MindScience Academy Conference. Reality is not as it appears
MindScience Academy Conference. Reality is not as it appears. The Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in collaboration with the University of Pisa held an international conference, residentially and online, for the Mind Science Academy on September 18 and 19, 2021. The event hosted speakers including Buddhist philosophers and Western experts of different disciplines, who facilitated discussions covering a range of issues. Mind Science Academy (MSA) is a project initiated by the Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, with the inspiration and encouragement of His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his visit to Pomaia in 2014.

Introduction to the MindScience Academy

MindScience Academy aims to promote a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the mind and the emotions by bringing together the methods, tools and knowledge... Read more

Friday October 8th, 2021

Presentation of the book Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics – The Physical World

Presentation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's book Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics – The Physical World with Fabrizio Pallotti, translator and... Read more

Friday October 8th, 2021

Presentation on the effects of meditation on the brain level

Prof. Bruno Neri introduces us to the Presentation on the effects of meditation on the brain level - Result of research carried out at Sera... Read more

Friday October 8th, 2021

To be or not to be, this is the connectome

Prof. Angelo Gemignani, director of the Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular and Critical Area Pathology of the University of Pisa, brings the theme To be... Read more

Friday October 8th, 2021

Appearance and reality

Speech of ven. Olivier Rossi on the theme Appearance and reality. Event organized by Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in collaboration with the University of Pisa, under... Read more

Friday October 8th, 2021

We can learn to see appearance as reality?

Michel Bitbol illustrates how the West has inherited from Parmenides, Plato, and Aristotle a conception which identifies being or reality with what intelligence can grasp... Read more

Friday October 8th, 2021

Presentation Round table and synthesis of the speakers – 1st part

Presentation Round table and synthesis of the speakers: Michel Bitbol, Ven. Olivier Rossi, Angelo Gemignani, Bruno Neri, Giulia Moiraghi, Franco Giorgi and Pierluigi Barrotta. Moderator: Filippo... Read more

Friday October 8th, 2021

Round table, synthesis of the speakers and debate, questions from the audience – 2nd part

Round table, synthesis of the speakers and debate, questions from the audience. Speakers: Michel Bitbol, Ven. Olivier Rossi, Angelo Gemignani, Bruno Neri, Giulia Moiraghi, Franco Giorgi... Read more

Friday October 8th, 2021