Mind in the balance: meditation in science, Buddhism, & Christianity
Part I: Meditation-Where It Started and How It Got Here -- Who am I? -- The origins of contemplation -- The scientific externalization of meditation -- Scientific studies of meditation -- Part II: Meditation in Theory and Practice -- Practice: attending to the breath of life -- Theory: coming to our...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York Chichester
Columbia University Press
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Series/Journal: | The Columbia series in science and religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Meditation
/ Consciousness
/ Human sciences
B Buddhism / Meditation / Christianity B Consciousness / Watchfulness / Meditation B Meditation / Human sciences B Meditation / Buddhism / Christianity B Meditation |
| IxTheo Classification: | BL Buddhism CB Christian life; spirituality |
| Further subjects: | B
Meditation
B Meditation Buddhism B Meditation Christianity |
| Summary: | Part I: Meditation-Where It Started and How It Got Here -- Who am I? -- The origins of contemplation -- The scientific externalization of meditation -- Scientific studies of meditation -- Part II: Meditation in Theory and Practice -- Practice: attending to the breath of life -- Theory: coming to our senses -- Practice: the union of stillness and motion -- Theory: knowing and healing the mind -- Practice: behold the light of consciousness -- Theory: exploring the nature of consciousness -- Practice: probing the nature of the observer -- Theory: the ground state of consciousness -- Practice: oscillating awareness -- Theory: consciousness without beginning or end -- Practice: resting in the stillness of awareness -- Theory: worlds of skepticism -- Practice: the emptiness of mind -- Theory: the participatory worlds of Buddhism -- Practice: the emptiness of matter -- Theory: the participatory worlds of philosophy and science -- Practice: resting in timeless consciousness -- Theory: the luminous space of pristine awareness -- Practice: meditation in action -- The universe as a whole -- What shall we become? |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 201-232 |
| Physical Description: | XII, 244 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 0231147317 |