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ZEN AND THE BRAIN --- TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF MEDITATION AND CONSCIOUSNESS
by Austin, James H. The MIT Press, 2000

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CONTENTS IN BRIEF (pix)

CONTENTS IN DETAIL (pxi-xv)

CHAPTERS CONTAINING TESTABLE HYPOTHESES (pxvi)

LIST OF FIGURES (pxvii)

LIST OF TABLES (pxviii)

PREFACE (pxix-xx)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (pxxi)

BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION (pxxiii-xiv)


PART 1--- STARTING TO POINT TOWARD ZEN (p1-54)


[1] Is there any common ground between Zen and the brain? (p3-7)

[2] A brief outline of Zen history (p7-1)

[3] But what is Zen? (p11-14)

[4] Mysticism, Zen, Religion, and Neuroscience (p14-19)

[5] Western perspectives on mystical experiences (p19-30)

[6] Is mysticism a kind of schizophrenia in disguise?

[7] The semantics of self (p34-35)

[8] Constructing our self (p37-43)


Toward a psycho-physiology of self (p40-43)


[9] Some ABCs of the "I-Me-Mine" (p43-47)

[10] The Zen Mirror --- beyond narcissism and depersonalization (p47-51)

[11] Where does Zen think it's coming from? (p51-53


PART 2 --- MEDITATING (p55-146)


[12] What is meditation? (p57-59


PART 3 --- Neurologizing (p147-290)

PART 4 --- Exploring states of consciousness (p291-370)

PART 5 --- Quickening (p371-466)

PART 6 --- Turning in --- the absorptions (p467-518)

PART 7 --- Turning out --- the awakenings (p519-624)

PART 8 --- Being and beyond --- to the stage of ongoing enlightenment (p625-694)


IN CLOSING (p695-697)

APPENDIXES (p698-699)

GLOSSARY (p704-711)

REFERENCES AND NOTES (p712-824)

SOURCE NOTES (p825-826)

INDEX (p827-844)

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