Meditation on Demand

Scientific American by Peter B. Reiner | May. 31, 2009 (Special Report)

In the fall of 2005, the Dalai Lama gave the inaugural Dialogues between Neuroscience and Society lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington, DC. There were over 30,000 neuroscientists registered for the meeting, and it seemed as if most of them attended the talk. The Dalai Lama’s address was designed to highlight the areas of convergence between neuroscience and Buddhist thought about the mind, and to many in the ... Full Story »

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 by Walter Cox - May. 31, 2009

It is rare that one reads such an authoritative source confirming the intersection of Buddhist meditative practice with the latest scientific research. Cognitive enhancement has emerged as one of the most promising aspects of recent research into the functioning of the human brain, and this article presents the facts in a manner that can easily be understood by the educated lay person. A great read--highly recommended.

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