Sean M. Smith Lecture: Science, Culture, and the Modern Mindfulness Movement: The Near and Far Enemies of Contemplative

How should we understand the relation between Buddhist meditation and neuroscience and philosophy? This talk seeks to chart out a middle path between ‘Buddhist Neuro-Apologetics’ and cultural relativism—drawing upon Kant and two classical Indian Buddhist philosophers, Buddhaghosa and Santaraksita.

Open to the Public.