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A webcast which went out on Friday April 11 2008 (9 - 11am) from the University of Washington.

The session 'The Scientific Basis for Compassion: What We Know Now & What We All Can Do' was moderated by Daniel Goleman, author of 'Emotional Intelligence'.

His Holiness the Dali Lama is joined by a panel of leading researchers to discuss the quantitive benefits of compassion.

Panelists:

• Richard Davidson, Director, Laboratory of Affective Neuroscience
• Alicia Lieberman, President, Board of Directors, Zero to Three
• Daniel J Siegel, Author of 'The Mindful Brain' and 'Parenting from the Inside Out'
• Andrew Meltzoff, Co-Director, UW Institute for Learning and Brain Science

Access the webcast

 Wow!!  Have just dipped into the webcast and I can't wait to view it in more detail.  Thank you so much Helen for posting this - it is truly cyberspace at its best!!!

Phil 

 This is a message of special thanks to Helen for enabling the link to the webcast of 'The Scientific Basis for Compassion' as much of the contents resonates with what we all work for in Birthlight. 

Francoise.