Abstract

This paper aims The Mind and Life Institute introduced nearly twenty years promoting a future effort by a series of meetings, review of the future outcome of the dialogue between Buddhism and science and prospects. The dialogue of Buddhism by the Dalai Lama's representatives, the scientific side with mental science, brain science, mental science, medicine, biology, physics, cognitive science, and so distinguished scholars to participate. This article will briefly review the important qualification process of these meetings, and qualification process from these important studies produced results. After considerable agitation, In order to lead scientists on the subject of some interest, novel design In order to study and experiment. This is one of the most command-profile person associated with the experience of meditation research, because it involves the mind or awareness In order to study the deep explore, touch In order to cerebral nervous scientific cutting-edge technology, In order to show the religious experience of psychological phenomena, and provide mental health treatment and medical applications on the breakthrough way and so on. In short, this encounter between Buddhism and science, through the experience of meditation as the core of the show In order to study the two are complementary and interdisciplinary but complementary to each other Examples. This paper introduces the series of Mind and Life Conferences for the discussion of Science and Buddhism in the past twenty years, and reviews the fruitful results of the dialogue. One of the most significant results is the interaction between Buddhist meditation and cognitive science, neuroscience and psychology. We examine the implications of some interesting studies and experiments done by scientists and advanced Buddhist meditators, and discuss the difficulties they have come across. On the whole, the encounter between Science and Buddhism organized by the Mind and Life Institute has offered successful outcomes on the issues of mind / consciousness, contemplative science, psycho-spiritual experiences and their effects, as well as many clinical applications. The coordination of Science and Buddhist meditation has been an exemplary achievement in the light of the dialogue between Science and Religion