Has the effect of practicing meditation been validated scientifically – what is the view of Peter Gamma, Physiologist & Director of the Meditation Research Institute Switzerland (MRIS)? – PETER GAMMA (Director & Physiologist), MEDITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SWITZERLAND (MRIS)

Last Updated on March 3, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org

Yes, it has been validated scientifically in this paper:

which has been reviewed by Daniel Goleman, American psychologist who became known as a science journalist:

and reviewed by Richard Davison:

and Matthieu Ricard who participated in the PNAS study:

and Mingour Rhinpoche wo participated in the PNAS study:

Swiss Meditation teacher Diego Hangartner did not participate in the PNAS study:

But Diego Hangartner went to Nepal after he studied pharmacy at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, and lived in Dharamsala, India, for 11 years, following the example of Matthieu Ricard, who has a similar curricum vitae.

Peter Gamma, Physiologist & Director of the Meditation Research Institute Switzerland (MRIS) did not participate in the PNAS study either.

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Swiss Zen Pries Vanja palmers did not participate in the PNAS study either:

Palmers founded two meditation centers instead, and that is Felsentor and Puregg.
But these centers where a mediocre success to this date.
Palmers career as a student at the University of Zürich and as the founder of a successful business startup came to a sudden halt when he ingested a few micrograms of a certain fungi derivate also known as LSD.