Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic
A Manifesto for the Mind Sciences and Contemplative Practice
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ISBN-13:
9780231158350
Veröffentl:
2013
Erscheinungsdatum:
31.12.2013
Seiten:
304
Autor:
B Alan Wallace
Gewicht:
393 g
Format:
223x147x20 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Renowned Buddhist philosopher B. Alan Wallace reasserts the power of shamatha and vipashyana, traditional Buddhist meditations, to clarify the mind's role in the natural world. Wallace challenges the claim that consciousness is nothing more than an emergent property of the brain with little relation to universal events. Rather, he maintains that the observer is essential to measuring quantum systems and that mental phenomena (however conceived) influence brain function and behavior.
B. Alan Wallace displays courage in raising central Buddhist themes such as past-life recall, extrasensory perception, other paranormal abilities, and the realization of emptiness and buddha nature. In his description of the tenets and practices of Buddhism, Wallace is a true master. His range and depth of knowledge is astounding and his linking of this knowledge to the practices and views of science is nearly unique. -- Arthur Zajonc, professor of physics, Amherst College, and author of Catching the Light: The Entwined History of Light and Mind
Prologue: Skepticism in Buddhism and SciencePart I: Restoring Our Human Nature 1. Toward a Revolution in the Mind Sciences2. Buddhism and Science: Confrontation and Collaboration3. Buddhism and the Mind Sciences4. A Three-Dimensional Science of Mind5. Restoring Meaning to the Universe6. What Makes Us Human? Scientific and Buddhist Views7. Achieving Free WillPart II: Transcending Our Human Nature 8. Buddhist Radical Empiricism9. From Agnosticism to Gnosticism10. A Buddhist Model of Optimal Mental Health11. Mindfulness in the Mind Sciences and in Buddhism12. Shamatha and Vipashyana in the Indian Buddhist Tradition13. Shamatha and Vipashyana in the Dzogchen TraditionEpilogue: The Many Worlds of Buddhism and ScienceNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
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