Dialogues & Panel Discussions

Venue: His Holiness's Residence, Dharamsala, India
Date: 9-12 April 2007
Duration: 8 Sessions (each approx. 2 hours)
Languages: English / Tibetan

In addition to being a scientific autobiography, the Dalai Lama's book "The Universe in a Single Atom: the Convergence of Science and Spirituality" highlights those issues he feels are most important in the "convergence of science and spirituality." These issues and questions form the focus of the Mind and Life XIV meeting, and become the foundation on which a group of scientists develop a deep dialogue with the Dalai Lama and other Buddhist scholar-practitioners.

Venue: Delhi University, New Delhi, India
Date: August 9th and 10th, 2010
Duration: 3 Sessions, each approximately 2 hours
Languages: English

His Holiness the Dalai Lama in dialogue with students and teachers at Delhi University.

Venue: Seattle, Wash, USA
Date: 11 April 2008
Duration: 48 minutes
Languages: English

His Holiness in conversation with Dave Matthews (Dave Matthews Band) and Ann Curry (NBC News) at the Seeds of Compassion event in Seattle.

Venue: His Holiness's Residence, Dharamsala, India
Date: 6-10 April 2009
Duration: 9 sessions (each approx. 2 hours)
Languages: English, Tibetan

The discussions during Mind and Life XVIII primarily focus on the subjective phenomenology, information-processing operations, and neural mechanisms of attention, memory and conscious awareness from both scientific and Buddhist perspectives.

Venue: His Holiness's Residence, Dharamsala, India
Date: 27 October 2009
Duration: 1:07
Languages: English

His Holiness the Dalai Lama in conversation with three Nobel Peace Laureates at his residence in Dharamsala, India. Participants include Mairead Corrigan Maquire of Northern Ireland (1976), Jody Williams of the USA (1997) and Shirin Ebadi of Iran (2003).

Venue: New York City, USA
Date: 3 May 2009
Duration: 1:30
Languages: English

His Holiness the Dalai Lama in conversation with Mary Robinson, moderated by Pico Iyer.

Venue: Harvard University, USA
Date: 1 May 2009
Duration: 2 Sessions (each approx. 1:20)
Languages: English

His Holiness the Dalai Lama participates in a panel discussion focusing on the relationship between meditation and psychotherapy hosted by the Harvard Medical School.

Venue: Upper TCV, Dharamsala, India
Date: May 5th, 2010
Duration: 1:09
Languages: Tibetan and English (His Holiness speaks in Tibetan)

His Holiness and Richard Moore talk about forgiveness at the Tibetan Children's Village school. His Holiness's talk is in Tibetan.