Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Spiritual and Scientific Views of Our Minds Spiral-Bound | October 30, 2018

Designed as a conversation between the Dalai Lama and Western neuroscientists, this book takes readers on a journey through opposing fields of thought—showing that they may not be so opposing after all

Is the mind an ephemeral side effect of the brain’s physical processes? Are there forms of consciousness so subtle that science has not yet identified them? How does consciousness happen? Organized by the Mind and Life Institute, this discussion addresses some of the most troublesome questions that have driven a wedge between Western science and religion.
 
Edited by Zara Houshmand, Robert B. Livingston, and B. Alan Wallace, Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience is the culmination of meetings between the Dalai Lama and a group of eminent neuroscientists and psychiatrists. The Dalai Lama’s incisive, open-minded approach both challenges and offers inspiration to Western scientists.
 
This book was previously published under the title Consciousness at the Crossroads.Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Opening Remarks: Brain Science as a Path to World Peace
2. Toward a Natural Science of the Mind
3. A Buddhist Response
4. The Spectrum of Consciousness: From Gross to Subtle
5. Mapping Brain Functions: The Evidence of Damage to Specific Brain Regions
6. Subliminal Awareness and Memories from Previous Lives
7. Steps toward an Anatomy of Memory
8. Brain Control of Sleeping and Dreaming States
9. Manifestations of Subtle Consciousness
10. What Constitutes Scientific Evidence?
11. Psychiatric Illnesses and Psychopharmacology
12. The Limits of Intervention
13. A Buddhist Deconstruction of the Mind's Self
14. In Conclusion: Building Bridges

Afterword: Buddhist Reflections by B. Alan Wallace
Appendix: About the Mind and Life Institute
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