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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Autor principal: Wallace, B. Alan 1950- (Author)
Tipo de documento: Print Livro
Idioma:Inglês
Serviço de pedido Subito: Pedir agora.
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Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Publicado em: New York Chichester Columbia University Press 2014
Em:Ano: 2014
Coletânea / Revista:The Columbia series in science and religion
(Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão:B Meditação / Consciência / Ciências humanas
B Budismo / Meditação / Cristianismo
B Consciência / Vigilância / Meditação
B Meditação / Ciências humanas
B Meditação / Budismo / Cristianismo
B Meditação
Classificações IxTheo:BL Budismo
CB Existência cristã
Outras palavras-chave:B Meditação
B Meditação Buddhism
B Meditação Christianity
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Resumo: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?
Descrição do item:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 201-232
ISBN:0231147317