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22 Years of Achievement
Mind and Life Dialogues
The titles of these dialogues between the Dalai Lama and leading
scientists show the range of topics that the Mind and Life
Institute has explored. For more details on these conferences, please
go to www.mindandlife.org.
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•2010: Altruism and Compassion in Economic Systems: A Dialogue at
the Interface of Economics, Neuroscience and Contemplative
Sciences, co-sponsored by the University of Zurich
•2009: Educating World Citizens for the 21st Century: Educators,
Scientists and Contemplatives Dialogue on Cultivating a Healthy
Mind, Brain and Heart, co-sponsored by Harvard University
Graduate School of Education, Stanford University School of
Education, Pennsylvania State University College of Education,
University of Virginia Curry School of Education, University of
Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, George Washington
University Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, University of
Michigan School of Education, the American Psychological
Association and the Collaborative for Academic, Social and
Emotional Learning
•2009: Attention, Memory, and the Mind
•2008: Latest Findings in Contemplative Neuroscience
•2008: Investigating the Mind-Body Connection: The Science and
Clinical Applications of Meditation, hosted by Mayo Clinic
•2007: Mindfulness, Compassion and the Treatment of Depression,
co-sponsored by Emory University
•2007: The Universe in a Single Atom
•2005: Investigating the Mind: The Science and Clinical Applications
of Meditation, co-sponsored by Johns Hopkins Medical University
and Georgetown Medical Center
•2004: Neuroplasticity: The Neuronal Substrates of Learning and
Transformation
•2003: Investigating the Mind: Exchanges between Buddhism and
Biobehavioral Science on How the Mind Works, co-sponsored by the
McGovern Institute at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
•2002: The Nature of Matter, The Nature of Life
•2001: Transformations of Mind, Brain and Emotion at the University
of Wisconsin
•2000: Destructive Emotions
•1998: Epistemological Questions in Quantum Physics and Eastern
Contemplative Sciences at Innsbruck University
•1997: The New Physics and Cosmology
•1995: Altruism, Ethics, and Compassion
•1992: Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying
•1990: Emotions and Health
•1989: Dialogues between Buddhism and the Neurosciences
•1987: Dialogues between Buddhism and the Cognitive Sciences
Mind and Life Research Initiatives
• Mind and Life Summer Research Institute — A week-long residential
science retreat for 200 scientists, clinicians, contemplative
scholar/practitioners and philosophers from around the world,
working together to develop new fields of science and studies that
examine the effects of contemplative practice and mental training on
brain, behavior, philosophy, religious studies and the humanities.
This is an annual program of the Mind and Life Institute and was
begun in June, 2004, and has continued yearly since then.
• Mind and Life Francisco J. Varela Research Grant Program— providing
small research grants to investigate hypotheses developed at the ML
Summer Research Institute. 10 to 15 Varela Awards are given yearly.
• Mind and Life Education Research Network— exploring how to bring
the benefits of mental training in clarity, calmness and kindness to
children.
• Mind and Life Education Research Network Grant Program—
providing research grants for pilot studies designed to address
fundamental issues related to the measurement, feasibility, ande
effects of mindfulness-based programs designed for children,
adolescents, and their teachers.
