Change your Mind Change your Brain: The Inner Conditions...

Google Tech Talks
March 15, 2007

ABSTRACT

If happiness is an inner state, influenced by external conditions but not dependent on them, how can we achieve it? Ricard will examine the inner and outer factors that increase or diminish our sense of well-being, dissect the underlying mechanisms of happiness, and lead us to a way of looking at the mind itself based on his book, Happiness: A Guide to Life's Most Important Skill and from the research in neuroscience on the effect of mind-training on the brain.

Speaker Bio: Matthieu Ricard, a gifted scientist turned Buddhist monk, is a best selling author, translator, and photographer. He has lived and studied in the Himalayas for the last 35 years...

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[Desi Lankettes]

I love Buddhism <3

[welshhibby]

"The MIGHTY MING"

[crazysillybaby1]

check out david c pack the human mind what none understand here on you tube

[DeepMeditationVideo]

Audio Brainwave Entrainment technologies will take you a long way, they will greatly increase the stillness of your mind and your levels of awareness, and hence support mindfulness and other traditional techniques and practices, they are like the rocket boosters on the shuttle: they will take to to altitude, what you then make of that altitude is up to you. I'm not against traditional methods, I'm just adding a powerful tool in order to get to destination much faster.

[pasan49]

meditations in Buddhism follow a complex path combining both Samatha & Vipassana techniques to Niravana. Audio techniques might help one concentrate more but it along cannot achieve what Buddhism says.

[E Rees]

Poor sound effects but good video excellent

[Dushan Vaithilingam]

Peace, Love and Grateful Thanks

[GodBeyondGods]

#Buddhist4Life

[Andrew K]

Listening to this info has added value and deepened my perspective of our precious life in this precious world. Thank you.