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Index
Title Page
THE COLUMBIA SERIES IN SCIENCE AND RELIGION
Acknowledgements
Epigraph
Chapter 1 - PRINCIPLES OF CONTEMPLATIVE SCIENCE
THE ESSENTIALS OF A MEANINGFUL LIFE
THE ORIGINS OF THE PSYCHE
CHALLENGES FOR A CONTEMPLATIVE SCIENCE
Chapter 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
Chapter 3 - THE STUDY OF CONSCIOUSNESS, EAST AND WEST
HISTORICAL IMPEDIMENTS TO THE EMERGENCE OF A SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE WEST
THE BUDDHIST SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
TOWARD AN INTEGRATION OF BUDDHIST AND WESTERN SCIENCE
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 6 - WORLDS OF INTERSUBJECTIVITY
MEDITATIVE QUIESCENCE
THE FOUR APPLICATIONS OF MINDFULNESS
THE FOUR IMMEASURABLES
DREAM YOGA
THE GREAT PERFECTION
Chapter 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
Chapter 8 - BEYOND IDOLATRY
RELIGIOUS IDOLATRIES
SCIENTIFIC IDOLATRIES
CONVERGENCE
CONCLUSION
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Copyright Page
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