Buddhism, science, and the paranormal Presti, David E. author. Greyson, Bruce author. Kelly, Edward F. author. Kelly, Emily Williams 1949- author. Tucker, Jim B. author. Wangyal, Tenzin writer of foreward. text bibliography Electronic books. Electronic books. nyu 2018 monographic eng 1 online resource (xxii, 213 pages) "Among the most profound questions we confront are the nature of what and who we are as conscious beings, and how the human mind relates to the rest of what we consider reality. For millennia, philosophers, scientists, and religious thinkers have attempted answers, perhaps none more meaningful today than those offered by neuroscience and by Buddhism. The encounter between these two worldviews has spurred ongoing conversations about what science and Buddhism can teach each other about mind and reality. In Mind Beyond Brain, the neuroscientist David E. Presti, with the assistance of other distinguished researchers, explores how evidence for anomalous phenomena - such as near-death experiences, apparent memories of past lives, apparitions, experiences associated with death, and other so-called psi or paranormal phenomena, including telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition - can influence the Buddhism-science conversation. Presti describes the extensive but frequently unacknowledged history of scientific investigation into these phenomena, demonstrating its relevance to questions about consciousness and reality. The new perspectives opened up, if we are willing to take evidence of such often off-limits topics seriously, offer significant challenges to dominant explanatory paradigms and raise the prospect that we may be poised for truly revolutionary developments in the scientific investigation of mind. Mind Beyond Brain represents the next level in the science and Buddhism dialogue."--Provided by publisher. Foreword / Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche -- Prologue: Deepening the Dialogue / David E. Presti and Edward F. Kelly -- 1. Scientific Revolution and the Mind-Matter Relation / David E. Presti -- 2. Near-Death Experiences -- Bruce Greyson -- 3. Reports of Past-Life Memories / Jim B. Tucker -- 4. Mediums, Apparitions, and Deathbed Experiences / Emily Williams Kelly -- 5. Paranormal Phenomena, the Siddhis, and an Emerging Path Toward Reconciliation of Science and Spirituality / Edward F. Kelly -- 6. An Expanded Conception of Mind / David E. Presti. David E. Presti with Bruce Greyson, Edward F. Kelly, Emily Williams Kelly, and Jim B. Tucker. Includes bibliographical references and index. Parapsychology Religious aspects Buddhism Occultism Religious aspects Buddhism Religion and science Buddhism Buddhism Parapsychology Religious aspects Buddhism Religion and science RELIGION / Comparative Religion PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body BQ4570.P75 294.3/365 New York : Columbia University Press, [2018] (DLC) 2018010141 (OCoLC)1041226736 9780231548397 0231548397 2018029059 22573/ctv7qg6zm JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1902206 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1902206 DLC 180616 20200709060623.0 on1041560195 eng