Author: Rick Hanson, Richard Mendius
Translator: Hyeon-gap Jang, Ju-young Jang
Publisher: Bulgwang
360 pages | 223*152mm
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About This Book
From the Publisher
"A wonderfully comprehensive book. The authors have made it easy to
understand how our minds function and how to make changes so that we can
live happier, fuller lives."
--Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness
"Solidly grounded in the latest neuroscientific research, and supported
by a deep understanding of contemplative practice, this book is
accessible, compelling, and profound--a crystallization of practical
wisdom!"
--Philip David Zelazo, Ph.D., Nancy M. and John E. Lindahl Professor at
the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota
"This is simply the best book I have read on why and how we can shape
our brains to be peaceful and happy. This is a book that will literally
change your brain and your life."
--Jennifer Louden, author of The Woman's Comfort Book and The Life
Organizer
"Buddha's Brain is a significant contribution to understanding the
interface between science and meditation in the path of transformation.
Illuminating."
--Joseph Goldstein, author of A Heart Full of Peace and One Dharma
"Buddha's Brain is compelling, easy to read, and quite educational. The
book skillfully answers the central question of each of our lives--how
to be happy--by presenting the core precepts of Buddhism integrated with
a primer on how our brains function. This book will be helpful to anyone
wanting to understand time-tested ways of skillful living backed up by
up-to-date science."
--Frederic Luskin, Ph.D., author of Forgive for Good and director of the
Stanford Forgiveness Projects
"I wish I had a science teacher like Rick Hanson when I went to school.
Buddha's Brain is at once fun, fascinating, and profound. It not only
shows us effective ways to develop real happiness in our lives, but also
explains physiologically how and why they work. As he instructs us to do
with positive experiences, take in all the good information this book
offers and savor it."
--James Baraz, author of Awakening Joy and cofounder of Spirit Rock
Meditation Center
"With the mind of a scientist, the perspective of a psychologist, and
the wise heart of a parent and devoted meditator, Rick Hanson has
created a guide for all of us who want to learn about and apply the
scintillating new research that embraces neurology, psychology, and
authentic spiritual inquiry. Up-to-date discoveries combined with
state-of-the-art practices make this book an engaging read. Buddha's
Brain is at the top of my list!"
--Richard A. Heckler, Ph.D., associate professor of counseling
psychology at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, CA
"An illuminating guide to the emerging confluence of cutting-edge
neuropsychology and ancient Buddhist wisdom filled with practical
suggestions on how to gradually rewire your brain for greater happiness.
Lucid, good-humored, and easily accessible."
--John J. Prendergast, Ph.D., adjunct associate professor of psychology
at California Institute of Integral Studies and senior editor of The
Sacred Mirror and Listening from the Heart of Silence
"This book enables us to understand the whys and hows of our human
operating system so we can make more informed actions that allow us to
live our lives more fully, compassionately, and with greater well-being
and kindness towards others and ourselves. What I find exciting about
Buddha's Brain is Rick Hanson's ability to clearly delineate the root
causes of suffering and explain pertinent ways we can actually change
these causes and effect lasting change on all levels of our mind, body,
and interpersonal relationships. His informative, relaxed, and
easy-to-read style of writing made me want to pick up this book again
and again and dive ever more deeply into the complexities of our human
engineering. Buddha's Brain is now on my recommendation list for all my
students and teachers-in-training."
--Richard C. Miller, Ph.D., founding president of Integrative
Restoration Institute
"Numerous writings in recent years have exacerbated the traditional rift
between science and religion; however, there has been a refreshing
parallel movement in the opposite direction. Neuroscientists have become
increasingly interested in using first-person introspective inquiries of
the mind to complement their third-person, Western scientific
investigations of the brain. Buddhist contemplative practices are
particularly amenable to such collaboration, inviting efforts to find
neurobiological explanations for Buddhist philosophy. Stripped of
religious baggage, Buddha's Brain clearly describes how modern concepts
of evolutionary and cognitive neurobiology support core Buddhist
teachings and practice. This book should have great appeal for those
seeking a secular spiritual path, while also raising many testable
hypotheses for interested neuroscientists."
--Jerome Engel, Jr., MD, Ph.D., Jonathan Sinay Distinguished Professor
of Neurology, Neurobiology, and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at
the University of California, Los Angeles
"Buddha's Brain makes a significant contribution to the current dynamic
dialogue among neuroscience, psychology, and Buddhist disciplines of
mind training. Drawing on the wisdom born of their own meditation
practice and their scientific backgrounds, the authors point again and
again to the possibilities of the deep transformation of our minds and
lives."
--Christina Feldman, author of Compassion and The Buddhist Path to
Simplicity
"Recent developments in psychology and the neurosciences have led to
clear and powerful insights about how our brains work and how these
neurological functions shape our experience of the world. These insights
are profoundly congruent with the wisdom that has been developed over
thousands of years in the contemplative traditions. The authors of
Buddha's Brain have given us a concise and practical guide to how these
two currents of knowledge can be used to transform our capacity to
engage both ourselves and others with wisdom, compassion, and
mindfulness."
--Robert D. Truog, MD, professor at Harvard Medical School, executive
director of the Institute for Professionalism and Ethical Practice, and
senior associate in critical care medicine at Children's Hospital,
Boston
"A clear introduction to some basic principles of neuroscience and
dharma."
--Roger Walsh, MD, Ph.D., professor at the University of California,
Irvine, and author of Essential Spirituality
"Buddha's Brain brilliantly reveals the teachings of the Buddha in the
light of modern neuroscience. This is a practical guide to changing your
reality. This is your brain on Dharma!"
--Wes "Scoop" Nisker, author of Essential Crazy Wisdom and editor of
Inquiring Mind
"Buddha's Brain will show you how mental practices, informed by
contemplative traditions, can increase your capacity for experiencing
happiness and peace. This book provides a scientific understanding of
these methods and clear guidance through practices that cultivate a wise
and free heart."
--Tara Brach, Ph.D., author of Radical Acceptance
About the Author
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist, contemplative
neuroscience researcher, and meditation teacher. A summa cum laude
graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, he cofounded the
Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom and edits
the Wise Brain Bulletin. He and his wife have two children.
Richard Mendius, MD, is a neurologist and cofounder of the Wellspring
Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. He has taught
medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, and Stanford
University in Palo Alto, CA. He also teaches weekly meditation classes
at San Quentin State Prison. He and his wife have three children.
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