Thanks Adrie. It's important to post the cite address for those who might like to investigate/expand the context.
Marsha On Dec 5, 2010, at 9:59 AM, ADRIE KINTZIGER wrote: > 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
