Buddha's Brain
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Average rating3.5
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Ratings6
Average rating3.5
Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, Gandhi, and the Buddha all had brains built essentially like anyone else's, yet they were able to harness their thoughts and shape their patterns of thinking in ways that changed history. With new breakthroughs in modern neuroscience and the wisdom of thousands of years of contemplative practice, it is possible for us to shape our own thoughts in a similar way for greater happiness, love, compassion, and wisdom. Buddha's Brain joins the forces of modern neuroscience with ancient contemplative teachings to show readers how they can work toward greater emotional well-being, healthier relationships, more effective actions, and deepened religious and spiritual understanding. This book will explain how the core elements of both psychological well-being and religious or spiritual life-virtue, mindfulness, and wisdom-are based in the core functions of the brain: regulating, learning, and valuing. Readers will also learn practical ways to apply this information, as the book offers many exercises they can do to tap the unused potential of the brain and rewire it over time for greater peace and well-being.
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As my path took me to this book via reading couple books about Buddhism and brain plasticity, based on the title and description, I had big expectations from it. However unfortunately, I was pretty disappointed.
Maybe if you are a beginner for Buddhism, brain plasticity and/or meditation, this book can be a good starting point. However do not expect much about Buddhism other than couple sentences in each chapter with a reference to some concepts which are very deep in nature to cover in couple sentences.
It did a poor job having a good structure explaining the brain, its functions and different parts.
Of course, there were some good paragraphs in it, I especially liked the last chapter about Self. And added “Small Boat, Great Mountain by Ajahn Amaro” to my reading list. But still...
