Research Catalog

Title

MindScience : an East-West dialogue / the Dalai Lama ... [et al] ; edited by Daniel Goleman & Robert A.F. Thurman.

Publication

Boston : Wisdom Publications, 1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bstan-ʾdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-
• Goleman, Daniel.
• Harvard Medical School. Mind/Body Medical Institute. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92039639
• New England Deaconess Hospital. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84076987
• Thurman, Robert A. F.
• Tibet House (Organization : New York, N.Y.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91099888

Description

xi, 137 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Alternative Title

Mind science

Subjects

• Meditation > Buddhism > Congresses
• Meditation > Physiological aspects > Congresses
• Buddhism > Psychology > Congresses

Note

• "Proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Mind/Body Medical Institute of Harvard Medical School & New England Deaconess Hospital, and Tibet House New York."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-134) and index.

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 0861710665
• 9780861710669

LCCN

91030288

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library