The Dalai Lama and Stanford Institute of Neuroscience
H. H. the Dalai Lama visited Stanford Institute of Neuroscience on Nov 5th, 2005, for a lengthy panel discussion on the subjects of "Craving, Suffering, and Choice". Stanford have made streaming video of the event at this page. The soundtracks are reputed to be available at http://itunes.stanford.edu
A summary of the event is here. Here is an excerpt:
The question of the day, posed early on by event organizer William Mobley, MD, PhD, the Cahill Professor in the School of Medicine, and echoed throughout the day was: "Can neuroscience, with its tools and concepts, bring to Buddhism, with its contemplative practice, something useful and vice-versa?" The discussions then sought to identify the common ground between the fields that could lead to greater insights.