Round Table, Workshop and Practice Sessions
Conveners: Jim Rheingans • Julian Schott
After the successful opening symposium of the Vienna Meditation Research Network at the Institute of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies (ISTB) last autumn, we are happy to invite you to the next event that brings experts from science and practice traditions together: From April 24 to 30, 2025, renowned experts in Buddhist studies, Western philosophy, cognitive neuroscience, and Buddhist practice will gather in Vienna for discussion, workshops and practice sessions.
Please register by April 15: meditationframes.istb@univie.ac.at
Round Table (public event):
April 24, 2025, 5:30–6:30 PM, Aula of the University Campus (Spitalgasse 2, entrance 1.11, 1090 Vienna) (iCal)
“What/Who Meditates? — The Mind in Neuroscience, Buddhist Thought, and Western Philosophy”
Panelists include John Powers (Contemplative Studies Centre, University of Melbourne), Paulina Sliwa (Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna), Peter Malinowski (School of Psychology, John Moores University Liverpool), and Erika Erber (ÖBR). Moderation by Jim Rheingans (ISTB).
Scientific Workshop (all day, by invitation only):
April 25/26, 2025, Seminar Room 1 of the ISTB (University Campus, Spitalgasse 2, entrance 2.7, 1090 Vienna)
“Developing an Interdisciplinary Framework for Tibetan Buddhist Visual Meditation Techniques”
Introduction to Practice Methods of Selected Buddhist Traditions (public event):
April 28-30, 2025, each day from 6:00-7:00 PM, Seminar Room 1 of the ISTB (University Campus, Spitalgasse 2, entrance 2.7, 1090 Vienna)
All interested parties are warmly welcome.
- April 28: Vajrayāna: Aro gTér (Ngakma Dewang Pamo)
- April 29: Mahāyāna: Bodhidharma Zendo (Seigaku Kigen Oshō)
- April 30: Theravāda School Vienna (Michaela Berger)
