Buddhism and Science Community Wellness Digest Vol 1 No 6 (September 2021)
In this Issue
Scientific Inquiry Meets Contemplative Wisdom A History UArsquos Pioneering Role in Research on Meditation and Consciousness Cutting-edge Research at UArsquos SEMA LabRecommended Reading
Editors Jiang Wu and Hannah Greene Contributors James Baskind Manojkumar Saranathan Jeffrey Liu
Welcome back to the Center for Buddhist Studies Community Wellness Digest
In this monthly email we share wisdom from Buddhist teachings you can use in yourdaily life wellness tips and information about university and community events Aftera successful launch in Spring 2021 we are expanding the newsletter with a team ofexpert contributors and new sections Each month will feature a theme--this monthwe explore Buddhism and Science
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Sincerely
Jiang WuDirector Center for Buddhist Studies
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Scientific Inquiry MeetsContemplative Wisdom A History
Many Western scientists particularlyquantum physicists like PauliSchroumldinger and Heisenberg have beenintrigued by Eastern mysticism since thetranslation of Hindu and Buddhist worksfrom Sanskrit to German bySchopenhauer The World Parliament ofReligions held in Chicago in 1893 wasone of the first venues where twoprominent Buddhist monks AnagarikaDharmapala and Shaku Soen from twovery different traditions (Theravada andZen) stressed Buddhismrsquos core principleof cause and effect and made parallelswith modern science
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UArsquos Pioneering Role inResearch on Meditation andConsciousness
At the University of Arizona researchershave been carrying out groundbreakinginvestigations into the intersections ofBuddhist practice and neuroscience formore than 25 years In 1994 the first TheScience of Consciousness (TSC)conference was held at the UA MedicalCenter
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Cutting-edge Research at UArsquosSEMA Lab
Itrsquos a familiar conundrum with beginningmeditators ldquoI know that daily meditationpractice will help me but itrsquos sochallenging and hard to stick with itrdquo Theteam at the SEMA (Sonication EnhancedMindful Awareness) Lab at UArsquos Center forConsciousness Studies are searching fora technological solution to makemeditation more rewarding earlier in theprocess They aim to better understandhow mindfulness works to make thepractice more accessible to a wider rangeof patients
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Recommended Reading
Buddharsquos Brain Rick Hanson PhD The Monk and the Philosopher Jean-Franccedilois Revel and Matthieu Ricard PhD Neurodharma Rick Hanson PhD The Quantum and the Lotus Matthieu Ricard PhD The Science of Enlightenment Shinzen Young The Tao of Physics Fritjof Capra PhD Thoughts Without a Thinker Mark Epstein MD Zen and the Brain James H Austin MD
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