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Putting Meditation Under the Microscope (Hartford Courant)

Hartford Courant: Marietta Sabetta decided that the way to make a stand against her moderately high blood pressure was to…

October 4, 2003

The science of meditation

Recently, Western neuroscientists have flocked to study Buddhism. The attraction? Meditation, that introspective inquiry into the workings of the mind…

October 3, 2003

Dalai Lama: Moment for Meditation

The Dalai Lama always stirs up plenty of karmic excitement when he comes to town. But a sold-out conference-"Investigating the…

September 21, 2003

Log on and bliss out: It’s virtual meditation

‘Imagine you are the navigator of a canoe, gliding down a river on a warm sunny day,” says a honeyed…

September 20, 2003

Meditation medication of the future

For people seeking to improve their health, the US surgeon-general advises putting aside an hour, several times a week, for…

September 18, 2003

Buddhism and mind science

Can concentration be controlled? Can attention be practiced and perfected? These are questions that are of increasing interest today to…

September 15, 2003

Dalai Lama takes message to arena

The Dalai Lama yesterday brought his message of nonviolence and religious tolerance to the FleetCenter, declaring to a full house…

September 15, 2003

Tense teens, adults flock to meditation

On a typical school day, Camilla Danpour rises at 5 a.m., turns on soothing music and perches on the edge…

September 14, 2003

The Buddha of suburbia

This weekend, an unusual encounter is taking place at MIT: The Dalai Lama meets the human brain. Along with the…

September 14, 2003

Dalai Lama, 300 leaders to meet

The 14th Dalai Lama is simultaneously the exiled monarch of Tibet, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning statesman and Buddhism's most renowned…

September 13, 2003