文档介绍：Zen and the Brain
Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness
James H. Austin, .
First MIT Press paperback edition, 1999 © 1998
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Austin, James H., 1925-
Zen and the brain : toward an understanding of meditation and consciousness / James H. Austin.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-262-
01164-6 (he: alk. paper), 0-262-51109-6 (pb)
1. Meditation—Zen Buddhism—Physiological aspects. 2. Meditation—Zen Buddhism—Psy-
chology. 3. Consciousness—Religious aspects—Zen Buddhism. 4. Zen Buddhism. I. Title.
1998
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To my teachers Nanrei Kobori-roshi, Myokyo-ni, Joshu Sasaki-roshi, and to all
those whose contributions to Zen, and to the brain, have been reviewed in this
book.
Science without religion is lame,
religion without science is blind.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
With all your science can you tell
how it is, and whence it is that light
comes into the soul?
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
Contents in Brief
Contents in Detail XI
Chapters Containing Testable Hypotheses xvi
List of Figures xvii
List of Tables xviii
Preface xix
Acknowledgmen ts xxi
By Way of Introduction xxiii
Part I Starting to Point toward Zen I
Part II Meditating 55
Part III Neurologizing 147
Part IV Exploring States of Consciousness 291
Part V Quickening 371
Part VI Turning In: The Absorptions 467
Part Vll Turning Out: The Awakenings 519
Part VIM Being and Beyond: To the Stage of Ongoing Enlightenment