Project Overview
What?
Understand “Nature of Mind” meditative practices from the Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition in the context of a 3-year retreat.
Why?
These practices are central in Tibetan Buddhism but have not yet been sufficiently studied empirically and longitudinally. They provide a unique and highly effective context for examining the nature of consciousness.
How?
Deploy a multi-disciplinary methodology involving religious studies, phenomenology, cognitive neuroscience, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, molecular biology, and computational phenomenology.
Who?
The NOM International Research Consortium.
Key Questions
- How to transform consciousness to navigate our collective ecological and social crises ?
- How to inform AI models of consciousness and assess the consciousness of AI itself?
- How to scientifically understand nondual awareness as a foundational element of consciousness?
- How to harness our understanding of consciousness for human flourishing?