Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi will lead a weekend retreat on “Meditative Serenity (Shamata)” on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Miller Ranch Community Center in ...

Focusing on the present rather than letting the mind drift may help to lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol, suggests new research from the Shamatha Project at the University of California, ...

UC Davis neuroscientist Clifford Saron and the Dalai Lama after the Mind and Life conference on Attention, Memory and the Mind, McLoed Ganj, India, April 2009. (Courtesy of the Office of His Holiness ...

"In the group you will learn how to meditate, starting with shamatha ("Peaceful Abiding") meditation practice. The purpose of shamatha meditation is to stabilize the mind by cultivating a steady ...

We will be practicing Shamatha meditation, or breath awareness, which is appropriate for all levels; from those who have been practicing a lifetime to those who are new to spiritual practice. The ...

FARGO - The Spirit Room, 111 Broadway, will host a meditation retreat day from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Dawn Morgan, executive director of the Spirit Room, will lead the retreat. Attendees will ...

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Cliff Saron, associate research scientist with the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain, talks with the Dalai Lama about his research during a visit to India in February 2009. Intensive mental training ...