Zen-Brain Horizons : Toward a Living Zen.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- By Way of a Personal Introduction -- Part I: Looking Far Back into the Distant Past -- 1 Two Old Men Consult the Buddha -- 2 Neuropsychological Aspects of the Attentive Self -- 3 Neural Correlations of Meditating Selflessly -- 4 Buddhist Botany 101 -- Part II: Looking Back into Earlier Centuries of the Common Era -- 5 A Glimpse of "Just This" in Tang Dynasty China (618 - 907) -- 6 Avian Zen -- 7 Homage to William James -- Part III: Sampling Recent Reports -- 8 Recent Clinical Information -- 9 Mindfulness Starts as Present-Moment Awareness -- 10 Subconscious Background Qualities That Can Infuse Awareness -- Part IV Looking Out into the Distance above the Horizon -- 11 Reprocessing Emotionally Traumatic Imagery While Elevating the Gaze -- 12 Spontaneous Color Imagery during Meditation -- 13 A Way Out of the Grand Delusion -- Part V Peering into the Future -- 14 New Research Horizons -- 15 Resources of Enduring Happiness -- Opening to "Just This" -- In Closing -- Appendix A:The Forest as a Sanctuary for Re-creation -- Appendix B: Potentially Useful Words and Phrases -- Appendix C: Common Acronyms Used in Brain Research -- Appendix D: Elephants in the Living Room -- References and Notes -- Index -- Color Plates.

A neurologist and Zen practitioner clarifies the benefits of meditative training, drawing on classical Buddhist literature and modern brain research.

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