Live Webcast Dialogue
December 8, 2021
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will have a short dialogue on Embracing Hope, Courage, and Compassion in Times of Crisis followed by a question and answer session online from his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on December 8, 2021 organized by the Mind & Life Institute. Viewers are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules while viewing the live webcast.
PRESENTERS
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Moderator: John Dunne, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
John holds the Distinguished Chair in Contemplative Humanities at the Center for Healthy Minds of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he is also departmental chair of Asian Languages & Cultures. His work, which focuses on Buddhist philosophy and contemplative practice in dialogue with Cognitive Science, includes publications ranging across the Humanities and the Sciences. He is a Fellow of the Mind & Life Institute, where he previously served on the Board of Directors.
Discussant: Elissa Epel, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Elissa is the Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Psychiatry at University of California San Francisco. She studies how stress resilience and mindfulness interventions can protect health and promote thriving. She also studies transforming climate distress into climate action. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, President of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and Co-Chair of the Mind & Life Institute Steering Council.
Discussant: Michelle Shiota, PhD
Arizona State University
Michelle (“Lani”) is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Substance Use and Addiction Translational Research Network (SATRN) at Arizona State University. Her research investigates positive emotions, emotion regulation, emotional processes in close relationships, and emotion-related mechanisms of behavior change. She is an editor of the Handbook of Positive Emotions (Guilford) and author of the textbook Emotion (Oxford University Press).
Translator: Thupten Jinpa, PhD
Compassion Institute and the Mind & Life Institute
Thupten Jinpa has been the principal English translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama since 1985. He is the founder and president of the Institute of Tibetan Classics as well as the Compassion Institute. Jinpa was trained as a monk at the Shartse College of Ganden Monastic University, and also holds a B.A. in philosophy and a Ph.D. in religious studies from Cambridge University. He is the board chair of the Mind & Life Institute.
Host: Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD
Mind & Life Institute
Susan is the President of the Mind & Life Institute. She has held leadership, academic, and clinical roles that have largely focused on fostering resilience through studying and teaching contemplative practices in health care and higher education.
2021年12月8日達賴喇嘛尊者將與心智與生命研究所的壓力管理科學家 – 艾麗莎·埃佩爾與情緒處理研究員-米歇爾·N.希奧塔進行一場簡短的交流，之後會有問答環節
標題：心懷希望、勇氣、慈悲心於危機的世代之中
印度時間：上午09:00～10:00am
主辦單位：心智與生命研究所
對談以英語為主，還有華語等14國語言的同傳聲譯
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主講人: 達賴喇嘛尊者
座談會主持人: 約翰-鄧恩，博士
威斯康辛大學麥迪遜分校
約翰在威斯康星大學麥迪遜分校健康心理中心擔任沈思式人文學科的傑出主席，他也是該校亞洲語言和文化系的系主任。他的工作重點是佛教哲學和沈思實踐與認知科學的對話，包括在人文和科學領域的出版物。他是心智與生命研究所的研究員，曾擔任該所的董事會成員。
討論者: 艾麗莎·埃佩爾，博士
加州大學舊金山分校
伊麗莎是加州大學舊金山分校精神病學系的教授和副主任。她研究壓力復原力和正念干預如何保護健康和促進繁榮。她還研究將氣候困擾轉變為氣候行動。她是美國國家醫學院的成員，行為醫學研究學院的主席，以及心智與生命研究所指導委員會的聯合主席。
討論者: 米歇爾.希奧塔，博士
亞利桑那州立大學
米歇爾（”拉尼”）是亞利桑那州立大學的心理學副教授和「情緒測驗生理心理實驗室」（SATRN）的主任。她的研究涉及積極情緒、情緒調節、親密關係中的情緒過程以及與情緒有關的行為變化機制。她是《積極情緒手冊》（Guilford）的編輯者和教科書《情緒》（牛津大學出版社）的作者。
藏英翻譯：圖登金巴博士
慈悲研究所和心智與生命研究所
自1985年以來，圖登金巴一直是達賴喇嘛尊者的首席英文翻譯員。他是西藏經典研究所和慈悲研究所的創辦者和主席。金巴曾作為僧人在甘丹寺大學的東頂學院受訓，後有劍橋大學的哲學學士和宗教學的博士學位。他是心智與生命研究所的董事會主席。
活動主持人: 蘇珊·鮑爾·吳博士
心智與生命研究所
蘇珊是心智與生命研究所的主席。她曾擔任領導、學術和臨床職務，蘇珊透過教學醫療保健和高等教育中的禪修實踐，研究如何提升復原力。