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Dalai Lama gives $50,000 to ‘healthy minds’ research |
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Posted 9/9/2010 at 1:07 PM by Bradlee A in Community Blog
Affiliate: World: India |
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama recently made a $50,000 donation to a University of Wisconsin research program that examines positive emotions. The donation was made from the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso’s, personal trust fund.
The research program sets itself apart from others because it studies “healthy qualities of the mind" instead of examining negative emotions such as depression and anxiety.
Jennifer Zettel, The Badger Herald wrote:
In particular, Davidson said his research examines why one person, and subsequently their brain, is more resilient to the changes of life while another person may be more vulnerable.
The result is a form of research encompassing meditation, which promotes well-being and the regulation of emotion, Davidson said. |
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