LEADER 03753nam 2200625 450 001 9910814775703321 005 20230803194758.0 010 $a0-231-51970-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000336223 035 $a(EBL)908194 035 $a(OCoLC)828795487 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000833660 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11442667 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833660 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10936423 035 $a(PQKB)10899542 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908194 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908194 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10900483 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL817998 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000336223 100 $a20140805h20142009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMind in the balance $emeditation in science, Buddhism, and Christianity /$fB. Alan Wallace 210 1$aNew York ;$aChichester, England :$cColumbia University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (259 p.) 225 1 $aColumbia Series in Science and Religion 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-14730-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Table of Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""Part I: Meditation: Where It Started and How It Got Here ""; ""1. Who Am I?""; ""2. The Origins of Contemplation""; ""3. The Scientific Externalization of Meditation""; ""4. Scientific Studies of Meditation""; ""Part II: Meditation in Theory and Practice ""; ""5. Practice: Attending to the Breath of Life""; ""6. Theory: Coming to Our Senses""; ""7. Practice: The Union of Stillness and Motion""; ""8. Theory: Knowing and Healing the Mind""; ""9. Practice: Behold the Light of Consciousness""; ""10. Theory: Exploring the Nature of Consciousness"" 327 $a""11. Practice: Probing the Nature of the Observer""""12. Theory: The Ground State of Consciousness""; ""13. Practice: Oscillating Awareness""; ""14. Theory: Consciousness Without Beginning or End""; ""15. Practice: Resting in the Stillness of Awareness""; ""16. Theory: Worlds of Skepticism""; ""17. Practice: The Emptiness of Mind""; ""18. Theory: The Participatory Worlds of Buddhism""; ""19. Practice: The Emptiness of Matter""; ""20. Theory: The Participatory Worlds of Philosophy and Science""; ""21. Practice: Resting in Timeless Consciousness"" 327 $a""22. Theory: The Luminous Space of Pristine Awareness""""23. Practice: Meditation in Action""; ""24. The Universe as a Whole""; ""25. What Shall We Become?""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index "" 330 $aBy establishing a dialogue in which the meditative practices of Buddhism and Christianity speak to the theories of modern philosophy and science, B. Alan Wallace reveals the theoretical similarities underlying these disparate disciplines and their unified approach to making sense of the objective world. Wallace begins by exploring the relationship between Christian and Buddhist meditative practices. He outlines a sequence of meditations the reader can undertake, showing that, though Buddhism and Christianity differ in their belief systems, their methods of cognitive inquiry provide similar ins 410 0$aColumbia series in science and religion. 606 $aMeditation 606 $aMeditation$xChristianity 606 $aMeditation$xBuddhism 615 0$aMeditation. 615 0$aMeditation$xChristianity. 615 0$aMeditation$xBuddhism. 676 $a158.1/2 700 $aWallace$b B. Alan$0737372 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814775703321 996 $aMind in the balance$93918850 997 $aUNINA