Name: Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic: A Manifesto for the Mind Sciences and Contemplative Practice (en Inglés)
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Author: Wallace, B. Alan
ISBN: 9780231158350

portada Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic: A Manifesto for the Mind Sciences and Contemplative Practice (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

B. Alan Wallace

Editorial

Columbia University Press

Idioma

Inglés

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.6 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm

Peso

0.39 kg.

ISBN13

9780231158350

Categorías

Neurología y neurofisiología clínicas
Neurociencias
Religión comparada
Budismo

Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic: A Manifesto for the Mind Sciences and Contemplative Practice (en Inglés)

B. Alan Wallace (Autor) · Columbia University Press · Tapa Blanda

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A radical approach to studying the mind.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. Raising profound questions about human nature, free will, and experience versus dogma, 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.Wallace embarks on a two-part mission: to restore human nature and to transcend it. He begins by explaining the value of skepticism in Buddhism and science and the difficulty of merging their experiential methods of inquiry. Yet Wallace also proves that Buddhist views on human nature and the possibility of free will liberate us from the metaphysical constraints of scientific materialism. He then explores the radical empiricism inspired by William James and applies it to Indian Buddhist philosophy's four schools and the Great Perfection school of Tibetan Buddhism.Since Buddhism begins with the assertion that ignorance lies at the root of all suffering and that the path to freedom is reached through knowledge, Buddhist practice can be viewed as a progression from agnosticism (not knowing) to gnosticism (knowing), acquired through the maintenance of exceptional mental health, mindfulness, and introspection. Wallace discusses these topics in detail, identifying similarities and differences between scientific and Buddhist understanding, and he concludes with an explanation of shamatha and vipashyana and their potential for realizing the full nature, origins, and potential of consciousness.