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December 2, 2005

Dalai Lama Says Science, Buddhism Share Goals

Last week, the Dalai Lama joined a dozen top brain researchers in Washington, D.C., in a round of talks on the science and clinical application of meditation.Dalai Lama
   
Tibet’s spiritual leader has taken it upon
himself to bridge the gap between the
Eastern practice of meditation and
neuroscience. For a decade now,
he has challenged brain scientists to
study Buddhist practices of mindfulness
and meditation to understand how they
change the human brain.

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