Tag: Meditation
Dalai Lama Donates to Center in Wisconsin
By DIRK JOHNSON September 27, 2010.
Print: New York Times
The Dalai Lama donates $50,000 to a research lab that is investigating whether meditation can promote compassion and kindness.
Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In Again
By JOHN TIERNEY April 11, 2010.
Print: New York Times
Scientists are studying the neurological and physiological effects of psychedelic drugs that seem to replicate experiences reported by religious mystics and people who meditate.
In the Arizona desert, Buddhists will embark on a three-year silent retreat
Duke Helfand September 6, 2009.
Print: L.A. Times
Deep in a remote desert valley, where rattlesnakes lurk in the scrub, Stéphane Dreyfus and several dozen other Buddhists are preparing to undergo a mind-altering journey. There will be no word from the outside world in the Great Retreat, only the deafening quiet of rock and cactus, with seemingly endless time to ponder the emptiness of life.
Buddhist Retreat—Why I gave up on finding my religion.
By John Horgan April 29, 2009.
Print: Slate.com
Horgan examines the reasons he gave up on Buddhism in his search for a religion.
The Biology Of Belief
Jeffrey Kluger February 14, 2009.
Time
Most folks probably couldn’t locate their parietal lobe with a map and a compass. For the record, it’s at the top of your head — aft of the frontal lobe, fore of the occipital lobe, north of the temporal lobe. What makes the parietal lobe special is not where it lives but what it does — particularly concerning matters of faith.
