Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic: A Manifesto for the Mind Sciences and Contemplative Practice - Brossura

Wallace, B. Alan

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ISBN 10: 0231158351 ISBN 13: 9780231158350

Casa editrice: Columbia Univ Pr, 2013

Riassunto

A renowned Buddhist philosopher identifies the power of traditional Buddhist meditations to clarify the mind's role in the natural world, explaining the value of skepticism in Buddhism while exploring the radical empiricism of William James and how it can be applied to the four schools of Indian Buddhist philosophy.

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L'autore:

B. Alan Wallace spent fourteen years as a Buddhist monk, ordained by H. H. the Dalai Lama. He then earned his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, in physics and the philosophy of science at Amherst College, and his doctorate in religious studies from Stanford University. His Columbia University Press books are Mind in the Balance: Meditation in Science, Buddhism, and Christianity; Hidden Dimensions: The Unification of Physics and Consciousness; Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge; and Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground. A prolific writer and translator of numerous Tibetan Buddhist texts, he is the founder and president of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies (http://www.sbinstitute.com).

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• Editore: Columbia Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0231158351
• ISBN 13: 9780231158350
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 292