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From Reductionism to Creativity

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ISBN-10: 1570626413

ISBN-13: 9781570626418

Edition: N/A

Authors: Herbert V. Guenther, Jeremy W. Hayward

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Writing in the language of the new sciences, Herbert Guenther traces the evolution of Buddhist views on cognition and points to their relevance in the contemporary world. The history of Buddhist thought is a unique example of the interplay between reductionism and creativity, between conservatism and innovation, and it is the author's purpose to examine the interaction between these complementary movements. Of decisive importance in this context is the idea of "mind," which Buddhism recognized early on as a process rather than a thing. This recognition marked the transition from structure-oriented thinking to a vigorous process-oriented thinking, which climaxed in the holistic movement…    
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Book details

List price: $29.95
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Abhidharma: Its Scope and Meaning
The Meaning of the Term Abhidharma
The Meaning of the Term Buddha
The Operational System "Mind"
The Importance of a Healthy Attitude
A Structural Model of "Mind"
"Mind" as a Self-Structuring Process
The Contextualized System "Mind"
Sociocultural Operators
Pollutants and Quasi Pollutants
Pollutants
The Quasi Pollutants
Summary
Concentration, Contemplation, Meditation: Preliminaries on the way of Growing up
Objectivistic-Reductionistic Concentration
Mentalistic-Creative Contemplation
Holistic Imparting of Meaning
The Way: The Earlier View I
Introductory Remarks
The Theravada Conception of the Way
The Way: The Earlier View II
The Sravaka and Pratyekabuddha Ways
The Sravaka Conception of the Way
The Pratyekabuddha Conception of the Way
The Way: The Later View I
The Bodhisattva Way I: Prelude
The Meaning of the Terms Bodhisattva and Bodhicitta
Rigs/khams
De-bzhin/bde-bar gshegs-pa'i snying-po
The Activation of Bodhicitta
Ethics and Sociocultural Levels
The Way: The Later View II
The Bodhisattva Way II: The Exact Itinerary
The Build-up Phase
The Probability of a Breakthrough
The Way of Seeing
The Way of Cultivating What Has Been Seen
The Way of No More Learning
rDzogs-chen: Supercompleteness I
Introductory Remarks
The rDzogs-chen Program
rDzogs-chen: Supercompleteness II
The Homologous Evolution of Man and God/Teacher
The Evolution of the God/Teacher Idea
The Evolution of Man as the Holomovement's Errancy Mode
rDzogs-chen: Supercompleteness III
Ontological Difference and Coordinated Hierarchy
The Ontological Difference
Coordinated Hierarchy
rDzogs-chen: Supercompleteness IV
The Role of Fluctuations in an Individual's Psychic Evolution
The Homology of Mentation Pollutants and Originary-Awareness Modes
The Dynamics of Self-Organization: Obscuration and Clearing
Epilogue
Notes
References
Indexes
Technical Terms
Subjects