Why Buddhism is True

出版者:Simon & Schuster

作者:Robert Wright

页数:336

出版时间:2017-8-8

价格:USD 27.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781439195451

具体描述

Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment is a 2017 book by journalist and evolutionary psychologist Robert Wright. As of August 2017, the book had peaked at The New York Times No. 4 bestseller in hardcover nonfiction.

In Why Buddhism is True, Wright advocates a secular, Westernized form of Buddhism focusing on the practice of mindfulness meditation and stripped of supernatural beliefs such as reincarnation. He further argues that more widespread practice of meditation could lead to a more reflective and empathetic population and reduce political tribalism. In line with his background, Wright draws heavily on evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology to defend the correctness of Buddhism's diagnosis of the causes of human suffering. He argues the modern psychological idea of the modularity of mind resonates with the Buddhist teaching of no-self (anatman).

作者简介

Robert Wright is an American journalist who writes about science, history and religion, including The Evolution of God, Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, The Moral Animal, Why Buddhism is True, and Three Scientists and Their Gods: Looking for Meaning in an Age of Information. He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Bloggingheads.tv.

读后感

#2017-11-16#无我：“我”只是意识里，除去已经分布式计算的意识，再除去各种欲望进化模型的“我”（也是自动计算）的那一点点“计算”。很好的“冥想”能够更好的看见“我”，也会更自由（免于被各种进化模型绑架）。 无物：不是万事万物是空，而是我们赋予其的内涵应该是空，...  

Why Buddhism Is True 作者讲解视频 Buddhism Is True 作者在谷歌公司讲解视频 Any book with a title like Why Buddhism Is True should have some careful qualification somewhere along the way. We might as well get that over with: 1. I’m not talking about the “su...  

【看到105页想法】 （1）作者很啰嗦，像是在给小朋友讲道理，翻来覆去。难道是因为佛教在美国甚至英语国家普及度不够才会用这样初级的表达方式？ （2）关于佛学、心理学及进化论的内容，差不多都是老生常谈。关于冥想的部分对我来说是新知识。但是通过冥想抑制疼痛，听起来怎么...  

#2017-11-16#无我：“我”只是意识里，除去已经分布式计算的意识，再除去各种欲望进化模型的“我”（也是自动计算）的那一点点“计算”。很好的“冥想”能够更好的看见“我”，也会更自由（免于被各种进化模型绑架）。 无物：不是万事万物是空，而是我们赋予其的内涵应该是空，...  

用户评价

一点小进步：发生口角的时候能在某个时候闭嘴了，让对方打完输出。

从进化心理学角度看冥想、佛学很有趣。不过出版商起这个书名未免有点过，作者本人并没这么狂妄。Robert Wright 和 Sam Harris 都成功地印证了灵修和科学可以兼容。这本书作为冥想、西方佛学入门书很合适。特别那些对冥想不屑一顾的人尤为合适，比如我。

佛学内容的书可以成为畅销书 很值得高兴

在Coursera的“佛教与现代心理学”上知道这个作者，结合进化心理学讨论佛法这个路子非常对胃。其实在接触作者作品以前我就构想过提线木偶的比喻，现在那个string和puppeteer的真面目越发清晰了。

所谓mindfulness里面，读过的最靠谱的书 也是到现在为止，和心理学相关的书最好的