MindScience : an East-West dialogue ; proceedings of a symposium

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 an historic dialogue between modern science and Buddhism, based on a day-long Harvard Medical School symposium in which 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. 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. The Dalai Lama ... Et Alii ; Edited By Daniel Goleman & Robert A.f. Thurman. Proceedings Of A Symposium Sponsored By The Mind/body Medical Institute Of Harvard Medical School & New England Deaconess Hospital And Tibet House New York. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [133]-134) And Index.