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082 0 _a294.3/927019
100 1 _aAustin, James H.
245 1 0 _aZen-Brain Horizons :
_bToward a Living Zen.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bMIT Press,
_c2014.
264 4 _c©2014.
300 _a1 online resource (301 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aThe MIT Press Series
505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
520 _aA neurologist and Zen practitioner clarifies the benefits of meditative training, drawing on classical Buddhist literature and modern brain research.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aZen Buddhism.
650 0 _aBrain -- Religious aspects.
650 0 _aCognitive neuroscience.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aAustin, James H.
_tZen-Brain Horizons
_dCambridge : MIT Press,c2014
_z9780262027564
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 4 _aThe MIT Press Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3339852
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