Wright, Robert <br/><br/>
Why Buddhism is true :  the science and philosophy of meditation and enlightenment 
/ Robert Wright 
 - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 
 - New York  : Simon & Schuster  , 2017 
 - 321 p.  ; 24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Taking the red pill -- Paradoxes of meditation -- When are feelings illusions? -- Bliss, ecstasy, and other reasons to meditate -- The alleged nonexistence of your self -- The confirmed nonexistence of your self -- 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) -- Is enlightenment enlightenment? -- So remind me why I should meditate? 
<br/><br/> Anyone writing (or reading) about Buddhism faces a critical question. What is Buddhism, really? A religion, complete with supernatural deities and reincarnation? A secular philosophy of life? A therapeutic practice? An ideology? All of the above? Robert Wright sketches an answer early in “Why Buddhism Is True.” He settles on a credible blend that one might call Western Buddhism, a largely secular approach to life and its problems but not devoid of a spiritual dimension. The centerpiece of the approach is the practice of mindful meditation. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781439195451 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Buddhism<br/>Personal growth ----Happiness
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BQ4050  / .W75 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.342 WRI