"Since the emergence of modern science humanity has lived through an engagement between spirituality and science as two important sources of knowledge and well-being. Sometimes the relationship has been a close one--a kind of friendship--while at other times it has been frosty, with many finding the two to be incompatible. Today, in the first decade of the twenty-first century, science and spirituality have the potential to be closer than ever, and to embark upon a collaborative endeavor that has far-reaching potential to help humanity meet the challenges before us. We are all in this together. May each of us, as a member of the human family, respond to the moral obligation to make this collaboration possible. This is my heartfelt plea."
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
"The Universe in a Single Atom"

The purpose of Dharmakirti College Research Institute Lecture Series is to generate more interaction among Western scientists and Buddhist scholars. We also want to make recent developments in meditation research accessible to interested meditation practitioners. Therefore, Dharmakirti College Research Institute invites prominent Western scientists involved in meditation research to give a public lecture that usually takes place at The University of Arizona. These lectures are organized twice a year, once in the spring semester and once in the fall semester.

2006-2007 Lecture Series

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret & Science of Happiness
April 9, 2007

2005-2006 Lecture Series

Dr. Alan Wallace
Beyond Idolatry: Where Buddhism and Science Converge
March 31, 2006

Dr Stephen LaBerge
IN DREAMS AWAKE - An Overview of Lucid Dreaming: Western Science and Tibetan Dream Yoga
October 20, 2005

2004-2005 Lecture Series

Dr. Howard Cutler
"The Art of Happiness"
April 21, 2005

Dr. Alan Wallace
"Observing the Mind: A Buddhist Approach to Exploring Consciousness"
December 8, 2004