Noted: This could be because the current Dalai Lama is so undogmatic about how Buddhism is understood. Richard Davidson, a University of Wisconsin psychiatry professor who studies meditation?s impact on the brain, calls the Dalai Lama ?one of the strongest advocates for secularizing these practices.? That is, Davidson said, because the Dalai Lama believes the practices can ?reduce suffering,? a core Buddhist objective.
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