Mind & Life Institute
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The Mind & Life Institute is a US-registered, not-for-profit 501 organization founded in 1991 to establish the field of contemplative sciences. Based in Charlottesville, Va., the institute “brings sci
R. Adam Engle with Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, at the first Mind and Life dialogue, 1987, Dharamsala
Francisco J. Varela in Dharamsala, 1994
Barry Kerzin, an American Professor of Medicine and Buddhist monk meditating with EEG for MLI neuroscience research
Francisco Varela
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Francisco Javier Varela García was a Chilean biologist, philosopher, cybernetician, and neuroscientist who, together with his mentor Humberto Maturana, is best known for introducing the concept of aut
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…to arrange a dialogue for him with selected scientists. The Dalai Lama accepted and authorised Engle to set one up. In 1984 Chilean neuroscientist Francisco Varela heard about this. Having participated in a conference on consciousness attended by the Dalai Lama in 1983, and like Engle a Buddhist practitioner since…
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