Posts Tagged: "Rubin Museum of Art"
You Must Remember This

You Must Remember This

Jeff Watt, director of the Himalayan Art Resources and a curator of Bon: The Magic Word, talks with psychologist Lila Davachi about iconography in Himalayan art as a mnemonic device. ...
Posted: Feb 23rd, 2008 | Comments: 1
The Tibetan Book of the Dead

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

What happens in our brains as we die? Explore this question from the Tibetan Buddhist perspective, with Tibet scholar Dr. Ramon Prats, expert on The Tibetan Book of the Dead, ...
Posted: Feb 9th, 2008 | Comments: 0
High Crimes

High Crimes

Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Kodas launches his new book, High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed, concerning the allure, danger, and criminal element of attempting ...
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008 | Comments: 0
Does Time Go By?

Does Time Go By?

George Dreyfus, Professor of Religion at Williams College and J. David Velleman, NYU Professor of Philosophy, discuss the Tibetan Buddhist concept of time, from a philosophical standpoint. This event was ...
Posted: Feb 3rd, 2008 | Comments: 0
Mystic Fire

Mystic Fire

On this day, Wim Hof — master of the Tibetan tantric practice of tumo, the ability to control the temperature of the body — broke his world record by staying ...
Posted: Jan 26th, 2008 | Comments: 4
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

John Ratey, associate clinical professor of Psychiatry at Harvard University, discusses his book Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain. He is in conversation with ...
Posted: Jan 16th, 2008 | Comments: 0
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