Publication
Imprint: Boston : Wisdom Publications, 1991. Context: Proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Mind/Body Medical Institute of Harvard Medical School & New England Deaconess Hospital, and Tibet House New York, held March 21, 1991. Responsibility: the Dalai Lama [and others] ; edited by Daniel Goleman & Robert A.F. Thurman. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xi, 137 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, glossary, index.
Call number
Inter / Dalai #14
ISBN
9780861710669
Original publication date
1991
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Named Person: Bstan-ʾdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV : H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama .
Description: What is the subtle relationship between mind and body? What can today's scientists learn about this relationship from masters of Buddhist thought? Is it possible that by combining Western and Eastern approaches, we can reach a new understanding of the nature of the mind, the human potential for growth, the possibilities for mental and physical health?
This book explores these and other questions as it documents the beginning of a historic dialogue between modern science and Buddhism. Based on a day-long symposium in which His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other Indo-Tibetan scholars met with leading authorities from the fields of medicine, psychiatry, psychology, psychobiology, neurobiology and education, it offers important new insights into the workings of perception, cognition and the mind/body connection. -- from back cover
Table of Contents: Introduction. A Western perspective / Daniel Goleman --
A Tibetan perspective / Robert A.F. Thurman --
pt. 1: Buddhism, neuroscience, & the medical sciences. 1. The Buddhist concept of mind / The Dalai Lama --
2. Dialogue / The Dalai Lama, David M. Bear, Herbert Benson, Steven W. Matthysse, David D. Potter, Joseph J. Schildkraut, Carl E. Schwartz --
3. Mind/body interactions including Tibetan studies / Herbert Benson --
pt. 2: Buddhism, psychology, & the cognitive sciences. 4. Tibetan psychology: sophisticated software for the human brain / Robert A.F. Thurman --
5. Cognition: a Western perspective / Howard E. Gardner --
6. Tibetan and Western models of mental health / Daniel Goleman --
7. Dialogue / Diana L. Eck, Howard E. Gardner, Daniel Goleman, Robert A.F. Thurman --
Conclusion: Looking ahead / Daniel Goleman, Robert A.F. Thurman.
FY1996 /
Description: What is the subtle relationship between mind and body? What can today's scientists learn about this relationship from masters of Buddhist thought? Is it possible that by combining Western and Eastern approaches, we can reach a new understanding of the nature of the mind, the human potential for growth, the possibilities for mental and physical health?
This book explores these and other questions as it documents the beginning of a historic dialogue between modern science and Buddhism. Based on a day-long symposium in which His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other Indo-Tibetan scholars met with leading authorities from the fields of medicine, psychiatry, psychology, psychobiology, neurobiology and education, it offers important new insights into the workings of perception, cognition and the mind/body connection. -- from back cover
Table of Contents: Introduction. A Western perspective / Daniel Goleman --
A Tibetan perspective / Robert A.F. Thurman --
pt. 1: Buddhism, neuroscience, & the medical sciences. 1. The Buddhist concept of mind / The Dalai Lama --
2. Dialogue / The Dalai Lama, David M. Bear, Herbert Benson, Steven W. Matthysse, David D. Potter, Joseph J. Schildkraut, Carl E. Schwartz --
3. Mind/body interactions including Tibetan studies / Herbert Benson --
pt. 2: Buddhism, psychology, & the cognitive sciences. 4. Tibetan psychology: sophisticated software for the human brain / Robert A.F. Thurman --
5. Cognition: a Western perspective / Howard E. Gardner --
6. Tibetan and Western models of mental health / Daniel Goleman --
7. Dialogue / Diana L. Eck, Howard E. Gardner, Daniel Goleman, Robert A.F. Thurman --
Conclusion: Looking ahead / Daniel Goleman, Robert A.F. Thurman.
FY1996 /
Physical description
xi, 137 p.; 23 cm
Description
What is the subtle relationship between mind and body? What can today's scientists learn about this relationship from masters of Buddhist thought? Is it possible that by combining Western and Eastern approaches, we can reach a new understanding of the nature of the mind, the human potential for growth, the possibilities for mental and physical health? MindScience explores these and other questions as it documents the beginning of a historic dialogue between modern science and Buddhism. The Harvard Mind Science Symposium brought together the Dalai Lama and authorities from the fields of psychiatry, psychology, neuroscience, and education. Here, they examine myriad questions concerning the nature of the mind and its relationship to the body.
Language
Original language
English