Arnold Kozak

Buddha Was a Psychologist

A Rational Approach to Buddhist Teachings

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Produktbeschreibung

In The Buddha Was a Psychologist: A Rational Approach to Buddhist Teachings, Arnold Kozak argues for a secular and psychological interpretation of the Buddha's wisdom, with a particular focus on his mind model and use of metaphor. Kozak closely examines the Buddha's hagiography, analyzing Buddhist dharma through the contexts of neuroscience, cognitive linguistics, and evolutionary psychology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781498535427
• ISBN-10: 1498535429
• Artikelnr.: 61382702

Autorenporträt

Arnold Kozak is clinical assistant professor of psychiatry in the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Reclaiming the Buddha from Buddhism
Chapter 1: The Legend of the Buddha: History, Myth, and Hagiography
Chapter 2: The Hermeneutical Buddha: What He Taught, What He Thought
(Maybe)
Part II: The Buddha's Pedagogical Project: The Ennobling Praxes (aka Four
Noble Truths)
Chapter 3: The First Ennobling Praxis: What is the Problem?
Chapter 4: The Second Ennobling Praxis: Getting to the Root of the Problem
Chapter 5: The Third Ennobling Praxis: Can the Problem Be Resolved?
Chapter 6: The Fourth Ennobling Praxis: Resolving the Problem
Part III: Mind on Fire: The Buddha's Psychological Map
Chapter 7: Form: Brain Architecture and the Neuroplastic Forest of Self
Chapter 8: Perception: Categorization
Chapter 9: Feeling: Pain and Pleasure Drive Evolution's Primary Agendas
(And Give Rise to a Sense of the One Having Pleasure and Pain)
Chapter 10: Mental Fabrication and the Modular Self
Chapter 11: Consciousness: Apparently Ubiquitous, Certainly Overestimated