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The Conference Venue:
Lerab Ling

The Lerab Ling Temple

The conference took place in the beautiful surroundings of the Lerab Ling Institute of Wisdom and Compassion, a Buddhist centre in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France.

Lerab Ling was founded by the Tibetan meditation teacher Sogyal Rinpoche, and it is home to a traditional Tibetan temple that was inaugurated by the Dalai Lama in 2008.

Lerab Ling Programme and Activities on www.lerabling.org

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Programme

Saturday 2nd October 2010

The Benefits of Meditation: 
Scientific, Medical and Buddhist Approach

9:30-10:30 The Benefits of Meditation: A Scientific Reality
Dr. Frédéric Rosenfeld
11:00-13:30 The Buddhist Approach to Meditation
Sogyal Rinpoche
15:00-16:00 Mindfulness in the Mainstream of Medicine, Psychology, and Neuroscience: How It Came About, and Recent Experimental Findings
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.
16:00-17:00 Training the Mind: Attention and emotion-regulation changes during the course of intensive meditation
Clifford Saron, Ph.D.
17:30-18:15 Meditation and Neuroscience
Sara Lazar, Ph.D.
18:15-18:45 Meditation and Emotion: Observations from the interface of science, teaching, and practice
Erika Rosenberg, Ph.D.


Sunday, 3rd October 2010

Meditation for the Modern World: 
Integration in Daily Life and Future Perspectives

9:30-10:00 Therapeutic Applications of Meditation (MBCT)
Dr. Lucio Bizzini
10:00-10:30 Therapeutic Applications of Meditation (MBSR)
Dr. Edel Maex
10:30-11:30 Answering questions
Dr. Edel Maex | Dr. Lucio Bizzini | Clifford Saron, Ph.D. | Erika Rosenberg, Ph.D. | Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. | Olivier Raurich (Sogyal Rinpoche's student and personal translator) | Sara Lazar, Ph.D.
12:00-13:00 Meditation Methods in the Buddhist Tradition
Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche
15:00-15:30 Mindfulness in the Public Health Service in Ireland
Ursula Bates
15:30-16:00 Being present when we care
Rosamund Oliver
16:00-16:30 Meditation as a means of taking care
Dr. Cathy Blanc
17:00-18:00 Conclusion
Sogyal Rinpoche | Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.