- 199 pages
- English
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About this book
In The Buddha Was a Psychologist: A Rational Approach to Buddhist Teachings, Arnold Kozak argues for a secular and psychological interpretation of the Buddha's wisdom, with a particular focus on his mind model and use of metaphor. Kozak closely examines the Buddha's hagiography, analyzing Buddhist dharma through the contexts of neuroscience, cognitive linguistics, and evolutionary psychology.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: The Psychological Buddha
- Part I: Reclaiming the Buddha from Buddhism
- Chapter 1: The Legend of the Buddha: History, Myth, and Hagiography
- Chapter 2: The Hermeneutical Buddha: What He Taught, What He Thought (Maybe)
- Part II: The Buddha’s Pedagogical Project
- Chapter 3: The First Ennobling Praxis: What is the Problem?
- Chapter 4: The Second Ennobling Praxis: Getting to the Root of the Problem
- Chapter 5: The Third Ennobling Praxis: Can the Problem Be Resolved?
- Chapter 6: The Fourth Ennobling Praxis: Resolving the Problem
- Part III: Mind on Fire
- Chapter 7: Form: Brain Architecture and the Neuroplastic Forest of Self
- Chapter 8: Perception: Categorization
- Chapter 9: Feeling: Pain and Pleasure Drive Evolution’s Primary Agendas (and Give Rise to a Sense of the One Having Pleasure and Pain)
- Chapter 10: Mental Fabrication and the Modular Self
- Chapter 11: Consciousness: Apparently Ubiquitous, Certainly Overestimated
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author