Syllabus
Human Pheromones: Integrating Neuroendocrinology and Ethology. James V. Kohl, Michaela Atzmueller, Bernhard Fink2 & Karl Grammer. Neuroendocrinology Letters 2001; 22:309-321
B. Alan Wallace The Buddhist Tradition of Samatha:Methods for Refining and Examining Consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies www.imprint-academic.com/jcs
Learning to Smell: Olfactory Perception from Neurobiology to Behavior. Donald A. Wilson, Richard J. Stevenson. www.mindandlife.org
The end of stress as we know it. McEwen and Lasley, Joseph Henry Press, 2002 www.mindandlife.org
The end of stress as we know it. McEwen and Lasley, Joseph Henry Press, 2002
Sakyong, J. M. R.: Seminary transcripts. Teachings from the Sutra Tradition - Book One. 1. ed., Halifax: Vajradhatu Publications, 2002. p. 29-57.
Irini Rockwell. The Five Wisdom Energies (A Buddhist Way of Understanding Personality, Emotions, and Relationships). Shambhala Publications. 2002. http://www.sbinstitute.com/
Allan B. Wallace: Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003
Allan B. Wallace: Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003
Waldron W.S. Buddhist Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Thinking about Thoughts without a Thinker. http://www.purifymind.com/EcologyMindSteps.htm
Annotation
Students would be guieded throught modern concepts of stress origination and management in healthy and disease. Main focus is put on mind theory of the stress origination in accordance with Mind and Life Institute activities.
Modern theories of the brain are being discussed in the light of emerging meditation techniques, these days popular in the Western culture. Also role of game, gaming and theory of games is being discussed.
Especially glosolalia is used as a tool to break down any concepts that may bother the mind. Role of memory is also analyzed, its forming, establishing and creation of new mental systems that are then subject to attention process is teoretically and practically evaluated.