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Professor Yang Yang of the Materials Science Department recently developed new solar panel technology using certain chemical compounds.
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May 3, 2011 "“ A recent symposium on campus about Buddhism and neuroscience included a roster of UCLA researchers. Among the participants was longtime student of the brain and Buddhist spirituality, research psychologist Lobsang Rapgay.
Rapgay is the director of the Clinical Training program for Mental Health Professionals at the Mindfulness Awareness Research Center at UCLA. He spoke with the Daily Bruin’s Alex Chen about his life as a former monk and deputy secretary for His Holiness the Dalai Lama as well as how Buddhist concepts are being applied to neuroscience research. [2:12]
Lobsang Rapgay retained his monastic vows as a Buddhist monk until 1998, leaving to pursue his career in psychology. Though he left his religious studies for a career in medical science, Rapgay's work is still influenced by his Buddhist background. The research psychologist and director of the Clinical Training program for Mental Health Professionals at the UCLA Semel Institute presented his work at Monday afternoon's symposium on the connection between neuroscience and Buddhism. Rapgay's story began in 1959 when Tibetan rebel forces began to clash with Mao Zedong's occupying Chinese army. Rapgay, then only 4 years old, fled Tibet with his family on a seven-day trek through the Himalayas and escaped to India, settling in what would become the home-in-exile of His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Dharamsala. There, Rapgay attended Catholic boarding school, developing a strong interest in medicine and psychology. But even in a foreign land pressured by Western influences, his ties to Tibet remained strong. Read more...
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Lobsang Rapgay, a research psychologist, combines his previous studies in Buddhism with his cognitive research.
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Panelists discussed the connection between neuroscience and Buddhism at the afternoon symposium, which proceeded without the Dalai Lama, who was scheduled to speak.
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