https://simplecast.com Mindful Dialogues A podcast on learning about and from one another, hosted by Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, Kitty Graham and Art Linton at Emory University 2024 Mindful Dialogues en Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:00:12 +0000 https://mindful-dialogues.simplecast.com Mindful Dialogues https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/73f60787-9f14-47a0-9eab-990d44e6ca82/e207b1e6-6670-4cfe-9164-2f1379c386c4/3000x3000/img-4223.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://mindful-dialogues.simplecast.com episodic A podcast on learning about and from one another, hosted by Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, Kitty Graham and Art Linton at Emory University Kitty Graham, Art Linton, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva false https://feeds.simplecast.com/va4xtY4l anthropology, buddhism, cognitive science, compassion, contemplative science, dalai lama, emory, empathy, ethics, forgiveness, psychology, spirituality Brendan Ozawa-de Silva brendan.ozawa@gmail.com 081ea900-f0bc-450a-9afa-21d42802a5b6 Meditation Is Education Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi was born in a remote village in Kinnaur, India. He was selected to be in the first class of a school founded by H.H. the Dalai Lama, the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics. After that, he continued his studies at Drepung Loseling Monastic University in South India. In the 1990s he enrolled at Emory University as a doctoral student under Dr. Robert Paul, professor of anthropology and later Dean of Emory College. Following completion of his degree, he became a Lecturer at Emory University as is now a full Teaching Professor. In 1998 he became director of the Emory-Tibet Partnership, which in 2017 transitioned to become the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics (or "Compassion Center" for short). The Center has three main programs: Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT), SEE Learning (Social Emotional and Ethical Learning), and ETSI (Emory Tibet Science Initiative).  

Prof Negi serves as the Executive Director of the Compassion Center, and continues to teach courses for undergraduates at Emory and on Emory's summer "Tibetan Mind/Body Sciences" summer study abroad program in India.

For more information on the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics and its programs, visit https://compassion.emory.edu

 

]]> Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 brendan.ozawa@gmail.com (Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, Art Linton, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva) https://mindful-dialogues.simplecast.com/episodes/meditation-is-education-59Jgfi1A Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi was born in a remote village in Kinnaur, India. He was selected to be in the first class of a school founded by H.H. the Dalai Lama, the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics. After that, he continued his studies at Drepung Loseling Monastic University in South India. In the 1990s he enrolled at Emory University as a doctoral student under Dr. Robert Paul, professor of anthropology and later Dean of Emory College. Following completion of his degree, he became a Lecturer at Emory University as is now a full Teaching Professor. In 1998 he became director of the Emory-Tibet Partnership, which in 2017 transitioned to become the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics (or "Compassion Center" for short). The Center has three main programs: Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT), SEE Learning (Social Emotional and Ethical Learning), and ETSI (Emory Tibet Science Initiative).  

Prof Negi serves as the Executive Director of the Compassion Center, and continues to teach courses for undergraduates at Emory and on Emory's summer "Tibetan Mind/Body Sciences" summer study abroad program in India.

For more information on the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics and its programs, visit https://compassion.emory.edu

 

]]> Meditation Is Education Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, Art Linton, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva 00:50:49 In this second episode of season 2 "Educating for Empathy," Prof. Geshe Lobsang Tenzin, Executive Director of Emory's Compassion Center, discusses how meditation is not just a relaxation technique, but is best understood as a form of education. Prof. Negi has overseen the development of all of the major programs offered at the Compassion Center. He tells the story of how Cognitively-Based Compassion Training -- the most scientifically researched compassion meditation protocol -- got its start from the suggestion of an Emory undergraduate, Molly Harrington, who worked to destigmatize mental illness on campus. And he discusses how he has seen SEE Learning, Emory's free social emotional learning program -- now implemented in some form in 77 countries -- greeted as a "dream come true" around the world. Prof. Negi discusses the upcoming launch of the Compassion Shift, an effort to scale these two programs in an integrated way to help bring about the Dalai Lama's vision of a global culture of compassion, as well as the role science education for monastic scholars can play in furthering the field of "contemplative science." In this second episode of season 2 "Educating for Empathy," Prof. Geshe Lobsang Tenzin, Executive Director of Emory's Compassion Center, discusses how meditation is not just a relaxation technique, but is best understood as a form of education. Prof. Negi has overseen the development of all of the major programs offered at the Compassion Center. He tells the story of how Cognitively-Based Compassion Training -- the most scientifically researched compassion meditation protocol -- got its start from the suggestion of an Emory undergraduate, Molly Harrington, who worked to destigmatize mental illness on campus. And he discusses how he has seen SEE Learning, Emory's free social emotional learning program -- now implemented in some form in 77 countries -- greeted as a "dream come true" around the world. Prof. Negi discusses the upcoming launch of the Compassion Shift, an effort to scale these two programs in an integrated way to help bring about the Dalai Lama's vision of a global culture of compassion, as well as the role science education for monastic scholars can play in furthering the field of "contemplative science." see learning, training, tibetan, india, science, contemplative, cbct, monastics, learning, compassion, education, etsi, emory, empathy, meditation, sel, university, tibet false full 2 2 45c79c0e-509e-4b38-9c1b-0b8614ffe47c Educating the Heart For more information on Children in Crossfire, visit their webpage at: https://www.childrenincrossfire.org/

]]> Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:24:21 +0000 brendan.ozawa@gmail.com (ursula moore, Art Linton, Kitty Graham, richard moore, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva) https://mindful-dialogues.simplecast.com/episodes/educating-the-heart-S_zqQKf1 For more information on Children in Crossfire, visit their webpage at: https://www.childrenincrossfire.org/

]]> Educating the Heart ursula moore, Art Linton, Kitty Graham, richard moore, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva 01:08:48 Richard Moore and Ursula Moore from the Irish charity Children in Crossfire join Art Linton, Kitty Graham, and Brendan Ozawa-de Silva at Emory to explore what role introducing empathy into education can play in ending the injustice of poverty and improving the lives of students. Despite being shot and blinded by a British soldier at age 10, Richard Moore has gone on to lead a successful life, first running two pubs in his hometown of Derry, Northern Ireland, and then starting the charity Children in Crossfire to provide children in poverty with the chance to choose the life they would like to lead. In addition to supporting early education (pre-K / pre-primary), housing, and nutrition in Tanzania and Ethiopia, Children in Crossfire run an education program for teachers and children in Ireland, called "Educating the Heart," to educate children in Ireland and the UK about the reality of global poverty and create the motivation to do something about it. In the second half of the podcast, Richard and Ursula make the case that education needs to instill values like empathy and compassion from an early age, rather than solely focusing on competition and academic success. Failure should be reframed as a learning opportunity rather than a source of shame and a stain on one's identity. Richard argues that the difficulties of depression and anxiety faced by children and young people today are a direct result of an education system and society that is based on competition and a limited conception of success, rather than more fundamental values. Joining midway through the show, Kitty shares her own experience of learning about compassion, meditation and interdependence as a six-year-old child through an early pilot of what later became Emory's SEE Learning program, and what an impact it made on her life. Richard concludes by sharing his vision for a future initiative centered on forgiveness, drawing from his personal experience of forgiving Charles, the soldier who shot him, but who later became a friend. He believes forgiveness can help people overcome anger, hatred, and bitterness, and he hopes to develop a program exploring forgiveness for education settings. Richard Moore and Ursula Moore from the Irish charity Children in Crossfire join Art Linton, Kitty Graham, and Brendan Ozawa-de Silva at Emory to explore what role introducing empathy into education can play in ending the injustice of poverty and improving the lives of students. Despite being shot and blinded by a British soldier at age 10, Richard Moore has gone on to lead a successful life, first running two pubs in his hometown of Derry, Northern Ireland, and then starting the charity Children in Crossfire to provide children in poverty with the chance to choose the life they would like to lead. In addition to supporting early education (pre-K / pre-primary), housing, and nutrition in Tanzania and Ethiopia, Children in Crossfire run an education program for teachers and children in Ireland, called "Educating the Heart," to educate children in Ireland and the UK about the reality of global poverty and create the motivation to do something about it. In the second half of the podcast, Richard and Ursula make the case that education needs to instill values like empathy and compassion from an early age, rather than solely focusing on competition and academic success. Failure should be reframed as a learning opportunity rather than a source of shame and a stain on one's identity. Richard argues that the difficulties of depression and anxiety faced by children and young people today are a direct result of an education system and society that is based on competition and a limited conception of success, rather than more fundamental values. Joining midway through the show, Kitty shares her own experience of learning about compassion, meditation and interdependence as a six-year-old child through an early pilot of what later became Emory's SEE Learning program, and what an impact it made on her life. Richard concludes by sharing his vision for a future initiative centered on forgiveness, drawing from his personal experience of forgiving Charles, the soldier who shot him, but who later became a friend. He believes forgiveness can help people overcome anger, hatred, and bitterness, and he hopes to develop a program exploring forgiveness for education settings. see learning, crossfire, compassion, education, empathy, poverty, children, injustice false full 1 2 97bab77c-96f1-47bd-9f12-b0d02bf7793e The Ethics of Forgiveness In this episode, Kitty and Brendan speak with Prof. John Lysaker of Emory University (Director of Emory University's Center for Ethics) about his recent book "Hope, Trust and Forgiveness: Essays in Finitude."  The conversation explores forgiveness within the context of ethics. Prof. Lysaker speaks about singularity: the idea that each situation is unique and requires improvisational thinking. We cannot simply create a rule that applies to everyone and every situation as if people were simply substitutable, one for another.  This episode delves deeply into philosophy and the ethics of forgiveness in a rich conversation that rewards close listening.

A link to John's excellent book, "Hope, Trust and Forgiveness":

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo205547565.html

Emory University's Center for Ethics has excellent year-round programming:

https://ethics.emory.edu/

As does Emory's Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics:

https://compassion.emory.edu

 

]]> Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:37:27 +0000 brendan.ozawa@gmail.com (John Lysaker, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, Kitty Graham) https://mindful-dialogues.simplecast.com/episodes/the-ethics-of-forgiveness-o5E22Pto In this episode, Kitty and Brendan speak with Prof. John Lysaker of Emory University (Director of Emory University's Center for Ethics) about his recent book "Hope, Trust and Forgiveness: Essays in Finitude."  The conversation explores forgiveness within the context of ethics. Prof. Lysaker speaks about singularity: the idea that each situation is unique and requires improvisational thinking. We cannot simply create a rule that applies to everyone and every situation as if people were simply substitutable, one for another.  This episode delves deeply into philosophy and the ethics of forgiveness in a rich conversation that rewards close listening.

A link to John's excellent book, "Hope, Trust and Forgiveness":

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo205547565.html

Emory University's Center for Ethics has excellent year-round programming:

https://ethics.emory.edu/

As does Emory's Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics:

https://compassion.emory.edu

 

]]> The Ethics of Forgiveness John Lysaker, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, Kitty Graham 01:16:32 Is forgiveness merely a form of anger management? Does it involve the other person or just oneself? How do we think about the ethics of forgiveness? In this episode, distinguished Professor John Lysaker, Director of Emory University's Center for Ethics, speaks with Kitty and Brendan about these important distinctions, leading to a deep and rich conversation on the real challenges of forgiveness, and illustrating the value of doing keen philosophical work on this topic. Is forgiveness merely a form of anger management? Does it involve the other person or just oneself? How do we think about the ethics of forgiveness? In this episode, distinguished Professor John Lysaker, Director of Emory University's Center for Ethics, speaks with Kitty and Brendan about these important distinctions, leading to a deep and rich conversation on the real challenges of forgiveness, and illustrating the value of doing keen philosophical work on this topic. ethics, philosophy, forgiveness false full 3 1 c32de453-6fbd-4bde-82db-928c882431f6 Freedom in Forgiveness Richard is executive director and founder of the Irish charity "Children in Crossfire" which he founded to help children in dire poverty, and ultimately to end poverty itself:

https://www.childrenincrossfire.org/

 

 

]]> Sun, 12 May 2024 04:00:00 +0000 brendan.ozawa@gmail.com (richard moore, kitty graham, brendan ozawa-de silva) https://mindful-dialogues.simplecast.com/episodes/freedom-in-forgiveness-WGpvsUtt Richard is executive director and founder of the Irish charity "Children in Crossfire" which he founded to help children in dire poverty, and ultimately to end poverty itself:

https://www.childrenincrossfire.org/

 

 

]]> Freedom in Forgiveness richard moore, kitty graham, brendan ozawa-de silva 01:32:25 What does it mean to find freedom in forgiveness? At age 10 Richard Moore was walking home from school in his native Derry, Northern Ireland, when he was shot by a British soldier and nearly killed. Although he survived, he was blinded for life. Yet he never held anger towards the soldier, and over thirty years years later he actually met and befriended him. The Dalai Lama calls Richard his "personal hero" and a living example of the power and possibility of forgiveness. Hosts Kitty Graham and Brendan Ozawa-de Silva speak with Richard about how he found freedom in forgiveness and how we might too. What does it mean to find freedom in forgiveness? At age 10 Richard Moore was walking home from school in his native Derry, Northern Ireland, when he was shot by a British soldier and nearly killed. Although he survived, he was blinded for life. Yet he never held anger towards the soldier, and over thirty years years later he actually met and befriended him. The Dalai Lama calls Richard his "personal hero" and a living example of the power and possibility of forgiveness. Hosts Kitty Graham and Brendan Ozawa-de Silva speak with Richard about how he found freedom in forgiveness and how we might too. uk, northern ireland, compassion, ireland, derry, empathy, freedom, forgiveness, dalai lama, violence false full 1 1 f893cb22-a491-44b1-8795-ee59e8ba74fa Forgiveness and Health For more information Dr Saunders, see the website for "Forgive4Health Ministries":

https://forgive4health.org/

This episode hosted by Brendan Ozawa-de Silva and Art Linton.

 

]]> Sun, 12 May 2024 04:00:00 +0000 brendan.ozawa@gmail.com (Magon Saunders, Emanuel Williams) https://mindful-dialogues.simplecast.com/episodes/is-forgiveness-related-to-health-Vd8AsKoq For more information Dr Saunders, see the website for "Forgive4Health Ministries":

https://forgive4health.org/

This episode hosted by Brendan Ozawa-de Silva and Art Linton.

 

]]> Forgiveness and Health Magon Saunders, Emanuel Williams 01:13:27 In this episode, we address the question "Is forgiveness related to health?" We speak with public health expert Dr Magon Saunders and Pastor Emmanuel Williams. Dr Saunders started "Forgive 4 Health Ministries" after changing her doctoral dissertation topic in public health from diabetes research to forgiveness. She has dedicated her life to understanding and promoting forgiveness, particularly for black Americans, through workshops, seminars, assessments and other means. Pastor Williams has reflected on forgiveness for much of his life and has supported and advised on Dr Saunders' forgiveness work. In this episode, we address the question "Is forgiveness related to health?" We speak with public health expert Dr Magon Saunders and Pastor Emmanuel Williams. Dr Saunders started "Forgive 4 Health Ministries" after changing her doctoral dissertation topic in public health from diabetes research to forgiveness. She has dedicated her life to understanding and promoting forgiveness, particularly for black Americans, through workshops, seminars, assessments and other means. Pastor Williams has reflected on forgiveness for much of his life and has supported and advised on Dr Saunders' forgiveness work. public health, reconciliation, forgiveness, health false full 2 1