At Mind & Life Europe, we believe in the support of and cooperation with organisations that share our values. Currently, we are involved with international partners for the organisation of events and joint communication efforts. We are always open to new partnerships. If you are interested in partnering with us, please send an email to Gábor Karsai, Managing Director of MLE, at gabor.karsai@mindandlife-europe.org.
List of current partners
Mind & Life Institute, USA
At the Mind & Life Institute, we bring science and contemplative wisdom together to better understand the mind and create positive change in the world. At this critical moment in history, it’s clear that efforts to address mounting global challenges must take into account our inner lives, and how individual well-being contributes to collective flourishing.
The Mind & Life Institute and Mind & Life Europe have a shared mission to alleviate suffering and promote human flourishing worldwide.
- Website: https://www.mindandlife.org/
- For more details on our collaboration, see our History.
Italian Buddhist Union Research Center
The Research Center of the Italian Buddhist Union is the branch dedicated to promoting dialogue between the Buddhist tradition and contemporary thought. Through an intercultural and interdisciplinary approach, the Center is committed to uniting and assisting different Italian Buddhist groups, disseminating the teachings and practices of the Buddhist doctrine, fostering collaboration between the different schools, facilitating dialogue with other religious communities as well as cultural and academic institutions on topics of common interest, and cultivating relations with the European Buddhist Union, the World Fellowship of Buddhists, and with other international Buddhist organisations.
- Website: https://centrostudiubi.it/en/
We are partnering with the Italian Buddhist Union Research Center in organising our European Summer Research Institutes, MLE Retreats, European Neurophenomenology, Contemplative and Embodied Cognition Network, and our recent Mind & Life Dialogue.
Rangjung Yeshe Gomde, Austria
Rangjung Yeshe Gomde Germany–Austria is part of an international network of Buddhist retreat centers established under the Chokling Tersar lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Under the guidance of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, it is dedicated to the study and practice of the authentic Dharma. Since its founding in 2004, Gomde has been nestled in the idyllic Almtal hills, where it offers seminars and teachings that support study, reflection, and meditation across all Buddhist traditions—particularly within the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of the Chokling Tersar. Deeply integrated into the cultural life of the Almtal region and the province of Upper Austria, Gomde serves the public good and is an active member of the Austrian Buddhist Religious Community (ÖBR).
- Website: https://gomde.eu/en/
We are partnering with Rangjung Yeshe Gomde in organising our European Summer Research Institutes, MLE Retreats, and European Neurophenomenology, Contemplative and Embodied Cognition Network.
Upaya Institute and Zen Center, USA
Upaya Institute and Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a Buddhist monastery that offers daily Zen meditation, weekly Dharma talks, and programmes on Buddhist teachings, Buddhist art, neuroscience, and social engagement. Upaya Institute and Zen Center also offers professional training for end-of-life care and Buddhist chaplaincy.
Its mission is to provide a context for community practice, education in Buddhism, and social service in the areas of death and dying, prison work, the environment, women’s rights, and peace work. It endeavours to fulfil the vision of the Five Buddha Family Mandala, by understanding the integration of all of its functions.
- Website: https://www.upaya.org/
- We partnered with Upaya Institute and Zen Center for the Varela International Symposium.
Science & Wisdom LIVE, UK
Science & Wisdom LIVE brings meditation practitioners in conversation with scientists to address the problems of contemporary society and come to new possible solutions.
The dialogue between science and contemplative traditions can inspire positive action and inform an ethical response to the challenges of our times, grounded in the human values of cooperation, compassion and equality.
- Website: https://www.sciwizlive.com/
- We are partnering with Science & Wisdom LIVE for the organisation and communication of different events.
Metanoia, Slovenia
Metanoia is a research institute in the making, initiated by MLE Association member, Dr Sebastjan Vörös (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts).
- Website: https://metanoia.si/
- We partnered with Metanoia for the Ouroboros Seminars 2021.
ADM, France
Founded in 2009, Association pour le Développement de la Mindfulness (ADM) encourages the expansion of Mindfulness in French-speaking Europe through two major programmes, MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) and MBCT (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy).
While Mindfulness-based interventions are thriving, we try to offer both a space for reflection and an openness to new applications, and a reference framework true to MBSR / MBCT programs, respectful of the traditional teachings from which they come.
- Website: https://www.association-mindfulness.org/
- We partnered with ADM for the Varela International Symposium.