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↑  打坐對一個人健康影響的研究在過去10年或15年已急劇增加。有一個達賴喇嘛的翻譯員接受採訪的視頻在這裡 （页面存档备份，存于）。
1 2  連結網站 （页面存档备份，存于）目前非侵入性研究技術的能力已使人們得以前所未有的方式研究大腦裡認知與情感運作的本質... “Mind and Life Institute summary of Investigating the Mind" 2005 meetings between The Dalai Lama and scientists。
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↑  Physiological Effects of Transcendental Meditation by Wallace @ http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/167/3926/1751 （页面存档备份，存于） published in 1970
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Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation by
Richard Davidson, Jon Kabat-Zinn and others
↑  "Train Your Mind Change Your Brain" by
Sharon Begley pages 229–242, in the chapter "Transforming the Emotional
Mind"
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↑  " The lack of statistical evidence,
control populations and rigor of many of the early studies; the heterogeneity
of the studied meditative states;and the difﬁculty in controlling the degree of expertise of
practitioners can in part account for the limited contributions made by
neuroscience-oriented research on meditation." – "Meditation and the Neuroscience of
Consciousness: An Introduction" by Lutz, Dunne and Davidson
↑  Ospina
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↑  The following was taken from MBSR...
"Jon Kabat-Zinn has said that his program has nothing at all to do with
Buddhism, it is not spiritually based, and is therefore open to everyone no
matter what life circumstances they are in.
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↑  Meditation experience is associated with increased
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