{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Buddha Pill Podcast","title":"Transformation","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2017,"description":"Most forms of meditation claim to transform us, but how do different practices actually change one’s heart, mind, and behaviour? In this episode of the Buddha Pill podcast, Miguel Farias explores the science and spiritual traditions that show us how meditation can unlock authentic compassion and love. By speaking to experts from clinical psychology, Islamic meditation, cognitive science, neuroscience of meditation, and philosophy, we revisit ideas about the importance of the heart as a source of knowing, and look at the empirical evidence for how meditation can modify our brain and social behaviours.\nMiguel Farias is a writer, teacher, and researcher. He holds a doctorate in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford, where he has lectured and tutored for the past twenty years. He is the co-author of The Buddha Pill: Can Meditation Change You? and the lead editor of The Oxford Handbook of Meditation. He has written for the BBC and New Scientist.\nThe Buddha Pill Podcast is produced by the Academic Podcast Agency and has been funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation. \nThe episode features contributions from:  \nAbdullah Rothman The Executive Director of the International Association of Islamic Psychology, working at the intersection of Islamic spirituality and mental health practice. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Kingston University, London.\n \nContemplation: An Islamic Psycho-Spiritual Study by Dr. Malik Badri\nFree guided meditation audio recording by Dr. Abdallah Rothman\nDavid Leech  A philosopher of religion who has worked at Bristol University and the University of Oxford. He holds a PhD in the Philosophy from Cambridge University and is currently working on a book about ‘Heart Intelligence’.\nTallon, Andrew (1997). Head and Heart: Affection, Cognition, Volition, as Truine Consciousness. New York: Fordham University Press.\nSteinbock, Anthony J. (2021). Knowing by Heart: Loving as Participation and Critique. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4Io7FXk27w-ckZoENdfgbLok8znbBg7j23MCs91dzmw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ZjIw/ZDVmYWE3ZTUxZWEy/NWNiZTQxMzdlYmVk/MzkwYi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}