Two Views of Mind: Abhidharma and Brain Science

by Christopher deCharms and R. Christopher Decharms

Book Overview

Scientists compares and contrasts the Buddhists theory of perception and Western neuroscience. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559390816
• ISBN13: 9781559390811
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Snow Lion Publications
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Awesome Questions Yearning for Answers

This is not an easy book to read, and it does not leave the reader satisfied that a cohesive whole has been delivered. Yet that is also the strength of the book. DeCharms has used his knowledge of neuroscience (and an obvious understanding of the basics of Tibetan Buddhism) to interview some of the great teachers of Tibetan mind analysis about the detailed differences between their understanding of mind and that of western science. The result is not an answer but a series of questions calling for further exploration. For those who seek a first understanding of either side of the comparison, this book will be disappointingly unenlightening. For those with some understanding of one or both sides, it offers tantalizing vistas and the opportunity for new insights.