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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Zen and the Brain
- Publication Date
- 1999-06-04
- Pages
- 872
- ISBN
- 0262511096
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262511096
ISBN-13
9780262511094
eBay Product ID (ePID)
303683
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
868 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Zen and the Brain : Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness
Subject
Mindfulness & Meditation, Mind & Body, Neuroscience, Buddhism / Zen (See Also Philosophy / Zen)
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Body, Mind & Spirit, Philosophy, Medical
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.8 in
Item Weight
54 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
7.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
97-024693
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
294.3/422
Synopsis
A neuroscientist and Zen practitioner interweaves the latest research on the brain with his personal narrative of Zen. Aldous Huxley called humankind's basic trend toward spiritual growth the "perennial philosophy." In the view of James Austin, the trend implies a "perennial psychophysiology"--because awakening, or enlightenment, occurs only when the human brain undergoes substantial changes. What are the peak experiences of enlightenment? How could these states profoundly enhance, and yet simplify, the workings of the brain? Zen and the Brain presents the latest evidence. In this book Zen Buddhism becomes the opening wedge for an extraordinarily wide-ranging exploration of consciousness. In order to understand which brain mechanisms produce Zen states, one needs some understanding of the anatomy, physiology, and chemistry of the brain. Austin, both a neurologist and a Zen practitioner, interweaves the most recent brain research with the personal narrative of his Zen experiences. The science is both inclusive and rigorous; the Zen sections are clear and evocative. Along the way, Austin examines such topics as similar states in other disciplines and religions, sleep and dreams, mental illness, consciousness-altering drugs, and the social consequences of the advanced stage of ongoing enlightenment., A neuroscientist and Zen practitioner interweaves the latest research on the brain with his personal narrative of Zen. Aldous Huxley called humankind's basic trend toward spiritual growth the perennial philosophy. In the view of James Austin, the trend implies a perennial psychophysiology--because awakening, or enlightenment, occurs only when the human brain undergoes substantial changes. What are the peak experiences of enlightenment? How could these states profoundly enhance, and yet simplify, the workings of the brain? Zen and the Brain presents the latest evidence. In this book Zen Buddhism becomes the opening wedge for an extraordinarily wide-ranging exploration of consciousness. In order to understand which brain mechanisms produce Zen states, one needs some understanding of the anatomy, physiology, and chemistry of the brain. Austin, both a neurologist and a Zen practitioner, interweaves the most recent brain research with the personal narrative of his Zen experiences. The science is both inclusive and rigorous; the Zen sections are clear and evocative. Along the way, Austin examines such topics as similar states in other disciplines and religions, sleep and dreams, mental illness, consciousness-altering drugs, and the social consequences of the advanced stage of ongoing enlightenment., A neuroscientist and Zen practitioner interweaves the latest research on the brain with his personal narrative of Zen.
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