Posted in Neuroscience on Apr 18th, 2010
Cogn Process. 2010 Feb;11(1):9-20
Tagini A, Raffone A.
Department of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca, Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo, 1, 20126 Milan, Italy. angela.tagini@unimib.it
The nature of the ’self’ and self-referential awareness has been one of the most debated issues in philosophy, psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Understanding the neurocognitive bases of self-related representation [...]
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Posted in specific medical conditions on Apr 18th, 2010
Holist Nurs Pract. 2009 Nov-Dec;23(6):361-9.
Delaney C, Barrere C.
School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA. Colleen.Delaney@uconn.edu
Ecospirituality provides a framework for exploring the spiritual dimension of person and environment and the dynamic interplay between this sacred dyad and human health. The aim of this phenomenological study was to [...]
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Posted in Blog on Apr 18th, 2010
In the process of establishing the scientific validity of key Buddhist philosophical ideas that have therapeutic relevance to western medicine, I claimed yesterday that a core element of such ideas has been omitted. That is to say, the idea of the sacred (the definition of which I hinted at), has not been something easily translatable [...]
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Posted in Blog on Apr 17th, 2010
Continuing the discussion from yesterday, l would like to start by acknowledging how different an entry this and yesterday’s are, as compared to almost all previous entries to Dharmadoctors. Up until now the main thrust of the website has been to look at the ways Medicine has incorporated Buddhist truths and practices and studied their [...]
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Posted in Blog on Apr 16th, 2010
Hello Friends of Dharmadoctors,
It’s been almost a year and a half since this project started and it seems like a good time to take stock of what this has all been about. When the site was initiated, the goal was to attempt to join the two great practice traditions of Medicine and Buddhism in a [...]
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Posted in Tibetan Tradition on Apr 15th, 2010
Apr 15, 2010
Khenpo Tsering of the Surmang Monastery was able to call Lyndon Comstock of the Konchok Foundation to report on the devastation in the Surmang area. The
full report of their call is below.
Khenpo said that Jyekundo (the closest city to Surmang) is “completely destroyed.” He said that probably 95% of [...]
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Posted in Tibetan Tradition on Apr 14th, 2010
Apr 14, 2010
MAJOR EARTHQUAKE NEAR SURMANG MONASTERY
A huge earthquake struck Jyekundo yesterday, the closest city to the Surmang Dutsi Til monastery, where Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche was the supreme abbot before leaving Tibet. The initial quake of 7.1 magnitude was followed by several aftershocks of magnitude 5 or more.
Most communications with Jyekundo are [...]
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Posted in Neuroscience on Apr 13th, 2010
Cogn Process. 2010 Feb;11(1):1-7
Raffone A, Srinivasan N.
Many recent behavioral and neuroscientific studies have revealed the importance of investigating meditation states and traits to achieve an increased understanding of cognitive and affective neuroplasticity, attention and self-awareness, as well as for their increasingly recognized clinical relevance. The investigation of states [...]
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Posted in Compassion on Apr 13th, 2010
Fredrickson, B. L., Cohn, M. A., Coffey, K. A., Pek, J., & Finkel, S. M. (2008). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1045-1062.
B. L. Fredrickson’s (1998, 2001) broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions asserts that people’s daily experiences of positive emotions compound over time to build a variety of consequential personal resources. The [...]
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Posted in Aging, Compassion on Apr 13th, 2010
Hutcherson, C. A., Seppala, E. M., & Gross, J. J. (2008). Emotion, 8, 720-724.
The need for social connection is a fundamental human motive, and it is increasingly clear that feeling socially connected confers mental and physical health benefits. However, in many cultures, societal changes are leading to growing social distrust and [...]
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