Dan Rather, the Mind and Life Institute, and the Dalai Lama

I got this following email from Bryce before I left but didn't have it with me to post while at Sara College.

The email provides information on a TV special on neuroplasticity. You may have seen it on TV or, if not, you catch watch it via the embedded link. You will want to watch the whole thing or at least the first 20 minutes. In it, His Holiness speaks with Dan Rather about negative emotions and meditation and Richard Davidson's work is highlighted in which some Buddhist scholars minds are examined through technology and analyzed with neuroscience.

Here's the email. Check out the link at the very bottom and paste it into your browser to watch.

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Mind and Life Institute
To: Bryce Johnson
Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2008 6:02:32 PM
Subject: Dan Rather Mind Science Report on Neuroplasticity & new book on Building Emotional Intelligence

Dear Bryce,

Dan Ratherʼs April 8 edition of Mind Science Reports covers the topic of neuroplasticity, and how scientists, with the help of Buddhist monks and the Dalai Lama, are unlocking mysteries of the brain.

The report highlights a visit to Mind and Life board member Richard Davidsonʼs research center at the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, where neuroscientist Antoine Lutz works with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche on various meditation experiments. Film footage clips are shown from the 2007 Mind and Life XV meeting held in Atlanta with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, as well as footage from the 2004 Mind and Life XII meeting on neuroplasticity held at the Dalai Lamaʼs home in Dharamsala, India.

Sharon Begley, Senior Editor at Newsweek magazine, and author of Train Your Brain, Change Your Mind -- the book that came out of the Mind and Life 2004 neuroplasticity meeting -- provides additional insight into the genesis of neuroplasticity research. And the Dalai Lama tells Dan Rather, in a one-on-one interview, that he would consider participating in meditation research in the future.

Real-life success stories in retraining the brain to recover after a stroke are also included in this report.

The live stream report can be seen at http://www.hd.net/drr313.html and the transcript of this report can be found at http://www.hd.net/transcript.html?air_master_id=A5156