{"product_id":"balancing-the-mind-isbn-9781559392303","title":"Balancing the Mind","description":"For centuries, Tibetan Buddhist contemplatives have directly explored consciousness through carefully honed and rigorous techniques of meditation. B. Alan Wallace explains the methods and experiences of Tibetan practitioners and compares these with investigations of consciousness by Western scientists and philosophers. \u003ci\u003eBalancing the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e includes a translation of the classic discussion of methods for developing exceptionally high degrees of attentional stability and clarity by fifteenth-century Tibetan contemplative Tsongkhapa.\"A spectacular cross-cultural presentation of techniques for achieving meditative states.\"—Jeffrey Hopkins, author of \u003ci\u003eMaps of the Profound\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The most important book on Buddhist meditation to appear in over a decade.\"—Roger Jackson, Director of Asian Studies, Carleton College  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Alan Wallace is one of the great Western Buddhist thinkers of our day.\"—Howard Cutler, coauthor with H.H. the Dalai Lama of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e \"For experienced practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism who also enjoy intellectual analysis of their practice and tradition, \u003ci\u003eBalancing the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e will have great appeal.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Middle Way\u003c\/i\u003e Buddhist quarterlyB. Alan Wallace has authored, translated, edited, and contributed to more than forty books on Tibetan Buddhism, science, and culture. With fourteen years as a Buddhist monk, he earned a BA in physics and the philosophy of science and then a PhD in religious studies. After teaching in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, he founded the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies to explore the integration of scientific approaches and contemplative methods.","brand":"Snow Lion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301609722085,"sku":"NP9781559392303","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781559392303.jpg?v=1767722132","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/balancing-the-mind-isbn-9781559392303","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}