Meditations of a Buddhist skeptic : a manifesto for the mind sciences and contemplative practice / B. Alan Wallace.
By: Wallace, B. Alan
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TextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, c2012Description: xi, 292 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780231158343 (cloth : alk. paper); 0231158343 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780231530323 (electronic); 0231530323 (electronic)Subject(s): Neurosciences -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism | Buddhism -- Psychology | Buddhism and science | Meditation -- BuddhismDDC classification: 294.34435 LOC classification: BQ4570.N48 | W36 2012| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: skepticism in Buddhism and science -- Restoring our human nature. Toward a revolution in the mind sciences -- Buddhism and science: confrontation and collaboration -- Buddhism and the mind sciences -- A three-dimensional science of mind -- Restoring meaning to the universe -- What makes us human? scientific and Buddhist views -- Achieving free will -- Transcending our human nature. Buddhist radical empiricism -- From agnosticism to gnosticism -- A Buddhist model of optimal mental health -- Mindfulness in the mind sciences and in Buddhism -- Shamatha and Vipashyana in the Indian Buddhist tradition -- Shamatha and Vipashyana in the Dzogchen tradition -- Epilogue: the many worlds of Buddhism and science.
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