The International Colloquium: Mapping the Mind was co-organized by the Kokoro Research Center (Kyoto University) and the Mind & Life Institute (USA) and convened in the presence of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

The International Colloquium: Mapping the Mind was co-organized by the Kokoro Research Center (Kyoto University) and the Mind & Life Institute (USA) and convened in the presence of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Center participants included Director/Professor Sakiko Yoshikawa, Professor Shinsuke Shimojo, Professor Shinobu Kitayama, Professor Atsushi Iriki, and Associate Professor Seiji Kumagai.
The International Colloquium: Mapping the Mind (A Dialogue between Scientists and Contemplative Scholars-Practitioners) was co-organized by the Kokoro Research Center (Kyoto University) and Mind & Life Institute (USA) and convened in the presence of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Twelve speakers gave presentations connecting their own specialties with the colloquium’s theme of “Kokoro (mind),” in addition to participating in discussions with His Holiness. The audience consisted of three hundred invited academic researchers and business leaders from all over the world.
A webcast of the international colloquium and a report about the event will be made available on the internet in the near future. Here is an overview of the colloquium:

[Event]

International Colloquium: Mapping the Mind (A Dialogue between Scientists and Contemplative Scholars-Practitioners)

[Dates]

11th April 2014 (Fri.) 8:30-15:30
12th April 2014 (Sat.) 9:00-15:00

[Venue]

Kyoto Hotel Okura (4th floor) Gyôun-no-ma

11th April 2014 (Friday)

Opening Session

Opening Remarks 1: Arthur Zajonc (President, Mind & Life Institute, USA)
Opening Remarks 2: Sakiko Yoshikawa (Director, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University)

Session 1

Keynote Speech by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Yoshiro Imaeda (Former Research Director at the French CNRS – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) “Mind in Early Buddhism”
Thupten Jinpa (Adjunct Professor, McGill University) “Taking Buddhist Psychology and Contemplative Perspectives Seriously”
Richard Davidson (Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison) “Change Your Brain by Transforming Your Mind: Neuroscientific Studies of Meditation”
Moderator: Arthur Zajonc (President, Mind & Life Institute)

Session 2

Jay Garfield (Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore, Yale University, the University of Melbourne and the Central University of Tibetan Studies) “Cognitive Illusions: A Yogācāra Perspective”
Arthur Zajonc (President of Mind & Life Institute) “The Role of Mind in Quantum Physics”
Shigefumi Mori (Professor, Research Institute for Mathematical Science, Kyoto University) “Mathematics in Comparison with Art: Looking for Applications, Truth or Beauty?”
Moderator: Atsushi Iriki (Senior Team Leader, RIKEN Brain Science Institute)

12th April 2014 (Saturday)

Session 3

Shinobu Kitayama (Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan) “Cultural Neuroscience: Connecting Culture, Brain, and Genes”
Joan Halifax (Founder and Abbot, Upaya Institute and Zen Center) “A Process-based Map of Compassion and its Implications on Compassion Training”
Shinsuke Shimojo (Gertrude Baltimore Professor of Experimental Psychology, California Institute of Technology) “Implicit Mind, Sympathy, and Shared Reality”
Moderator: Atsushi Iriki (Senior Team Leader, RIKEN Brain Science Institute)

Session 4

Barry Kerzin (President, Human Value Institute) “Emotional Plasticity: A Healthy Society”
Junko Tanaka-Matsumi (Dean/Professor, School of Humanities, Kwansei Gakuin University) “Mapping the Mind of Children and Creating a Positive School Environment: Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology”
Makoto Nagao (Former President/Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University) “How Close Can Computers Get to Human Beings?”
Moderator: Joan Halifax (Founder and Abbot, Upaya Institute and Zen Center)

Closing Session

Closing Remarks 1: Arthur Zajonc (President, Mind & Life Institute, USA)
Closing Remarks 2: Juichi Yamagiwa (Professor, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University)

*Emcees: Seiji Kumagai (Associate Professor, Uehiro Kokoro Studies, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University)
Marc-Henri Deroche (Assistant Professor, Hakubi Center for Advanced Studies, Kyoto University)

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Detailed reports on the colloquium are uploarded in the following website:
Mapping the Mind – Day 1
http://www.dalailama.com/news/post/1109-mapping-the-mind—day-1
Mapping the Mind – Day 2
http://www.dalailama.com/news/post/1110-mapping-the-mind—day-2
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We are grateful to the sponsors and those who contributed to this colloquium.

This report was prepared by Seiji Kumagai (Associate Professor, Uehiro Kokoro Studies, KRC, Kyoto University)

2014/04/12