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His Holiness, The Dalai Lama is in town for a conference to discuss meditation, and how scientists are exploring "its highly active nature and how it can enhance and heal the human mind and body." (11/09/05 WaPo / Kauffman)
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But first his Holiness wanted a look up close to see the legendary blankness serious students of meditation often work years to learn to achieve.
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Find out more about Buddhism at the Mind and Life Institute. A site about the seminar be here now.
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This dKos diary (Chinese-Americans Protest Dalai Lama Speech) has some background on an attempt to politicize the conference.