Resource Library
Articles
A selection of scholarly and scientific articles and clinical research written by Dr. Joe Loizzo, Director of the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science.
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Scholarly Articles
A Review of Donald Lopez' Buddhism and Science
A brief review of Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, by Buddhist Scholar Donald Lopez, published in The Journal of Religion. (pdf, 56k)
Vajrayana Buddhism in Tibetan Perspective: A Spiritual Science of Civilized Happiness
A draft of an article from the forthcoming Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophy.
The Tantric Buddhism of Tibet as a living paradigm of contemplative science and civilization and the final synthesis of the Nalanda scientific tradition. (pdf, 368k)
Personal Agency Across Generations: Evolutionary Psychology or Religious Belief?
Paper presented at the Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy and the annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association and published in the Sophia Journal.
This view of karma as a theory of intergenerational agency integrates Western views of personality as a narrative construct continued across generations with the Buddhist Centrist view of the person as a consensual linguistic construction made in reference to mental and physical systems and elements conserved and transformed across lifetimes. (pdf, 291)
Kalachakra and the Nalanda Tradition: Science, Religion, and Objectivity in Buddhism and the West
A chapter from the Snow Lion volume, As Long as Space Endures: Essays on the Kalachakra Tantra in Honor of H. H. the Dalai Lama.
A presentation of the Kalachakra as the final synthesis of the Nalanda tradition of contemplative science. (pdf, 380k)
Meditation, Self-Correction and Learning: Contemplative Science in Global Perspective
Presented at the Mind and Reality Conference convened by the Columbia University Center for the Study of Science and Religion, February 2006.
Reflections on comparative history and philosophy, Western brain science and Buddhist mind science. (pdf, 260k)
Recovering the Nalanda Tradition: Towards A Second Renaissance of Buddhist Science
Presented at the International Conference on the Heritage of Nalanda Convened by Ashoka House at Baragon, India, February, 2006.
Defines the nature and potential of the classical Buddhist scientific tradition developed at Nalanda Universit.y (pdf, 360k)
Shri-Nalanda Mahavihara: Ivory Tower of Ancient India
In Candrakirti and the Moon-Flower of Nalanda, 2001.
Doctoral dissertation chapter offers a glimpse into the life of the seventh century Nalanda University .(pdf, 516k)
Columns written for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review .(pdf, 644k)
Meditation and the Self-Regulation of Learning: A Link Between Health Science and Religion?
An overview of medititation's potential role role in medicine. Audio recording of lecture given in the series of Cummings and Fetzer Lectures on "Meditative and Contemplative States" at the Center for the Study of Science and Religion at Columbia University, October 2001.
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Scientific Articles and Clinical Research
The intergenerational transmission, neurolinguistic construction and contemplative transformation of character: an evolutionary approach to using the core Buddhist psychological theories of active development (karma—phala) and selflessness (anatmata) in contemplative psychotherapy.
In this poster presentation, presented at the 2012 International Symposia for Contemplative Studies, Dr. Loizzo shares his research and clinical experience integrating the the cognitive psychology of selflessness and the behavioral psychology of karma into his practice of contemplative therapy with Buddhist and non-Buddhist clients. (pdf, 90KB)
Longevity, Regeneration and Optimal Health: Integrating Eastern and Western Perspectives, edited by Nalanda faculty W. Bushell, E. Olivo and N. Thiese. 2009. New York Academy of Sciences.
A review of current research on mind/body health and introduction of a new research intervention based on the Indo-Tibetan tradition of contemplative self-healing. (pdf, 3.6MB)
The Effect of a Contemplative Self-Healing Program...
This article summarizes the beneficial effects on quality of life of a twenty week contemplative self-healing program based on the Tibetan gradual path tradition offered to women recovering from breast cancer and other gynecologic cancers. From Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 2010. (pdf, 2MB)
Tibetan Medicine: A Complementary Science of Optimal Health (pdf, 143k)
Longevity, Regeneration and Optimal Health: Integrating Eastern and Western Perspectives, edited by Nalanda faculty W. Bushell, E. Olivo and N. Thiese. 2009. New York Academy of Sciences.
A critical review of the literature on Tibetan medicine, highlighting its potential contributions to integrative medicine, mind/body medicine, natural medicine and positive health. (pdf, 143k)
Longevity, Regeneration and Optimal Health: Integrating Eastern and Western Perspectives, edited by Nalanda faculty W. Bushell, E. Olivo and N. Thiese. 2009. New York Academy of Sciences.
An exploration of the new optimism about the aging mind-brain, including research in stress-reduction, learning enrichment and quality of life. (pdf, 139k)
Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Psychiatry, Phillip Muskin (ed.). American Psychiatric Association, 2000.
A review of meditation research offering a systematic approach to the integration of meditation and psychotherapy based on the Indo-Tibetan tradition. (pdf, 2.3MB)
Traditional Alternatives
as Complementary Sciences: The Case of
Indo-Tibetan Medicine
Leslie Blackhall, MD, co-author. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 1999.
A proposal for the Western integration of Indo-Tibetan medicine, especially in the areas of Mind/Body Medicine and Self-Healing. (pdf, 788k)
Mother of Wisdom, Prajnaparamita
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