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Published on: 2013-12-31
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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 essential to measuring quantum systems and that mental phenomena (however conceived) influence brain function and behavior.Wallace embarks on a two-part mission: to restore human nature and to transcend it. He begins by explaining the value of skepticism in Buddhism and science and the difficulty of merging their experiential methods of inquiry. Yet Wallace also proves that Buddhist views on human nature and the possibility of free will liberate us from the metaphysical constraints of scientific materialism. He then explores the radical empiricism inspired by William James and applies it to Indian Buddhist philosophy's four schools and the Great Perfection school of Tibetan Buddhism. Since Buddhism begins with the assertion that ignorance lies at the root of all suffering and that the path to freedom is reached through knowledge, Buddhist practice can be viewed as a progression from agnosticism (not knowing) to gnosticism (knowing), acquired through the maintenance of exceptional mental health, mindfulness, and introspection. Wallace discusses these topics in detail, identifying similarities and differences between scientific and Buddhist understanding, and he concludes with an explanation of shamatha and vipashyana and their potential for realizing the full nature, origins, and potential of consciousness. CURRICULUM VITAE B. Alan Wallace B. Alan Wallace. Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies P. O. Box 3573 Santa Barbara CA 93130 U.S.A. EDUCATION . Ph.D. Stanford University Department of ... JSTOR: Viewing Subject: Religion JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals books and primary sources. Search Results -- Religion-Online.org return to religion-online. 1984: Orwell and Barmen. 1984 is the 50th anniversary of the Confessing Church in Germanys Barmen Declaration issued in May 1934 well ... Writings B. Alan Wallace "A MIndful Balance." Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Spring 2008. "Awakening to the Dream." Tricycle Winter 2006. "Religion and Reason: Letter to a Christian ... Day Poems : Walt Whitman: Song of Myself To link to this poem put the URL below into your page: a href="daypoems.net/poems/1900.html"Song of Myself by Walt Whitman/a Plain for Printing Le Live Marseille : aller dans les plus grandes soires ... Retrouvez toutes les discothque Marseille et se retrouver dans les plus grandes soires en discothque Marseille. PageInsider - Information about all domains Own a website? Manage your page to keep your users updated View some of our premium pages: google.com. yelp.com. yahoo.com. microsoft.com. Upgrade to a Premium Page Emerging Church - Deception In The Church Did God Put "Eternity In Their Hearts" or "The World In Their Hearts"? by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. In the introduction to Mike ... B. Alan Wallace - Wikipedia Bruce Alan Wallace (born 1950) is an American author and expert on Tibetan Buddhism. His books discuss Eastern and Western scientific philosophical and ... Weekly Wisdom - Sounds True Larry Ward is both a Baptist minister and a teacher of the Buddhist dharma personally ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh. A lifelong advocate for nonviolent social change ...
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