Realizing Awakened Consciousness - Interviews With Buddhist Teachers and a New Perspective on the Mind

Informationen zum Autor Richard P. Boyle Klappentext Buddhist teachers and scientists collaborate on a scientifically-based approach to understanding enlightenment. Zusammenfassung Buddhist teachers and scientists collaborate on a scientifically-based approach to understanding enlightenment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Interview with Shinzen Young 2. Interview with John Tarrant 3. Interview with Ken McLeod 4. Interview with Ajahn Amaro 5. Interview with Martine Batchelor 6. Interview with Shaila Catherine 7. Interview with Gil Fronsdal 8. Interview with Stephen Batchelor 9. Interview with Pat Enkyo O'Hara 10. Interview with Bernie Glassman 11. Interview with Joseph Goldstein 12. Developing Capacities Necessary for Awakening 13. Properties of Awakening Experiences 14. Evolution of Ordinary and Awakened Consciousness 15. The Awakened Baby? 16. The Human Condition and How We Got Into It 17. Modeling Consciousness, Awakened and Ordinary Appendix: Interview with James Austin, Neuroscientist Notes Glossary of Buddhist Terms References Index

Product details

• Authors: Richard P. Boyle, Boyle Richard P.
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.06.2015
• EAN: 9780231170758
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17075-8
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; RELIGION / Buddhism / Zen, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Zen, Buddhism