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A Meditation Scientist Changes My Mind

A Slight Change of Plans

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The Dalai Lama's Invitation to Meet With Him Changed My Life

In 1992, the Dalai Lama invited Richie to meet with him at his residence. "I was completely overwhelmed by anxiety because I could not envision what my first words would be," he says. He challenged Richie: Why can't you use tools of modern neuroscience to study kindness and compassion? And that was a really major wake-up call for me"

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