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Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge (Columbia Series in Science and Religion)
by B. Alan Wallace
from Columbia University Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• A very informative read.
  B. Alan Wallace is a leading scholar and author on this subject. His way of writing in simple language about complicated concepts makes for very informative and fascinating reading. His insights can bring about a major shift in our perception of the relationship between science and spirituality.

• good place to start
  dr wallace is a sophisticated scientist who is very experienced in talking about the details of buddhism. he understands the thousands of years of studying the mind from a buddhist perspectice and how to integrate it with modern science. he has the input of the dalai lama too, having been a translator for him for years. i encourage the serious reader to take a look.

• Contemplative Science
  good shape copy of a good readable book. arrived quickly
  would have preferred paperback but was ok.

• Not quite what it suggests
  Readers be warned: the subtitle to this book,"Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge" is quite misleading--there are only a few very cursory references to anything about neuroscience. Based on the title and introduction, I purchased this assuming it might explain how scientific research on the brain illuminates the practice of meditation and the contemplative tradition (and vice-versa). It does not. For those interested in the connection between meditation and Western neuroscience, you'll find little here... more info

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