By inviting the Dalai Lama and leading researchers in medicine, psychology, and
neuroscience to join in conversation, the Mind & Life Institute set
the stage for a fascinating exploration of the healing potential of the
human mind. The Minds Own Physician presents in its entirety the
thirteenth Mind and Life dialogue, a discussion addressing a range of
vital questions concerning the science and clinical applications of
meditation: How do meditative practices influence pain and human
suffering? What role does the brain play in emotional well-being and
health? To what extent can our minds actually influence physical
disease? Are there important synergies here for transforming health
care, and for understanding our own evolutionary limitations as a
species?
Edited by world-renowned researchers Jon Kabat-Zinn and Richard J.
Davidson, this book presents this remarkably dynamic interchange along
with intriguing research findings that shed light on the nature of the
mind, its capacity to refine itself through training, and its role in
physical and emotional health.s that shed light on
the nature of the mind, its capacity to refine itself through training,
and its role in physical and emotional health.
Mind Own's Physician: A Scientific Dialogue With the Dalai Lama on the Healing Power of Meditation, New Harbinger, Paperback, 268 Pages, $16.95
His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was born in 1935 to a peasant family in northeastern Tibet and was recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of his predecessor, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama. The world's foremost Buddhist leader, he travels extensively, speaking eloquently in favor of ecumenical understanding , kindness and compassion, respect for the environment, and above all, world peace.
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