Mind and Life Institute
The Mind and Life Institute is a not-for-profit organization based in Charlottesville , Virginia (USA).
The institute emerged from a series of intercultural dialogues between the 14th Dalai Lama Tendzin Gyatsho and scientists from various research areas and nationalities. The aim of the organization is to promote a dialogue between modern science and Buddhism in order to explore the possibilities and insights that can arise from such a dialogue.
Beginning
The first of the Mind-and-Life dialogues took place in 1987 in Dharamsala on the initiative of Adam Engle , Michael Sautman, Francisco Varela and Tendzin Choegyal - the younger brother of the 14th Dalai Lama . The participating scientists give a presentation on their respective subject area in their respective national language, which - if necessary - is translated into the Tibetan language by two present translators . Then there is a discussion. The dialogues are recorded, transcribed and published on video and tape . Due to the success and mutual interest that emerged from the first of these dialogues, the Mind and Life Institute was officially founded in 1990 in order to organize further such meetings at regular intervals and to publish the dialogues.
Topics and scientists of the first dialogue
- For philosophical views of Tibetan Vajrayana and altruism - Tendzin Gyatsho
- For physics and philosophy of science - Jeremy Hayward
- For Neuroscience and Medicine - Robert Livingston
- For cognitive science - Eleanor Rosch
- For computer science - Newcomb Greenleaf .
The first publication was published by Jeremy Hayward and Francisco Varela under the title: Gentle Bridges: Conversations with the Dalai Lama in 1992. This book has been translated into French , Spanish , Japanese, and Chinese ; a German version was published under the title: Daring Paths of Thought: Scientists in Conversation with the Dalai Lama .
The topics and scientists of the dialogues since 1987 can be found on the company's own website.
Committee of Directors
- Tendzin Gyatsho , 14th Dalai Lama (honorary chairman)
- R. Adam Engle (Chairman and Co-Founder)
- Diana Chapman Walsh
- Richard J. Davidson
- Raymond J. Gellein
- Daniel Goleman
- Joan Halifax
- Barry Hershey
- Carolyn Jacobs
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Thupten Jinpa Langri
- Bennett M. Shapiro
- Tania Singer
- Aaron Stern
Publications
- Mind and Life I : JW Hayward and Francisco Varela: Daring Paths of Thought: Scientists in Conversation with the Dalai Lama . 2nd Edition. Piper Verlag , Munich and Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-492-22115-7 ,
- October 1987 in the private rooms of the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala
- Mind and Life II : Z. Houshmand, RB Livingston and BA Wallace: Consciousness at the crossroads: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Brain Science and Buddhism . Snow Lion Publications , Ithaca 1999, ISBN 1-55939-127-8 ,
- October 1989 in Newport Beach, California
- Mind and Life III : Daniel Goleman: The Healing Power of Emotions: Conversations with the Dalai Lama about mindfulness, emotion and health . dtv , Munich 1998, ISBN 3-423-36178-6 ,
- 1990 in Dharamsala
- Mind and Life IV : Francisco Varela: Sleep, Dream and Death . Diederichs , Munich 1998, ISBN 3-492-23014-8 ,
- October 1992
- Mind and Life V : RJ Davidson and A. Harrington: Visions of Compassion: Western Scientists and Tibetan Buddhists Examine Human Nature . Oxford University Press , New York 2001, ISBN 0-19-513043-X ,
- 2-6 October 1995 in Dharamsala
- Mind and Life VI : A. Zajonc: The New Physiks and Cosmology . Oxford University Press, New York 2003, ISBN 0-19-515994-2 ,: October 1997
- Mind and Life VII , report as the cover story of GEO magazine from January 1999, Who explains the world to us
- June 1998 in Innsbruck
- Mind and Life VIII : Daniel Goleman: Dialogue with the Dalai Lama - How we can overcome destructive emotions . dtv, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-423-34207-2 ,
- March 2000 in Dharamsala
- Mind and Life XI : Anne Harrington and Arthur Zajonc: The Dalai Lama at MIT . Harvard University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-674-02319-6
- September 13-14, 2003
- Mind and Life XII : Sharon Begley: Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves . Ballantine, January 2007, ISBN 978-1-4000-6390-1
- October 18-22, 2004
- Mind and Life XIII : Jon Kabat-Zinn, Richard J. Davidson and Zara Houshmand: The Healing Power of Meditation How Our Mind Can Heal Itself: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama . Arbor, Freiburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86781-071-5
Book reviews
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Publication Mind and Life VIII
- A book with two pages - review of the new work by Daniel Goleman: Dialogue with the Dalai Lama, Hanser Verlag, Munich 2003 Review of Hans Gruber in Psychologie Heute, February 2004
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ The 7th Mind and Life Conference ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
