Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/12/2009
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location
MIT Student Center (Room: 407)

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Saturday & Sunday, September 12 & 13, 2009 (10AM – 5PM)
Registration Fee: $150.00(Free for MIT Students)

Alan Wallace, Ph.D. a scholar and practitioner of Buddhism since 1970, has taught Buddhist theory and meditation throughout Europe and America since 1976. Having devoted fourteen years to training as a Tibetan Buddhist monk, ordained by H. H. the Dalai Lama, he went on to earn an undergraduate degree in physics and the philosophy of science at Amherst College and a doctorate in religious studies at Stanford.
With his unique background, Alan brings deep experience and applied skills to the challenge of integrating traditional Indo-Tibetan Buddhism with the modern world.
In this workshop Dr. Alan Wallace will present methods drawn from the Buddhist contemplative tradition and modern psychology for cultivating emotional balance. Such practices are based on the distinction between hedonic pleasure, which is aroused by pleasant stimuli, and genuine happiness, which stems from what we bring to the world rather than what we get from it. In Buddhist practice, mental balance is cultivated on the basis of an ethical way of life, and it is developed within the broader context of conative, attentional, and cognitive balance. Central to such mental training is the development of attentional and metacognitive skills, which are indispensable for cultivating emotional balance.
Co-sponsor: Brain & Cognitive Science; Prajnopaya Institute & Foundation; The Center for Health Promotion & Wellness at MIT Medical; The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT