Program
International
Conference on “Body and Mind: Science and Spirituality Perspectives”
December 6-8, 2006, Chulalongkorn University
Organized by the Thousand
Stars Foundation Buddhism and Science Group, Thousand Stars Foundation
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
8.00 - 9.30 Registration
9.30 - 10.00 Interfaith Opening
Ven. Geshe Latri Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche
(Menri Monastery and Bon’s Children Home)
Ven. Bhikkhuni Thich Nu Hue Lien
(Vietnam Buddhist University)
Sulak Sivaraksa (Semsikkhalai)
Mark Hensman (Harrows International
School)
William Grassie (Metanexus Institute)
Rev. Dr. Kenneth Dobson (Christian
University of Thailand)
10.00 - 10.45 The New Sciences of
Religious and Spiritual Phenomena
William Grassie
Chair: Prapod Assavavirulhakarn
(Chulalongkorn University)
10.45 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 11.45 Meditation,
Contemplative Spirituality, and Brain Science
Peter Grossenbacher (Naropa University)
Chair: Tavivat Puntarigvivat (Mahidol
University)
11.45 - 12.45 Lunch
12.45 - 13.15 Music for Healing
13.15 - 14.00 Healing and
Religious Symbols within the Clinical Context
Siroj Sorajjakool (Loma Linda
University)
Chair: Mark Hensman
14.00 - 14.30 Break
14.30 - 16.30 Panel on Theravada Buddhism
Chair: Ven. Pemaratana Soorakkulame (University of Peradeniya)
14.30 - 15.00 Mind and Body in Theravada Buddhist
Perspective
Ven. Pemaratana Soorakkulame
15.00 - 15.30 The
House Maker in Buddhist Teaching
Somparn Promta (Chulalongkorn
University)
16.00 - 16.30 Mind
and Form in Buddhist Theory of Personality
Ven. Bhikkhuni Thich Nu Hue Lien
(Vietnam Buddhist University)
16.30 - 17.00 Reception
17.00 - 19.00 Special Public Lecture: Bon and Dzogchen: Towards Enlightened Mind from Tibetan Perspective
Ven. Geshe Latri Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche (Menri Monastery, Bon Children’s Home)
With translation from English into Thai
Thursday, December 7, 2006
9.00 - 12.00 Panel on Tibetan Buddhism
Chair: Krisadawan Hongladarom
9.00 - 9.45 Body and Mind from the Tibetan Perspective
Thubten Phuntsog (Central Nationalities University)
9.45 - 10.30 Bon Perspective on Healing and Medicine
Ven. Geshe Latri Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche
10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 11.50 Role of Meditation in Healing
Ven. Kunga Sangbo Rinpoche
11.50 - 12.00 Prayer for World Peace
Kundrol Mangyal Lhasras Rinpoche (Mangyal Monastery)
With translation from Tibetan into English
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
12.30 - 13.30 Press Conference: “Moonlight over Pine Trees” (A new collection of poems on Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism, in Thai).
Organized by the Chulalongkorn Book Center
13.30 - 14.45 Panel on Healing and Spirituality (1)
Chair: Thubten Phuntsog
13.30 - 14.15 Healing the Mind
Sumalee Nimmanit (Mahidol University)
14.15 - 14.45 AIDS and Buddhism: The Psychological Contribution of Buddhism to HIV/AIDS Prevention in Thailand
Carsten Klöpfer (University of Cologne)
14.45 - 15.00 Break
15.00 - 16.30 Panel on yoga and body-mind integration
Chair: James Boag
15.00 - 15.30 Yoga and Yoga Therapy: A Practical Approach to Body-Mind Integration for the Holistic Healing and Positive Health
Hiroshi Aikata (Thai Yoga Institute) and Veerapong Kraivit (Srinakarinwirote University)
15.30 - 16.00 The Power to Change Lives: Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan
Sheila Rank, Karuna Thakwan Kaur, Marie-France Champagne, and Nguyen Tien Nghia
16.00 - 16.05 Tea Break (inside the room)
16.05 - 16.35 Re-programming the Nervous System with Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga
James Boag (Yoga Elements Studio, Bangkok)
16.35 - 17.35 Panel on Spirituality and Society
Chair: Siroj Sorajjakool
16.35 - 17.05 The Multi-Dimensional Leader
Pamela Hongsakul
17.05 - 17.35 Sufficiency Economy: An Approach to Mind Cultivation
Kaemthong Indaratna (Chulalongkorn University)
Friday, December 8, 2006
9.00 - 10.45 Panel on Education, Cognition and Spirituality
Chair: Peter Grossenbacher
9.00 - 9.45 Beyond Self – A Spiritual Pedagogy for a Secular World
Mark Hensman (Harrows International School)
9.45-10.15 Anticipating Cognition: Breaking Through from Curiosity to Prescience
Kenneth Dobson (Christian University)
10.15-10.45 Human/Non-Human Interface: The Emergence of New Forms of Body and Mind
Arthur Saniotis (Christian University)
10.45-11.15 Break
11.15-12.00 Spiritual Intelligence: Engaging Wisdom through Meditation
Jean Kristeller (Indiana State University)
Chair: Kaemthong Indaratna
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 14.00 Panel on Healing and Spirituality (2)
Chair: Sumalee Nimmanit
13.00 - 13.30 Reiki: A Simple Healing Method at
the Service of All
Danielle Wiedmann and Marie-France
Champagne (Asian Institute of Technology)
13.30 - 14.00 Journaling: Writing as a Healing Art
Virginia Maripolsky (Bangkok Hospital)
14.00 - 14.45 Workshop on Eating with Wisdom: Cultivating Mindful
Eating
Jean Kristeller
14.45 - 15.15 Break
15.15 - 16.45 Panel on Science, Spirituality and Society
Chair: Pamela Hongsakul
15.15 - 15.45 Dharmodynamics
Vuthipong Preabjariyawat (The Millennium
Institute)
15.45 - 16.15 Oriental Healing Art:
Happiness and Health
Vichit Punyahotra (Health Foundation)
16.15 - 16.45 Living in Harmony with
Chronic Illness through Self-Reiki: Experience from Working with HIV Positive
Women in Thailand
Preeya Kaewpimon, Arphorn
Chuaprapaisilp, Praneed Songwathana (Prince of Songkhla University), Ruey J.
Ryburn (University of Hawai’i)
16.45 - 17.15 Discussion &
Conclusion
Chairs: Soraj Hongladarom and Mark
Hensman
Program - Body and Mind: Science
and Spirituality Perspectives, December 4, 2006