- Consciousness, Meditation, Physiological aspects, Psychology
In this book Zen Buddhism becomes the opening wedge for an extraordinarily wide-ranging exploration of consciousness. In order to understand which brain mechanisms produce Zen states, one needs some understanding of the anatomy, physiology, and chemistry of the brain.
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About the book
- Author
- James H. Austin
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 858
- Publisher
- MIT Press, The MIT Press
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780262011648
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