禅と脳：瞑想と意識の理解へ Zen and the Brain : Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness （Reprint）

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禅と脳：瞑想と意識の理解へ<br>Zen and the Brain : Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness （Reprint）

禅と脳：瞑想と意識の理解へ
Zen and the Brain : Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness （Reprint）

Austin, James H.

Mit Pr（1999/07発売）

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製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 872 p.
言語 ENG
商品コード 9780262511094
DDC分類 573

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1997. Bestseller title. Austin, both a neurologist and a Zen practitioner, interweaves the most recent brain research with the personal narrative of his Zen experiences.

Full Description

A neuroscientist and Zen practitioner interweaves the latest research on the brain with his personal narrative of Zen.Aldous Huxley called humankind's basic trend toward spiritual growth the "perennial philosophy." In the view of James Austin, the trend implies a "perennial psychophysiology"-because awakening, or enlightenment, occurs only when the human brain undergoes substantial changes. What are the peak experiences of enlightenment? How could these states profoundly enhance, and yet simplify, the workings of the brain? Zen and the Brain presents the latest evidence. In this book Zen Buddhism becomes the opening wedge for an extraordinarily wide-ranging exploration of consciousness. In order to understand which brain mechanisms produce Zen states, one needs some understanding of the anatomy, physiology, and chemistry of the brain. Austin, both a neurologist and a Zen practitioner, interweaves the most recent brain research with the personal narrative of his Zen experiences. The science is both inclusive and rigorous; the Zen sections are clear and evocative. Along the way, Austin examines such topics as similar states in other disciplines and religions, sleep and dreams, mental illness, consciousness-altering drugs, and the social consequences of the advanced stage of ongoing enlightenment.

Starting to point toward Zen; meditating; neurologizing; exploring states of consciousness; quickening; turning in - the absorptions; turning out - the awakenings; being and beyond - to the stage of ongoing enlightenment. Appendices: introduction to "The Heart Sutra"; selections from "Affirmation of Faith and Mind".