Buddhism/Psychology/Science
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BALANCING THE MIND: A Tibetan Buddhist Approach to Refining Attention by B. Alan Wallace 336 pp. #BAMI - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion "For centuries Tibetan Buddhist contemplatives have directly explored consciousness through carefully honed and rigorous techniques of meditation. B. Alan Wallace explains the methods and experiences of Tibetan practitioners and compares these with investigations of consciousness by Western scientists and philosophers. Balancing the Mind includes a translation of the classic discussion of methods for developing exceptionally high degrees of attentional stability and clarity by fifteenth-century Tibetan contemplative Tsongkhapa."--Mandala Magazine More ... | |
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CHOOSING REALITY: A Buddhist View of Physics and the Mind, 2nd ed. by B. Alan Wallace 232 pp. 2nd ed. #CHRE2N - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion Choosing Reality shows how Buddhist contemplative methods of investigating reality are relevant for modern physics and psychology. How shall we understand the relationship between the way we experience reality and the way science describes it? In examining this question, Alan Wallace discusses two opposing views: the realist view, which argues that scientific theories represent objective reality, and the instrumentalist view, which states that concepts cannot describe what exists independently of them. Finding both of these philosophies of science inadequate, the author explores the Buddhist middle way view and the relevance for modern physics of Buddhist contemplative methods of investigating reality. He also examines the ideas of body, mind, and reincarnation from the viewpoint of Tibetan Buddhism. Our designer's favorite book! More ... | |
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CONSCIOUSNESS AT THE CROSSROADS: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Brain Science and Buddhism by The Dalai Lama, et al., ed. by Zara Houshmand, Robert B. Livingston and B. Alan Wallace, trans. by Thubten Jinpa and B. Alan Wallace, afterword by B. Alan Wallace 185 pp. #COCR - regular price $ 15.95 Our Price $12.76 Published by Snow Lion Organized by the Mind and Life Institute, this discussion addresses some of the most troublesome questions that have driven a wedge between Western science and religion. Consciousness at the Crossroads resulted from meetings of the Dalai Lama and a group of eminent neuroscientists and psychiatrists. Is the mind an ephemeral side-effect of the brain's physical processes? Are there forms of consciousness so subtle that science has not yet identified them? How does consciousness happen? The Dalai Lama's incisive, clear approach and open-minded pursuit of knowledge both challenges and offers inspiration to Western scientists. More ... | |
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THE COURAGE TO FEEL: Buddhist Practices for Opening to Others by Rob Preece 152 pp. #COFEBU - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion When circumstances are challenging, how do we react? This book offers methods to help us develop greater inner strength and openness to life by changing the habit of what Rob Preece calls "self-preoccupation"—the tendency to act from a narrow perspective dominated by insecurity and isolation. When we learn to look outside this mentality and truly cherish others as well as ourselves, we create a happier, relaxed mind and more fulfilling relationships, as well as realizing our life's purpose in a meaningful way. More ... | |
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ENOUGH! A Buddhist Approach to Finding Release from Addictive Patterns by Chonyi Taylor Pre-order Now--Available August 2010. 160 pp. #ENOUGH - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $13.56 Published by Snow Lion Enough! is a hands-on guide to help put an end to the patterns that sabotage the potential for a true and satisfying happiness. All of us are caught up in addictions – big or small. Enough! presents a practical path that releases us from the grip of negative habits and addictions that block a full and meaningful life. | |
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THE POWER AND THE PAIN: Transforming Spiritual Hardship into Joy by Dr. Andrew Holecek 294 pp., 2 line drawings. #POANPA - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion We all encounter obstacles on a daily basis—from small inconveniences and nuisances to the really big hardships wreaking havoc with our lives. Sometimes just the small things are enough to set us reeling. Andrew Holecek offers us a progressive path, beginning with common, easily understood hardships, and moving on to more subtle and challenging ones that commonly arise on our spiritual journeys. More ... | |
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BUDDHIST TANTRA by Rob Preece 276 pp., 18 line drawings, 7 diagrams. #PSBUTA - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion This book masterfully succeeds in clarifying the nature of tantric practice. In contrast to the approaches of conventional religion, tantra does not attempt to soothe the turmoil of existence with consoling promises of heaven and salvation. The tantric practitioner chooses to confront the bewildering and chaotic forces of fear, aggression, desire, aphand pride, and to work with them in such a way that they are channeled into creative expression, loving relationships, and wisely engaged forms of life. More ... | |
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TWO VIEWS OF MIND: Abhidharma and Brain Science by Christopher deCharms 250 pp. #TWVIMI - regular price $ 19.95 Our Price $15.96 Published by Snow Lion A clear overview of perception, thought, and awareness in Tibetan Buddhist psychology and in Western neuroscience. DeCharms lays out the Buddhist theory of perception side-by-side with the scientific view of Western neuroscience on the brain activity of human cognition. He discovers insights from each system that suggest exciting new approaches to perennial problems that the other has not been able to resolve. Directed to non-specialists, he focuses on the differences between the two traditions in methodology, assumptions, and purpose. "DeCharms provides illuminating comparisons between the two systems of knowledge and proposes ways that further discussion could be of mutual benefit."--Choice More ... | |
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VINEGAR INTO HONEY: Seven Steps to Understanding and Transforming Anger, Aggression, and Violence by Ron Leifer, M.D. 144 pp. #VIHOSE - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion Our desires and our fears are woven into a tangled web of conflicts. We want both to eat dessert and to be thin. We want money but don’t want to work. Anything that threatens our sense of self and its striving for happiness is perceived as a threat to our very lives—the response to which is defensiveness, anger, aggression, and violence. More ... | |
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THE WISDOM OF IMPERFECTION: The Challenge of Individuation in Buddhist Life by Rob Preece 335 pp., paper. #WIIM - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $13.56 Published by Snow Lion If you have been practicing Buddhism for a while, why do you still have problems? And how do you balance the (apparently) sometimes different needs of spiritual and psychological perspectives? This wonderful book fills a hitherto unmet need among Buddhists. More ... | |
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THE ATTENTION REVOLUTION: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind by B. Alan Wallace, Ph.D. 208 pp. #ATREUN - $ 16.95 How can we learn to really focus our minds? Wallace, well-known author and key speaker in the Mind-Life conferences with the Dalai Lama, offers systematic methods of achieving clarity and attention in both our waking and dreaming lives. An exciting, rewarding "expedition of the mind." More ... | |
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BUDDHISM and SCIENCE: A Guide for the Perplexed by Donald S. Lopez Jr. Cloth. 264 pp. #BUSCGU - $ 25.00 Beginning in the nineteenth century and continuing to the present day, both Buddhists and admirers of Buddhism have proclaimed the compatibility of Buddhism and Science. Their assertions have ranged from modest claims about the efficacy of meditation for mental health to grander declarations that the Buddha himself anticipated the theory of relativity, quantum physics, and the big bang more than two millennia ago. More ... | |
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A BUDDHIST RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY ed. by John Stanley, David R. Loy, and Gyurme Dorje 320 pp. #BURECL - $ 16.95 What role can Buddhism play in our response to the global ecological predicament? Should we focus on prayer and meditation or social action? This book presents the hard science of global warming and solutions to the crisis from a Buddhist perspective, together with the views of leading contemporary teachers: The Dalai Lama, The Karmapa, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Sakya Trizin, Thich Nhat Hanh, Joanna Macy, Joseph Goldstein, Lin Jensen, Bhikkhu Bodhi, and many others. More ... | |
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CONTEMPLATIVE SCIENCE: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge by B. Alan Wallace 211 pp. #COSCPA - $ 22.50 Science has long treated religion as a set of personal beliefs that have little to do with a rational understanding of the mind and the universe. However, B. Alan Wallace, a respected Buddhist scholar, proposes that the contemplative methodologies of Buddhism and of Western science are capable of being integrated into a single discipline: contemplative science. More ... | |
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THE COURAGE TO BE PRESENT: Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Awakening of Natural Wisdom by Karen Kissel Wegela Cloth. 224 pp. #COTOBE - $ 24.95 The quality of presence a psychotherapist or counselor brings to the therapeutic relationship makes all the difference in effective treatment. With this groundbreaking new application of Buddhist practice to psychotherapy, Karen Kissel Wegela offers mental heath professionals a Buddhist’s perspective on bringing compassion, patience, generosity, and equanimity to their work with clients. She presents as a model the Buddhist ideal of the bodhisattva. More ... | |
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EMBRACING MIND: The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality by B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel 272 pp. paper. #EMMIPA - $ 16.95 Both science and spirituality search for "ultimate truths." God, the Big Bang, nirvana, the theory of evolution, relativity, quantum mechanics-these are some of the concepts that have been articulated as a result of that search. But the human capacity for exploring these ultimate sources of truth--the one thing that unites science and spirituality--is often overlooked. Embracing Mind argues (1) that science has hobbled itself by ignoring its unique source of inspiration-the mind-and (2) that the schism between science and spirituality is unnecessary. In language accessible to any intelligent reader, Embracing Mind first explores the veracity of major scientific "myths," then presents a viable science of the mind emanating from contemplative spirituality, including Hindu, Christian, Sufi, and Buddhist views. More ... | |
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EMOTIONAL AWARENESS: A Conversation Between the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman by the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman, Ph.D. 260 pp. #EMAWCO - $ 15.00 At their first meeting, a remarkable bond was sparked between the Dalai Lama, one of the world’s revered spiritual leaders, and the psychologist Paul Ekman, whose groundbreaking work helped to define the science of emotions. Now these two luminaries share their thinking about science and spirituality, the bonds between East and West, and the nature of our emotional lives. More ... | |
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FEEDING YOUR DEMONS: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict by Tsultrim Allione, foreword by Jack Kornfield Cloth. 256 pp. #FEYODE - $ 23.99 Tsultrim Allione brings an eleventh-century Tibetan woman's practice (Chod) to the West, an accessible and effective approach for dealing with negative emotions, fears, illness, and self-defeating patterns. Allione, author of Women of Wisdom, explains that if we fight our demons they only grow stronger-- but if we feed them, nurture them, we can free ourselves from the battle. Through the practice outlined, we can learn to overcome any obstacle and achieve freedom and inner peace. More ... | |