Sacred Silence and Science : Matthieu Ricard and James Doty, MD

SACRED WISDOM: Pathways to Nonviolence - FESTIVAL of FAITHS 2016 Week Passes available: http://www.FestivalofFaiths.org/ Louisville, KY · May 17 – 21 A FIVE-DAY FESTIVAL of music, poetry, film, art and dialogue with internationally renowned spiritual leaders, thinkers and practitioners. The 2016 Festival of Faiths will explore how different spiritual traditions, teachers and practitioners address violence, heal our wounds and teach active commitment to nurturing peace in ourselves and in the world. "The peace produced by grace is a spiritual stability too deep for violence – it is unshakeable.”- Thomas Merton Join the Conversation. Join the Movement. #SACREDWISDOM Sacred Silence and Science Compassion from a Buddhist's and a Neuroscientist's Perspectives Sacred Silence and Science Festival of Faiths 2013 Matthieu Ricard, molecular biologist turned Buddhist monk, author and photographer, and James Doty, MD, founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. Compassion has been a fundamental precept of essentially every religious tradition and for many is what defines our humanity. While clearly caring for those who are suffering results in significant benefit to the receiver, science has now shown that such behavior offers profound benefit to the giver in regard to mental and physical health and to longevity. There is now a body of evidence that demonstrates that through mental training practices such as meditation one will benefit in regard to health but also have a greater sense of fulfillment and happiness. The 2013 May edition of the Festival of Faiths was generously sponsored by: Brown-Forman http://www.brown-forman.com/ Thomas Merton Center http://merton.org/ Archdiese of Louisville http://www.archlou.org/ WFPNL news 89.3 FM http://wfpl.org/ Idea Festival https://www.ideafestival.com/ Muhamad Ali Center http://alicenter.org/ Compassionate Louisville http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvXEoe... Fons Vitae http://www.fonsvitae.com/ The Drepung Gomang Institute http://drepunggomang.com/ Earth & Spirit Center http://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/ Production Credits: Pre and Post Production by http://www.kertiscreative.com Video Engineering, Live Switching, CameraDirection and Web Streaming by http://www.spiral-mandala.com Camerawork for Liveswitch by http://www.digitalmomentspps.com/ Staging and Decor by http://theeventcompanyky.com/ Additional Sound and Video support by http://www.aplha-productions.net Thanks to Actors Theater http://actorstheatre.org/ and Galt House in Louisville, Ky for hosting these sessions. http://www.festivaloffaiths.org