Dear colleagues,
The UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies announces an upcoming conference
on classical mindfulness, its relevance to modern therapy, and its
clinical and research potential.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
Classical Mindfulness:
Enhancing Modern Mindfulness-Based Therapies
The Buddhist canonical teachings on mindfulness are attracting growing
interest for their promise in building upon the clinical and research
foundation laid by Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) therapy.
These traditional accounts of mindfulness also promise to bring
greater clarity to the role of mindfulness in mental cultivation,
amidst the current “confusing” versions and practices.
This conference is an attempt to introduction classical mindfulness,
its relevance to modern therapy, and clinical and research potential.
Four renowned scholars and researchers in this field will be
presenting papers, followed by discussion. Though classical
mindfulness training entails both sustained attention (samatha) and
insight (vipassana), this conference will focus primarily on sustained
attention.
1:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks by Robert Buswell, PhD
(UCLA Department of Asian Languages and Cultures and the Center for
Buddhist Studies)
1:10-1:55 B. Alan Wallace, PhD (Santa Barbara Institute for
Consciousness Studies), The Role of Samatha in Traditional Buddhist
Practice
1:55-2:40 Clifford D. Saron, PhD (Center for Mind and Brain and
MIND Institute at the University of California, Davis), Training the
Mind, Opening the Heart: Findings from the Longitudinal Study of
Intensive Samatha Meditation
3:00-3:45 Wendy Hasenkamp, PhD (Mind & Life Institute),
Investigating Mind Wandering and Attention during Focused Meditation
3:45-4:30 Lobsang Rapgay, PhD (UCLA Department of Psychiatry), A
Review of MBSR and a Discussion on the Relevance of Classical
Mindfulness
4:30-5:00 Open Q&A (there will also be a brief Q&A session after
each presentation)
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The UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies announces an upcoming conference
on classical mindfulness, its relevance to modern therapy, and its
clinical and research potential.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
Classical Mindfulness:
Enhancing Modern Mindfulness-Based Therapies
The Buddhist canonical teachings on mindfulness are attracting growing
interest for their promise in building upon the clinical and research
foundation laid by Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) therapy.
These traditional accounts of mindfulness also promise to bring
greater clarity to the role of mindfulness in mental cultivation,
amidst the current “confusing” versions and practices.
This conference is an attempt to introduction classical mindfulness,
its relevance to modern therapy, and clinical and research potential.
Four renowned scholars and researchers in this field will be
presenting papers, followed by discussion. Though classical
mindfulness training entails both sustained attention (samatha) and
insight (vipassana), this conference will focus primarily on sustained
attention.
1:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks by Robert Buswell, PhD
(UCLA Department of Asian Languages and Cultures and the Center for
Buddhist Studies)
1:10-1:55 B. Alan Wallace, PhD (Santa Barbara Institute for
Consciousness Studies), The Role of Samatha in Traditional Buddhist
Practice
1:55-2:40 Clifford D. Saron, PhD (Center for Mind and Brain and
MIND Institute at the University of California, Davis), Training the
Mind, Opening the Heart: Findings from the Longitudinal Study of
Intensive Samatha Meditation
3:00-3:45 Wendy Hasenkamp, PhD (Mind & Life Institute),
Investigating Mind Wandering and Attention during Focused Meditation
3:45-4:30 Lobsang Rapgay, PhD (UCLA Department of Psychiatry), A
Review of MBSR and a Discussion on the Relevance of Classical
Mindfulness
4:30-5:00 Open Q&A (there will also be a brief Q&A session after
each presentation)
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