Contemplative Science by B. Alan Wallace -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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THE COLUMBIA SERIES IN SCIENCE AND RELIGION Title Page Acknowledgements Epigraph 1 - PRINCIPLES OF CONTEMPLATIVE SCIENCE

THE ESSENTIALS OF A MEANINGFUL LIFE THE ORIGINS OF THE PSYCHE CHALLENGES FOR A CONTEMPLATIVE SCIENCE

2 - WHERE SCIENCE AND RELIGION COLLIDE

THE DOGMA OF SCIENTIFIC MATERIALISM HOW WELL DOES SCIENTIFIC MATERIALISM WORK? SCIENTIFIC MATERIALISM AS A RELIGIOUS DOGMA TEACHING RELIGION AND SCIENCE IN THE STATE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

3 - THE STUDY OF CONSCIOUSNESS, EAST AND WEST

4 - SPIRITUAL AWAKENING AND OBJECTIVE KNOWLEDGE

TWO IDEALS OF OBJECTIVITY THE SCIENTIFIC PURSUIT OF OBJECTIVE KNOWLEDGE THE BUDDHIST PURSUIT OF OBJECTIVE KNOWLEDGE PERCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF EVIDENT PHENOMENA INFERENTIAL KNOWLEDGE OF HIDDEN OBJECTS INFERENTIAL KNOWLEDGE OF VERY HIDDEN OBJECTS CONCLUSION

5 - BUDDHIST NONTHEISM, POLYTHEISM, AND MONOTHEISM

THE QUASI-ATHEISTIC STATUS OF THE RAVĀDA BUDDHISM THE QUASI-MONOTHEISTIC STATUS OF MAHĀYĀNA BUDDHISM THE MONOTHEISTIC STATUS OF VAJRAYĀNA BUDDHISM CONCLUSION

6 - WORLDS OF INTERSUBJECTIVITY

MEDITATIVE QUIESCENCE THE FOUR APPLICATIONS OF MINDFULNESS THE FOUR IMMEASURABLES DREAM YOGA THE GREAT PERFECTION

7 - ŚAMATHA

THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF ŚAMATHA THE USE OF A MENTAL IMAGE AS THE OBJECT IN ŚAMATHA PRACTICE THE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT OF ŚAMATHA THE ATTAINMENT OF ŚAMATHA THE USE OF NONIDEATION AS THE OBJECT IN ŚAMATHA PRACTICE SETTLING THE MIND IN ITS NATURAL STATE THE ALLEGED TRAIT EFFECTS OF ACCOMPLISHING ŚAMATHA PROLEGOMENA TO A FUTURE CONTEMPLATIVE SCIENCE

8 - BEYOND IDOLATRY

RELIGIOUS IDOLATRIES SCIENTIFIC IDOLATRIES CONVERGENCE CONCLUSION

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