http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_science
Here , Marsha, it was a subarticle, a metabranch Article's nested within other article's. greetzz, Adrie 2010/12/5 MarshaV <[email protected]> > > Huh? > > > On Dec 4, 2010, at 3:43 PM, david buchanan wrote: > > > > > Adrie said to Marsha: > > > > Hmm, yes , i was aware of it, please keep in mind the "Timewindow" > William was living in, in that time , he was far ahead of everyone, in this > frame, during that time, it was all state of the art. ...James planted the > seeds , some live on , some not. The survivors are still cutting edge of > insights. > > > > dmb says: > > As I understand it, a lot of what James said over a hundred years ago is > just now being vindicated. His notions about the stream of consciousness > were directly translated from Buddhist terms AND the most advanced of > today's brain scanners are proving him right. Here's a little Wikipedia on > the topic... > > > > Buddhism and psychology > > During the 1970s, several experimental studies suggested that Buddhist > meditation could produce insights into a wide range of psychological states. > Interest in the use of meditation as a means of providing insight into > mind-states has recently been revived, following the increased availability > of such brain-scanning technologies as fMRI and SPECT. > > Such studies are enthusiastically encouraged by the present Dalai Lama, > Tenzin Gyatso, who has long expressed an interest in exploring the > connection between Buddhism and science and regularly attends the Mind and > Life Institute Conferences. ... > > William James often drew on Buddhist cosmology when framing perceptual > concepts, such as his term "stream of consciousness," which is the literal > English translation of the Pali vinnana-sota. The "stream of consciousness" > is given various names throughout the many languages of Buddhadharma > discourse but in English is generally known as "Mindstream". In Varieties of > Religious Experience James also promoted the functional value of meditation > for modern psychology. He wrote: "This is the psychology everybody will be > studying twenty-five years from now." > > > > > Marsha asks dmb: > > Where is the url that is home of these quotes? I cannot find them in the > Wikipedia topic 'Buddhism and psychology'. > > Here's where I looked: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_psychology > > Please in the future include the url/address. > > > Marsha > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > -- parser Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
