Video Talks
Dream Yoga, Obstacle-Clearing Yoga Methods, and Contemplative Research
On the Buddhist Yoga Podcast, March 2024
Practices of Dream, Illusion, and Clear Light
Generative Contemplation Symposium at University of Virginia. April 23, 2023
Session 3, Part I: Dreams
Session 3, Part II: Illusion and Clear Light
Making Sense of Vajrayāna Buddhist Meditation Practices
32nd Annual Martin Lecture in Religion at Wheaton College, MA. March 30, 2022
Tummo: Fierce Lady of Yogic Heat
Buddhism and Breath Summit. Robert H.N. Ho Foundation Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto. September 2021
Contemplative Techniques of Cognitive Lucidity and Embodiment in Vajrayana Dream Yoga. Bridging Esoteric Vajrayana Buddhism Practices with Science to Enhance Human Cognition. Online workshop hosted by the National University of Singapore, April 2021. See full video with transcript.
Similes of Illusion on the Spectrum of Enlightenment
Talk at the Upaya Zen Center program, “What is Enlightenment?” February 7, 2021
History and Practice of Modern Meditation Culture
“Buddhism, Psychology, and Medicine” course guest lecture. Lehigh University. November, 2020.
Tantric Zhentong Visions of Tathāgatagarbha in Tibetan Kālacakra Yoga Manuals
Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia Symposium. University of Vienna. July, 2019
Inner Knowing and the Way of Humans: Epistemologies on the Horizon of the Buddhism / Science Dialogue
Summer Institute: Putting the Buddhism / Science Dialogue on New Footing. Mangalam Research Center for Buddhist Languages. Berkeley, CA. 2017
Recent Academic Talks
Perceptual Plasticity, Performative Simulation, and Kinesthetic Sense in Tibetan Buddhist Dream Yoga Practices
New Perspectives on Dreaming Conference. Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow, Scotland. July 2023
Performative Dynamics of Tibetan Dream Yoga
Dreaming X Engineering Seminar. Online. April 2023
Dreaming Oneself Awake: Contemplative and Performative Dynamics in Shangpa Dream Yoga Manuals
American Academy of Religion. Denver, CO. November 2022
The Connate Fire at the Navel: Generative Dynamics of Tummo in Kālacakra Yoga Manuals
Contemplative Practice in Tibetan Context: Methods, Perspectives, and Possibilities. Charles University and the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. IXth International Association of Tibetan Studies. Prague, Czech Republic. July 2022
Kālacakra Language of the Signs
Visionary Encounters with Luminous and Empty Forms in Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Tantric Traditions. The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies. Stanford University. May 2022
Differential Wellbeing and Resilience in Cultural Practices
Workshop organized by the Mind, Body, and Culture group. University of California-Los Angeles. March 2022
The Miracle of Yama’s Little Helpers: Problems and Practices of Bodiless Transference in the Kālacakra Tantra
Precarity of Death: A Mini-Conference Exploring the Porous Boundary Between Death and Life in Tibetan Tradition. Yale University. Online. 2021
A Brief History of Meditation Research
Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Online. 2021
Tibetan Remedial and Enhancement Practices
Contemplative Research Conference, Mind & Life Institute and University of Wisconsin-Madison. Online. 2020
Remedial and Enhancement Practices in Tibetan Meditation Manuals
History of Religions Colloquium. University of Virginia. 2019
Dispelling Obstructions (gegs sel), Enhancing Practice (bogs ‘don), and the Cultural Cognition of Contemplative Experience in Tibet
Contemplative Practice in Tibetan Context: Texts, Traditions, and Techniques. XIIIth International Association of Tibetan Studies. Paris, France. 2019
Recent Public Talks
Dream and Illusion Practices
Generative Contemplation Symposium. University of Virginia. April 2023
Tibetan Dream Yoga and the Science of Lucid Dreaming
Serenity Ridge Dialogues. Ligmincha International and Wisdom Publications. Online. 2021
Historical Contexts of the Buddhism and Science Dialogue
Buddhism and Science: Body, Breath, and Mind. Lecture for the Wisdom Academy. Wisdom Publications. Online. 2021
Similes of Illusion on the Spectrum of Enlightenment
What is Enlightenment? Upaya Zen Center, NM. Online.
The Resilient Mind: Contemplation and the Sciences in Dialogue
Kyoto University. Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability. Research Group on the Philosophy of Life. Kyoto, Japan. 2018
Buddhist Meditation, Cognitive Science, and the Emergence of New Ways of Knowing
Kyoto University. Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability. Research Group on the Philosophy of Life. Kyoto, Japan. 2018
Severing the Body as Object: Contemplative Dynamics of the Simulated Self and Altered Embodiment in Tibetan Chöd Practice
First International Chöd / Zhije Conference. Tara Mandala. Pagosa Springs, CO. 2017
Contemplation and the Sciences in Dialogue: On the Horizon of New Ways of Knowing
The Medicine of Mind: Healing Physical and Emotional Pain. Ligmincha International, VA. 2017
Contemplation and the Sciences in Dialogue: On the Horizon of New Ways of Knowing
Science and Spirituality Conference. The Medicine of Mind: Healing Physical and Emotional Pain. Ligmincha International. Charlottesville, VA. 2017
