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100 1  Wright, Robert,|d1957-|eauthor. 
245 10 Why Buddhism is true :|bthe science and philosophy of 
       meditation and enlightenment /|cRobert Wright. 
250    First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bSimon & Schuster,|c2017. 
264  4 |c©2017 
300    xii, 321 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Taking the red pill -- Paradoxes of meditation -- When are
       feelings illusions? -- Bliss, ecstasy, and more important 
       reasons to meditate -- The alleged nonexistence of your 
       self -- Your CEO is MIA -- The mental modules that run 
       your life -- How thoughts think themselves -- "Self" 
       control -- Encounters with the formless -- The upside of 
       emptiness -- A weedless world -- Like, wow, everything is 
       one (at most) -- Nirvana in a nutshell -- Is enlightenment
       enlightening? -- Meditation and the unseen order -- 
       Appendix: A list of Buddhist truths. 
520    "At the heart of Buddhism is a simple claim: The reason we
       suffer -- and the reason we make other people suffer -- is
       that we don't see the world clearly. At the heart of 
       Buddhist meditative practice is a radical promise: we can 
       learn to see the world, including ourselves, more clearly,
       and so gain a deep and morally valid happiness. Robert 
       Wright not only shows how taking this promise seriously 
       can change your life -- how it can loosen the grip of 
       anxiety, regret, and hatred -- but also how it can deepen 
       your appreciation of beauty and of other people. Drawing 
       on the latest in neuroscience and psychology ... Wright 
       explains why the path toward truth and the path toward 
       happiness are the same path. In the light of modern 
       science, both the Buddhist diagnosis and the Buddhist 
       prescription make a whole new kind of sense. This book is 
       the culmination of a personal journey that began with 
       Wright's ... book on evolutionary psychology, The Moral 
       Animal, and deepened as he immersed himself in meditative 
       practice and conversed with some of the world's most 
       skilled meditators.... It shows how, in a time of 
       technological distraction and social division, we can save
       ourselves from ourselves, both as individuals and as a 
       species."--Book jacket. 
650  0 Buddhism|vApologetic works. 
650  7 Buddhism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00840028 
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945    MARCIVE (03/23)