Conciousness studies : cross-cultural perspectives / by K. Ramakrishna Rao.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rao, K. Ramakrishna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina ; London, [England] : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Excellent...a complete guide...a great source book""--Journal of Indian Psychology; ""credible overview...a cross-cultural project...extensive bibliography...comprehensive...recommended""--Journal of Scientific Exploration. This cross-cultural examination first explores the varieties of conscious experience and reflects on the attempts to understand and explain consciousness in the Western scholarly and scientific tradition. The next section deals with Eastern spiritual traditions and how they differ with and complement the Western viewpoints. In the final chapters the author reconciles th

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface ; Introduction ; Part I-Western Tradition ; Chapter 1: What It Is Like to Be Conscious; Chapter 2: Primary Awareness; Chapter 3: Paradoxical Awareness and Pathological Awareness; Chapter 4: Paranormal Awareness; Chapter 5: Consciousness, Mind and Intentionality: Philosophical Discussions; Chapter 6: Consciousness, Brain and the New Physics; Chapter 7: Psychologies of Consciousness; Part II-Eastern Tradition ; Chapter 8: Yoga: Royal Road to Higher Consciousness; Chapter 9: Vedanta: A Philosophy of Pure Consciousness

Chapter 10: Buddhism: A Psychology of ConsciousnessChapter 11: When East and West Meet: The Case of Meditation; Chapter 12: Confluence of Two Streams: East-West Sangamam; Bibliography ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 19, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4766-2171-3