Realizing Awakened Consciousness: Interviews with Buddhist Teachers and a New Perspective on the Mind

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Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Interview with Shinzen Young; 2. Interview with John Tarrant; 3. Interview with Ken McLeod; 4. Interview with Ajahn Amaro; 5. Interview with Martine Batchelor; 6. Interview with Shaila Catherine; 7. Interview with Gil Fronsdal; 8. Interview with Stephen Batchelor; 9. Interview with Pat Enkyo O'Hara; 10. Interview with Bernie Glassman; 11. Interview with Joseph Goldstein; 12. Developing Capacities Necessary for Awakening; 13. Properties of Awakening Experiences; 14. Evolution of Ordinary and Awakened Consciousness.;Richard Boyle was an associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, until 1972, when he left to pursue his studies in Buddhism in the mountains of northern New Mexico. Some years later, he moved to Albuquerque and worked as a senior research scientist at the University of New Mexico's Institute for Social Research. He is recently retired. Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Interview with Shinzen Young 2. Interview with John Tarrant 3. Interview with Ken McLeod 4. Interview with Ajahn Amaro 5. Interview with Martine Batchelor 6. Interview with Shaila Catherine 7. Interview with Gil Fronsdal 8. Interview with Stephen Batchelor 9. Interview with Pat Enkyo O'Hara 10. Interview with Bernie Glassman 11. Interview with Joseph Goldstein 12. Developing Capacities Necessary for Awakening 13. Properties of Awakening Experiences 14. Evolution of Ordinary and Awakened Consciousness. 15. The Awakened Baby?16. The Human Condition and How We Got Into It 17. Modeling Consciousness, Awakened and Ordinary Appendix: Interview with James Austin, Neuroscientist Notes Glossary of Buddhist Terms References Index.