A milestone for our broader collaboration, our Tukdam Study full team meeting and trainings Dec 2-6 at Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Education near Bangalore was the first comprehensive convening in its history. Trainings included neurophysiology, forensics, microbiome, VOCs, & neurophenomenology.

We are thrilled to announce the publication of this Tukdam Special Issue in Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry from our research on the meditative postmortem state of tukdam and the unique cultural approach to death and dying. Read here: link.springer.com/journal/1101... #tukdam #research #meditation

Join us at Samye Heritage New York for Phakchok Rinpoche’s Awakening Dignity & Mahamudra retreats! We’re also amidst Summer Immersion Buddhist Arts and Sciences - come for one or more weeks! Next week, I’ll share on medicine; thereafter, my Men-Tsee-Khang colleague Tsipa Tenzin Loden on astrology.

Our CHM visiting scientist-artist Dalal Abu Amneh is leading a music & meditation experience “Out Beyond” on May 23 in WI with our Director Richie Davidson, who describes the wellbeing science inspiring this ensemble representing diverse global traditions. Join here: go.wisc.edu/79lk87

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