Mind Beyond Brain: Buddhism, Science, and the Paranormal

Neuroscientist David E. Presti, with the assistance of other researchers, explores how evidence for anomalous phenomena-such as near-death experiences, apparent memories of past lives, apparitions, and other so-called psi or paranormal phenomena, including telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition-c...

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Main Author: Presti, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Columbia University Press 2018
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Summary:Neuroscientist David E. Presti, with the assistance of other researchers, explores how evidence for anomalous phenomena-such as near-death experiences, apparent memories of past lives, apparitions, and other so-called psi or paranormal phenomena, including telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition-can influence the Buddhism-science conversation
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword, by Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche -- Prologue: Deepening the Dialogue, by David E. Presti and Edward F. Kelly -- 1. Scientific Revolution and the Mind-Matter Relation, by David E. Presti -- 2. Near-Death Experiences, by Bruce Greyson -- 3. Reports of Past-Life Memories, by Jim B. Tucker -- 4. Mediums, Apparitions, and Deathbed Experiences, by Emily Williams Kelly -- 5. Paranormal Phenomena, the Siddhis, and an Emerging Path Toward Reconciliation of Science and Spirituality, by Edward F. Kelly -- 6. An Expanded Conception of Mind, by David E. Presti -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index
ISBN:0231548397