On Mindfulness & Science - Guest: Antonino Raffone

In this episode we met Prof. Dr. Antonino Raffone. He holds a position of Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology of Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. As Prof. Raffone stated in the episode: "The Buddha is the greatest psychologist of all time!" Buddhism can offer insights to science in many ways - for example offering  very refined investigations on how our self & our consciousness are  constructed.  Representatives of Neurophenomenology such as Francisco Varela emphasize the complex dynamics of the brain-network.  With the help of buddhism / science we can discover insights such as the important difference between pleasure and happiness - a difference that can help us to lead a more compassionate and content life.

Further Readings:

• Buddha´s´s Brain. The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love & Wisdom by Rick Hanson & Richard Mendius
• The Phenomenological Mind: An Introduction to Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science by Shaun Gallagher
• The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism meet by Matthieu Ricard & Trinh Xuan Thuan

More about Prof. Dr. Antonino Raffone

See also the shownotes to this episode on the new EBU-website