The return of the Buddha : ancient symbols for a new nation

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Selfless Insight: Zen and the Meditative Transformations of Consciousness

Attention, self-consciousness, insight, wisdom, emotional maturity: how Zen teachings can illuminate the way our brains function and vice-versa.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Zen-Brain Horizons: Toward a Living Zen

A neurologist and Zen practitioner clarifies the benefits of meditative training, drawing on classical Buddhist literature and modern brain research."In Zen-Brain Horizons, James Austin draws on his decades of experience as a neurologist and Zen practitioner to clarify the benefits of meditative training. Austin integrates classical Buddhist literature with modern brain research, exploring the …

The Bodhisattva's Brain :Buddhism Naturalized

"A Bradford Book."Can there be a Buddhism without karma, nirvana, and reincarnation that is compatible with the rest of knowledge?OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Meditating Selflessly: Practical Neural Zen

This is not the usual kind of self-help book. Indeed, its major premise heeds a Zen master's advice to be less self-centered. Yes, it is "one more book of words about Zen," as the author concedes, yet this book explains meditative practices from the perspective of a " neural Zen." The latest findings in brain research inform its suggestions. In Meditating Selflessly, James Austin -- Zen practit…

Living Zen Remindfully: Retraining Subconscious Awareness

"This is a book for readers who want to probe more deeply into mindfulness. It goes beyond the casual, once-in-awhile meditation in popular culture, grounding mindfulness in daily practice, Zen teachings, and recent research in neuroscience. In Living Zen Remindfully, James Austin, author of the groundbreaking Zen and the Brain, describes authentic Zen training--the commitment to a process of r…

Beyond the self :conversations between Buddhism and neuroscience

Converging and diverging views on the mind, the self, consciousness, the unconscious, free will, perception, meditation, and other topics.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Zen & the Brain: Toward an Understand of Meditation & Consciousness.

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The Tibetan Nun Mingyur Peldrön: A Woman of Power and Privilege

Born to a powerful family and educated at the prominent Mindröling Monastery, the Tibetan Buddhist nun and teacher Mingyur Peldrön (1699–1769) leveraged her privileged status and overcame significant adversity, including exile during a civil war, to play a central role in the reconstruction of her religious community. Alison Melnick Dyer employs literary and historical analysis, centered on…

Yoga in Transformation: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

This volume explores aspects of yoga over a period of about 2500 years. In its first part, it investigates facets of the South Asian and Tibetan traditions of yoga, such as the evolution of posture practice, the relationship between yoga and sex, yoga in the theistic context, the influence of Buddhism on early yoga, and the encounter of Islam with classical yoga. The second part addresses aspec…