Scientists Conclude with Scientific Evidence that Buddhists are Happier and Calmer than Others
(1) Buddhists 'really are happier'.
Scientists say they have evidence to show that Buddhists really are happier and calmer than other people. There is something about conscientious Buddhist practice that results in the kind of happiness we all seek.
This is from BBC News World Edition.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3047291.stm
(2) Report of the 'University of Wisconsin Research Project' which concluded that Buddhists 'really are happier'.
This project involves measurement of functional brain activity with brain imaging methods in highly trained Buddhist practitioners during various meditative states. These studies are currently in progress at the Keck Laboratory, University of Madison, Wisconsin and at LENA laboratory (CNRS, UPR 640), Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris.
This is from the Mind and Life Institute.
The Mind and Life Institute is dedicated to creating a powerful working collaboration and research partnership between modern science and Buddhism-the world's two most powerful traditions for understanding the nature of reality and investigating the mind.
Its Buddhist and science affiliates include the Dalai Lama and other Buddhists and western scientists.
http://www.mindandlife.org/collaboration.html