Cliff Saron, associate research scientist with the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain, talks with the Dalai Lama about his research during a visit to India in February 2009. Intensive mental training ...

Compassion fatigue can lead to decreased quality of patient care and increases in medical errors. Long hours, constant worry about the health of patients, and increases in clerical work can lead to ...

It is proposed that the mechanism through which mindfulness meditation exerts its effects is a process of enhanced self-regulation, including attention control, emotion regulation and self-awareness.

In today’s fast-paced world, it’s hard to take a moment for ourselves. That’s why Lama Kathy Wesley shares an ancient old practice that she said is perfect for life in the 21st century. Wesley, an ...

Kongtrul (The Intelligent Heart), a Tibetan Buddhist teacher, shows how the cultivation of tsewa (a Tibetan word for “the innate tenderness of our own heart”) can lead to increased personal happiness ...

Monshin Paul Naamon, left, said that it was “karma” that Karl Bower found his way to Buddhism and the temple in East Chatham. He is Bower’s mentor on his route to becoming a Tendai priest. The temple ...

The Los Angeles Housing Department has paid thousands of dollars to a Zen Buddhist priest from Hawaii for management training that includes teaching breathing with sphincter control, learning “how to ...