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BUDDHA'S BRAIN

COURSE OUTLINE

FALL 2005

1. Practical Matters/Overview

2. Approaches to the Study of Consciousness

3. Buddhism Overview

a. The Vehicles

b. First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma

c. Second Turning

d. Third Turning

e. Selflessness

f. The Four Seals

g. Mahayana Path

h. Altruistic Outlook & Way of Life

4. Consciousness at the Crossroads

a. Brain Science

b. Toward a Natural Science of the Mind

c. Buddhist Response

d. The Spectrum of Consciousness

e. Mapping Brain Functions

f. Subliminal Awareness

g. Anatomy of Memory

h. Brain Control of Sleeping & Dreaming States

i. Manifestations of Subtle Consciousness

j. Scientific Evidence?

k. Psychiatric Illness & Psychopharmacology

l. Limits of Intervention

m. A Buddhist Deconstruction of the Mind's Self

n. Building Bridges

o. Buddhist Reflections