Cortland Dahl

Cortland Dahl, PhD, serves as a Contemplative Scientist at UW–Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds. He’s also executive director of Tergar International, a global meditation community rooted in the teachings of and guided by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche.

Recent Articles

Who Do We Want to Be in This Moment?

Buddhist scholar Cortland Dahl returns to his native Minneapolis, where he inspired to follow the example of the Tibetan people who have responded to the injustice they have suffered with compassion and wisdom.

What is Development Stage Meditation?

Cortland Dahl explains how this form of meditation "uses the power of the imagination and symbolic imagery to help us tap into our buddha nature." An excerpt from his new book, A Meditator’s Guide to Buddhism: The Path of Awareness, Compassion, and Wisdom.