Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XX: Altruism and Compassion in Economic Systems” on April 9-11, 2010.
Compassion, Empathy, Altruism, and Prosocial Behavior
SPEAKERS:
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Daniel Batson
Tania Singer
Richard Davidson
Matthieu Ricard
This session includes short presentations summarizing the Buddhist, neuroscientific and psychological views on empathy, compassion and pro-social motivation, and why these qualities are relevant for society and well-being at large.
This theoretical introduction will be supported by an explanation of why and how Buddhist practitioners cultivate pro-social motivation and compassion and include an overview of the most recent neuroscientific findings on the effects of compassion training on brain, behavior and health.
INTERPRETER: Thupten Jinpa
MODERATOR: Roshi Joan Halifax
Participants
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Honorary Board Chair
Tania Singer, PhD
Convening Faculty
Richard J. Davidson, PhD
William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founder and Chief Visionary for Healthy Minds Innovations, Inc.
