Post by Admin on Aug 11, 2019 12:38:51 GMT -5
We have referenced the Mind & Life Institute elsewhere when discussing the Dalai Lama, but we wanted to make all aware of another excellent online resource they have created around mindfulness and related themes. The Mind & Life Institute announced a free archive for research on mind and contemplative practices. It includes papers from the following disciplines:
Arts and Humanities
Anthropology
Business
Education
Life Sciences
Medicine and Health Sciences
Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Religion
Social and Behavioral Sciences
We used it on mindrxiv.org to search the keyword phrase "Mindfulness Veterans" and you can see results by click-pushing HERE.
Arts and Humanities
Anthropology
Business
Education
Life Sciences
Medicine and Health Sciences
Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Religion
Social and Behavioral Sciences
The mission of the Mind & Life Institute follows (from their website):
The mission of the Mind & Life Institute is to alleviate suffering and promote flourishing by integrating science with contemplative practice and wisdom traditions.
Mind & Life emerged in 1987 from a meeting of three visionaries: Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama — the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people and a global advocate for compassion; Adam Engle, a lawyer and entrepreneur; and Francisco Varela, a neuroscientist. While the trio understood that science had become the dominant framework for investigating the nature of reality — and the modern source for knowledge that could help improve the lives of humans and the planet — the three regarded this approach as incomplete. Whereas science relies on empiricism, technology, “objective” observation, and analysis, the Dalai Lama, Engle, and Varela were convinced that well-refined contemplative practices and introspective methods could, and should, be used as equal instruments of investigation — instruments that would not only make science itself more humane but also ensure its conclusions were far-reaching. The Mind & Life Institute was formed to bridge this divide and advance progress in human well-being....
For their full mission statement read more HERE.
The mission of the Mind & Life Institute is to alleviate suffering and promote flourishing by integrating science with contemplative practice and wisdom traditions.
Mind & Life emerged in 1987 from a meeting of three visionaries: Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama — the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people and a global advocate for compassion; Adam Engle, a lawyer and entrepreneur; and Francisco Varela, a neuroscientist. While the trio understood that science had become the dominant framework for investigating the nature of reality — and the modern source for knowledge that could help improve the lives of humans and the planet — the three regarded this approach as incomplete. Whereas science relies on empiricism, technology, “objective” observation, and analysis, the Dalai Lama, Engle, and Varela were convinced that well-refined contemplative practices and introspective methods could, and should, be used as equal instruments of investigation — instruments that would not only make science itself more humane but also ensure its conclusions were far-reaching. The Mind & Life Institute was formed to bridge this divide and advance progress in human well-being....
For their full mission statement read more HERE.
We used it on mindrxiv.org to search the keyword phrase "Mindfulness Veterans" and you can see results by click-pushing HERE.