Neuroscience Has a Lot To Learn from Buddhism

Can training the mind make us more attentive, altruistic, and serene' Can we learn to manage our disturbing emotions in an optimal way' What are the transformations that occur in the brain when we practice meditation' In a new book titled Beyond the Self, two friends'Matthieu Ricard, who left a career as a molecular biologist to become a Buddhist monk in Nepal, and Wolf Singer, a distinguished neuroscientist'engage in an unusually well-matched conversation about meditation and the brain. Below is a condensed and edited excerpt.
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