Dalai Lama on the Neuroscience of Compassion
Video via http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20MnLcOL7Ks&feature=player_embedded
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"the Dalai Lama spent several days at Stanford University, where he made compassion his focus. He laid the foundation with a large public address before an audience of 7,000. (Watch an excerpt above or the full talk here.) Then things got more focused when the spiritual leader of Tibet participated in a daylong conference about the neurobiological underpinnings of compassion. Hosted by Stanford’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, the conference brought together important scientists from many disciplines – psychology, neuroscience, medicine, and economics." (http://www.openculture.com/2010/10/the_dalai_lama_on_compassion_neuroscience.html)