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Resident Lama ~ Dr. Bob Kapitany

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Meditation Associated with Increased Grey Matter in the Brain

Meditation 'brain training' clues

Meditating monks are giving clues about how the brain's basic responses can be overridden, researchers say.

Meditation May Bolster Brain Activity

Buddhist Meditation May Produce Lasting Changes in the Brain


Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice

Meditation distanced from Buddhist roots

Fasting fakir flummoxes physicians

Doctors and experts are baffled by an Indian hermit who claims not to have eaten or drunk anything for several decades - but is still in perfect health.

Dalai Lama and MIT Together Investigate Value of Meditation

Brain scans show Buddhism works

Practitioners' brains studied
Calm, happiness sites active