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

Hardcover • 2012 • English

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

By B. Alan Wallace

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About the book

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 essen...Show more

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9780231158343

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

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

Format

Hardcover

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