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Living Zen Remindfully. 2016. Amazon link.
Zen-Brain Horizons. Toward A Living Zen. Cambridge, MA, 2014, from MIT Press.
Meditating Selflessly: Practical Neural Zen, 2011 (links in blue).
Austin's book explains meditative practices from the perspective of a "neural Zen." The latest findings in brain research inform its suggestions. In Meditating Selflessly, James Austin guides readers toward that open awareness already awaiting them on the cushion and in the natural world. Austin offers concrete advice, in a simplified question-and-answer format, about different ways to meditate, and clarifies both the concentrative and receptive styles of meditation. Having emphasized that top-down and bottom-up forms of attention are complementary, he then explains how long-term meditators can become increasingly selfless when they cultivate both styles of attention in a balanced manner.
Selfless Insight: Zen and the Meditative Transformations of Consciousness 2009
Zen Brain Reflections 2006
Chase, Chance and Creativity: The Lucky Art of Novelty 2003
Zen and The Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness 1998
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Living Zen Remindfully. 2016. Amazon link.
Zen-Brain Horizons. Toward A Living Zen. Cambridge, MA, 2014, from MIT Press.
Meditating Selflessly: Practical Neural Zen, 2011 (links in blue).
Austin's book explains meditative practices from the perspective of a "neural Zen." The latest findings in brain research inform its suggestions. In Meditating Selflessly, James Austin guides readers toward that open awareness already awaiting them on the cushion and in the natural world. Austin offers concrete advice, in a simplified question-and-answer format, about different ways to meditate, and clarifies both the concentrative and receptive styles of meditation. Having emphasized that top-down and bottom-up forms of attention are complementary, he then explains how long-term meditators can become increasingly selfless when they cultivate both styles of attention in a balanced manner.
Selfless Insight: Zen and the Meditative Transformations of Consciousness 2009
Zen Brain Reflections 2006
Chase, Chance and Creativity: The Lucky Art of Novelty 2003
Zen and The Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness 1998
or Click Here for a Complete Amazon List.