Orlando Insight Meditation Group

Intensive Book Study Group led by Peter Carlson

Proposed Topic for the October 2025 Study Group As many of you know, we have enjoyed the benefits of an ongoing series of 8-week Dharma study groups for several years, and it is time to organize the next one. There have been several requests for a repeat of an...

How to Change Your Mind-a One Day Retreat in Apopka on October 4th

A basic Buddhist concept acknowledges that the mind is in a constant flow state, changing from moment to moment. This day of practice provides support for training the mind to more skillfully manage how these changes occur, interrupting unwholesome self-creating...

LifeArt Meditation with Lezlie Laws

In addition to our weekly Sangha, we invite you to join the monthly LifeArt Meditation Group, offered on the second Tuesday of every month from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. In these sessions we explore the habits of the mind and the structures of living that allow us to live...

Wednesday Night Meetings

Sangha meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7pm to 9pm and can be attended in person or via zoom. The in person meetings are held at Peter Carlson's home at 1818 Carrigan Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789. For those who haven’t been to the site, the house is the...

TOPIC FOR Wednesday, October 1st, 2025 Meeting from 7pm – 9pm ET

Neuroscience and the Four Noble Truths, Part 1

This is the second of several talks organized around understanding how contemporary neuroscience supports the Buddhist concept of non-self. During the talk, Peter Carlson will review the correlation between neural networks that are associated with the first three of the Four Noble Truths–Suffering, how craving, attachment and ignorance create suffering, and the characteristics of the mind liberated from suffering. A future talk will describe the neurological underpinnings involved in the fourth Noble Truth–the Noble Eightfold Path–which provides the training required for realizing the third Noble Truth.

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Neuroscience And The Four Noble Truths

This talk continues to review how contemporary neuroscientific research supports the validity of important Buddhist concepts and practices, focusing on the first three of the Four Noble Truths. Peter refers to a previous talk titled “Neuroplasticity and Non-Self”, posted September 4, 2025 as a precursor to this review. A future talk will focus on reviewing how neuroscientific research validates the fourth Noble Truth, the Noble Eightfold Path, which provides the ethical and functional training necessary for realizing the potential for liberating the mind from distress and confusion, the focus of the Third Noble Truth.

Here are the notes prepared for this talk: Neuroscience and the Four Noble Truths