Enrollment to this retreat/seminar in Upaya Institute’s 2009 program on neuroscience and meditation is currently full, but you could check for cancellations. Also, there are some good pdf:s about neuroscience and meditation on Upaya’s website.
Upaya Institute:
"Jan 07, 2009 — Jan 11, 2009
ZEN BRAIN: Open Presence, Selflessness, and Compassion: Perspectives from Buddhism, Neuroscience, and Complexity Theory
Instructors: Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, James Austin, PhD, Sandra Blakeslee, Richard Davidson, PhD, John Dunne, PhD, Al Kaszniak, PhD, Neil Theise, MD, Evan Thompson, PhD
Description:
Upaya’s 2009 program on neuroscience and meditation explores two core Buddhist practices: compassion and open presence (shikantaza in Zen, dzogchen in Vajrayana, choiceless awareness in Theravada). In recent years, neuroscientific studies of Buddhist meditators who practice the cultivation of compassion and non-referential presence, and the application of mathematical complexity theory in biology and neuroscience, have provided interesting perspectives on..."
Monday, December 1, 2008
ZEN BRAIN: Open Presence, Selflessness, and Compassion: Perspectives from Buddhism, Neuroscience, and Complexity Theory
Shambhala Sun Space » It’s Confirmed: Matter is Merely Vacuum Fluctuations
Research like this may be relevant to questions about how mind and matter (consciousness and the brain etc.) are related to each other and also to the alleged (by us Buddhists) continuity of consciousness from one life to the next (rebirth).
Shambhala Sun Space:
"Stephen Battersby, writing for the New Scientist, summarizes recent research on quarks and the quest for matter. “Matter is built on flaky foundations,” he says. “Physicists have now confirmed that the apparently substantial stuff is actually no more than fluctuations in the quantum vacuum..."
Shambhala Sun Space:
"Stephen Battersby, writing for the New Scientist, summarizes recent research on quarks and the quest for matter. “Matter is built on flaky foundations,” he says. “Physicists have now confirmed that the apparently substantial stuff is actually no more than fluctuations in the quantum vacuum..."
Meditation May Protect Your Brain
Several studies about psychological and neurological effects of meditation have been published in the last few years. This is one interesting recent study about meditation and neuroplasticity.
Buddhist Channel:
"Meditation May Protect Your Brain
By Michael Haederle, Miller-McCune.com, November 22, 2008.
Research is confirming the medicinal effects that advocates have long claimed for meditation.
San Francisco, CA (USA) -- For thousands of years, Buddhist meditators have claimed that the simple act of sitting down and following their breath while letting go of intrusive thoughts can free one from the entanglements of neurotic suffering.
Now, scientists are using cutting-edge scanning technology to watch the meditating mind at work. They are finding that regular meditation has a measurable effect on a variety of brain structures related to attention -- an example of what is known as neuroplasticity, where the brain physically changes in response to an intentional exercise.
A team of Emory University scientists reported in early September that..."
Buddhist Channel:
"Meditation May Protect Your Brain
By Michael Haederle, Miller-McCune.com, November 22, 2008.
Research is confirming the medicinal effects that advocates have long claimed for meditation.
San Francisco, CA (USA) -- For thousands of years, Buddhist meditators have claimed that the simple act of sitting down and following their breath while letting go of intrusive thoughts can free one from the entanglements of neurotic suffering.
Now, scientists are using cutting-edge scanning technology to watch the meditating mind at work. They are finding that regular meditation has a measurable effect on a variety of brain structures related to attention -- an example of what is known as neuroplasticity, where the brain physically changes in response to an intentional exercise.
A team of Emory University scientists reported in early September that..."
Conference on Happiness Wraps Up in San Francisco
A report from Shambhala Sun Space on the recent conference on happiness in San Francisco:
"The conference opened on Nov. 24 with 700 people filling the Westin Hotel. There were health workers, therapists, teachers, students, media, Buddhist practitioners — all of whom soon formed a single, palpable, attentive, living link with the high-powered presenters, spurring them on to share their best. The first of five panels, “Deconstructing Happiness,” established a baseline for the rest of the day and for the conference. Psychologist Paul Ekman sharpened our discernment of the spectrum of possible states (and traits) implied by “happiness.” He was followed by a provocative capsule of the history of happiness in Western thought, presented by Prof. Darrin McMahon (author of the new book, Happiness: A History).
After equally fine presentations by..."
"The conference opened on Nov. 24 with 700 people filling the Westin Hotel. There were health workers, therapists, teachers, students, media, Buddhist practitioners — all of whom soon formed a single, palpable, attentive, living link with the high-powered presenters, spurring them on to share their best. The first of five panels, “Deconstructing Happiness,” established a baseline for the rest of the day and for the conference. Psychologist Paul Ekman sharpened our discernment of the spectrum of possible states (and traits) implied by “happiness.” He was followed by a provocative capsule of the history of happiness in Western thought, presented by Prof. Darrin McMahon (author of the new book, Happiness: A History).
After equally fine presentations by..."
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