Dear list members,
There will be two events on meditation on Thursday 31 January, hosted by
the Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre
(SSSHARC). For enquiries, please contact Jim Rheingans (jim.rheingans@sydney.edu.au).
We hope you can attend.
Kind regards,
AABS Executive
Public Talk - Psychological Science of Meditation: The
state of the art and some Tibetan Buddhist Perspectives
When: 31 January, 6pm to 7.30pm
Where: Room 203, RD Watt Building, Science Road, University of Sydney,
Camperdown
This public lecture by Dr Peter Malinowski (Liverpool John Moores
University) will offer an overview of the state of the art of
psychological and neuroscientific research into Buddhist meditation,
considering what we know about the processes involved in meditation
practice itself and what the lasting effects of engaging in meditation
might be. Dr J. Rheingans and Dr G. Samuel, experts in the study of
Tibetan Buddhism, will then join the discussion about specific issues
encountered when researching Tibetan Buddhist meditations. For further
information please see the flyer. For registration please go to the registration page.
Masterclass for HDR Students - Measuring meditation:
Empirical approaches to investigating meditation
When: 31 January, 10am to 12pm
Where: Room 200, RD Watt Building, Science Road, University of Sydney,
Camperdown
This is a masterclass for HDR Students with Dr Peter Malinowski
(Liverpool John Moores University). Meditation entered main stream
sciences because of increasingly convincing evidence that it changes
brain structure, brain activity and psychological processes.
Progressively diverting from actual scientific evidence the public
reception of these developments started producing a hype, which presents
meditation and mindfulness practices as panacea for all kinds of
ailments. The aim of this workshop is to consider how actual empirical
evidence it generated and how this evidence can be meaningfully
interpreted. In addition, it will consider what we do not know – to
restore some balance. For further information please see the flyer. For registration please go to the registration page.
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Gold leaf covered schist reliquary in
the form of a stupa. Kusana period, North Western India. National
Museum, Karachi, Pakistan. Copyright: Huntington, John C. and Susan L.Huntington Archive
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