The request of the Dalai Lama to Richard Davidson, director of the Center for Healthy Minds in Madison Wisconsin

When Richard Davidson first met the Dalai Lama in 1992, he challenged him. He said: «why can t we use the same tools of modern neuroscience that we have been using to study anxiety, depression, and fear. Why can t we use those same tools to study kindness, and to sudy compassion?» and later on: …