About the Event:

Join Dr Joe Loizzo, Founder of the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science, and Aaron Stryker, Dharma Gates Co-founder, for a conversation about the intersections between modern science and traditional Buddhism. Joe has spent the better part of his life forming a dialogue between Buddhist wisdom and psychology, Buddhist contemplative practice and neuroscience, and Buddhist ethics and social justice. Joe and Aaron will talk about how as practitioners we can benefit from this intersection of modern science and traditional Buddhism. They'll also talk about the relationship between secularized forms of practice and traditional lineages, building a career in the science of meditation and will also take your questions. This event will be donation-based, held via Zoom, and open to all ages.

About Joe Loizzo:

Joseph (Joe) Loizzo, M.D., Ph.D. is a psychiatrist, clinical researcher and meditation scholar-teacher who integrates neuroscience with contemplative practice to help people cultivate personal well-being, interpersonal compassion, and transformational leadership. Assistant Professor at Weill-Cornell Medical College and founder of the educational non-profit Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science, he has published dozens of chapters and articles on the benefits and mechanisms of meditation in peer-reviewed publications such as The Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. His books include Boundless Leadership, Sustainable Happiness and Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy. In addition to offering frequent classes and workshops internationally through his Nalanda Institute, Dr. Loizzo works individually with leaders in business, healthcare and education in his private consulting practice in Manhattan, where he lives with his wife, Gerardine, and their sons Maitreya and Ananda.