Insights from Buddha’s Brain
Webinar Recording
Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and other great teachers were all born with a brain built essentially like anyone else’s. Then they used their minds to change their brains in ways that changed history.
In Dr. Rick Hanson’s groundbreaking book Buddha’s Brain, he shares how to reshape your brain for greater happiness, love, and wisdom by combining the latest neuroscience with ancient contemplative practices.
On June 15th, Dr. Hanson offered a live, 2-hour webinar in celebration of the upcoming 15th Anniversary of Buddha’s Brain. In the webinar, he included:
- Thoughts on Social Media and the Brain
- An overview of two main teachings from Buddha’s Brain
- A short talk on the negativity bias and what to do about it
- Tips for how to calm craving
- A 20-minute guided meditation on experiencing a deep sense of peace, contentment, and love
- A reflection on how feeling content is different than unconditional acceptance
- Suggestions for discerning wise action
- Thoughts on safety as a perception/belief versus a feeling
- Practical tips for overcoming early life experiences that prime us for negativity
- Advice for sleep, including how to deal with instant fear and terror upon waking, and sleep disturbance due to over-thinking and anxiety
- A Guided Experiential heart practice for lovingness and connectedness
- Suggestions for connecting with others despite being isolated
- Tips for working through past trauma and toward taking in the good
- Reflections on why we may pull back from giving to others because of a past experience, and how to move forward
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Note that your registration is considered a tax-deductible donation. All proceeds go to supporting the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom whos mission is to help people learn new ways to change the brain for the better – for more happiness, love, and wisdom, and for making this world a better place. The Institute publishes the bimonthly Wise Brain Bulletin, provides funding for research, maintains a database of key scientific papers, and as a 501c(3) organization, is supported entirely by donations from people like you.
In 2024, Wellspring Institute helped fund the first annual Board meeting of the Global Compassion Coalition in London, which brought together thought leaders, researchers, activists, and academics to facilitate important interdisciplinary dialogues and collaborations, and advance our understanding of how to use compassion to promote individual and collective well-being.
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