Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

by Sam Harris

Book Overview

For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris's latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.

From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who follow no religion but who suspect that important truths can be found...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451636024
• ISBN13: 9781451636024
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Modern Neuroscience Confirms Contemplative Buddism

This is an account of how the various developments in neuroscience are confirming some of the observations of the Buddhist contemplative traditions. I'm not a Buddhist but my experience with the Vipassana meditation that is the basis of what this book discusses in terms of practice has been, among other things, a dramatic improvement in my moment by moment experience of blundering through my life.