We are member of the Roman Catholic Church – why then are we interested in Mind Training as taught by the Dalai Lama the 14 th?

Last Updated on January 4, 2025 by pg@petergamma.org

The Dalai Lama teaches how to train the mind, to train our brain:

https://www.dalailama.com/teachings/training-the-mind

But this can also be a secular training for people who are non-Buddhist. Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org is member of the Roman Catholic Church:

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But he is interested in Mind Training as well. This is mainly taught by Tibetan Buddhist monks such as the Dalai Lama the 14. But it was the Dalai Lama himself who asked Richard R. Davidson to test the effect of mind training with the latest scientific methods. And if it turns out to be effective, he should take it out of the religious context and make out of it a secular practice. And so does Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org. But where is the difference to Richard R. Davidsons meditation research project?

Richard R. Davidson

has choosen a top to bottom to approach and uses mainly brain scanners.

Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org

has chosen a bottom to up approach. And currently uses a Garmin Fenix 6, and counts breath per minute manually. And although this is effective, Peter misses a setup which is affordable and fit s to his professional education.