Why Buddhism is True
The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
Recommended by Nigel Warburton, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #11 in Buddhism, Ranked #14 in Meditation — see more rankings.
From one of America’s greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.
Robert Wright famously explained in The Moral Animal how evolution shaped the human brain. The mind is designed to often delude us, he argued, about ourselves and about the world. And it is designed to make happiness hard to sustain.
But if we know our minds are rigged for anxiety, depression, anger, and greed, what do we do? Wright locates the answer in Buddhism, which figured out... more
Robert Wright famously explained in The Moral Animal how evolution shaped the human brain. The mind is designed to often delude us, he argued, about ourselves and about the world. And it is designed to make happiness hard to sustain.
But if we know our minds are rigged for anxiety, depression, anger, and greed, what do we do? Wright locates the answer in Buddhism, which figured out... more
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Nigel Warburton Wright has a degree of evangelism about him, but he’s not saying this is the only way to achieve a better life. He says it’s a way of eliminating suffering from many people’s lives, and it worked for him. (Source)
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Why Buddhism is True is ranked in the following categories:
- #17 in Evolutionary Psychology
- #40 in Mindfulness
- #30 in Molecular Biology
- #66 in Philosophy Of Science
- #61 in Zen Buddhism
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