Buddha's Brain : The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

by Hanson, Rick

• ISBN13: 9781572246959
• ISBN10: 1572246952
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-01
• Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Inc
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Summary

The Buddha and other great teachers were born with brains built essentially like anyone else's-and then they changed their brains in wasys that changed the world.

Author Biography

Rick Hanson, PH.D., is a neuropsychologist and meditation teacher. He is cofounder of the Wellspring Institute for Neurosecience and Contemplative Wisdom and edits the Wise Brain Bulletin. Richard Mendius, MD, is a neurologist and cofounder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplatie Wisdom.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Self-Transforming Brain	p. 5
The Causes of Suffering
The Evolution of Suffering	p. 23
The First and Second Dart	p. 49
Happiness
Taking in the Good	p. 67
Cooling the Fires	p. 79
Strong Intentions	p. 97
Equanimity	p. 109
Love
Two Wolves in the Heart	p. 121
Compassion and Assertion	p. 137
Boundless Kindness	p. 157
Wisdom
Foundations of Mindfulness	p. 177
Blissful Concentration	p. 191
Relaxing the Self	p. 205
Appendix Nutritional Neurochemistry	p. 227
References	p. 235
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