At The Crossroads Of Buddhism & Science - John Dunne

Wendy Hasenkamp speaks with Buddhist scholar John Dunne. John has interfaced with contemplative scientists for over two decades to help advance rigorous research on meditation by incorporating a nuanced Buddhist perspective. They discuss defining “meditation” for research purposes; focused attention vs. open monitoring meditation; subject/object duality and whether anything really exists; hallucinogens, ego dissolution, and non-dual practices; decentering, and dereification; and more.

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It applied to my ongoing identity issues with Borderline Personality Disorder

A lot of reference to people and studies not well memorized by me, even if I've had exposure to them, but if I let that drop the content was incredible. Such a beautiful mind! Thank you.

I really enjoyed this philosophy / Buddhism / science talk :) It’s the combo that I’m into at the moment. Light, interesting and insightful. Many references were made which seem worth it to go back to. Thank you!

Excellent conversation. Learned quite a bit about the nature of the mind and contemplative practices