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Meditating selflessly : practical neural Zen / / James H. Austin



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Autore: Austin James H. <1925-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Meditating selflessly : practical neural Zen / / James H. Austin Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
Disciplina: 294.3/4435
Soggetto topico: Meditation - Zen Buddhism
Zen Buddhism - Psychology
Self-consciousness (Awareness) - Religious aspects
Soggetto non controllato: NEUROSCIENCE/General
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology
PHILOSOPHY/General
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. An introduction to selfless meditation -- pt. 2. Meditating selflessly outdoors -- pt. 3. Meditating selflessly indoors -- pt. 4. Attending meditative retreats -- pt. 5. Daily life practice.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 practitioner, neurologist and author of three acclaimed books on Zen and neuroscience -- guides readers toward that open awareness already awaiting them on the cushion and in the natural world.<br /><br />Austin offers concrete advice -- often in a simplified question-and-answer format -- about different ways to meditate. He clarifies both the concentrative and receptive styles of meditation. Drawing widely from the exciting new field of contemplative neuroscience, Austin helps resolve an ancient paradox: why both insight wisdom and selflessness arise simultaneously during enlightened states of consciousness.
Titolo autorizzato: Meditating selflessly  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-262-29771-X
1-283-30294-2
9786613302946
0-262-30015-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910828640503321
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