
Contemplative practice treatments for post-traumatic stress 21 May 2013 | 09:46 pm
Two weeks ago, U.S. Army veteran Stephen Lee described in a Huffington Post interview how his participation in a meditation study helped him work with the anger and anxiety he was suffering as a resul...
Arming Introspection: Does meditation make a more ethical soldier or a more dangerous one? 11 May 2013 | 06:44 am
When Buddhist-based contemplative practices burgeoned in popularity in the United States and Europe during the 1950s and 60s, its central tenets were often disregarded in university department as New ...
Mind and Life Co-Sponsors Dalai Lama at Emory University 26 Apr 2013 | 02:11 am
His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, Presidential Distinguished Professor at Emory University, will return to Atlanta October 8-10, 2013 for a series of public and campus events, including programs on r...
Thinking Like Einstein 24 Apr 2013 | 09:57 pm
Einstein asked, “What would it be like to ride light?” For perhaps the hundredth time, I try to think like Einstein. A burst of light is seen by two observers: one stationary on a platform, the othe...
What is Secular Ethics? 10 Apr 2013 | 02:46 am
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has said that “in today’s secular world, religion alone is no longer adequate as a basis for ethics… any religion-based answer to the problem of our neglect of inner v...
Can Meditation Change Compassionate Behavior? 5 Apr 2013 | 04:47 pm
Most of us like to think that we’re compassionate people – that, given the opportunity, we’d recognize another’s pain and be moved to help. But in the midst of our daily lives, how compassionate are ...
Toward Research on Real-World Effects of Meditation 5 Mar 2013 | 03:02 am
As many of our colleagues are aware, the Mind & Life Institute has been a long-time supporter of research in contemplative science. Since 2004, we have been awarding small grants to advance rigorous r...
