robert wright why buddhism is true review

Well, first off, the book is fantastically readable. Sometimes the order is mixed around–he may start with the anecdote, for example–but the formula pretty much holds for most of the book. Finally, anecdotes are brought in to drive home the relationship between that teaching and the actual practice of mindfulness meditation.Next, support for that teaching from psychology and science is highlighted.

First, a core Buddhist teaching is identified.The basic model the book follows to do all of this works like this. Third, the book seems to try to illuminate the relationship between the core non-supernatural teachings of Buddhism and mindfulness meditation, and to demonstrate how those core teachings align with what we know about the mind from science and psychology.Second, the book seems to be a defense of the value of mindfulness meditation as a scientifically and psychologically reasonable pursuit, a net-positive for the individual, and as a result good for the world.When you’re sitting there with your eyes closed, what the hell are you actually supposed to be doing? What does progress in mindfulness look like? First, the book seems to be about getting at the meat of what mindfulness meditation is all about.The books seems to be aiming at a few different goals at the same time. The book Why Buddhism is True is effectively a layperson-friendly overview of that intersection. For the last few years, he’s taught courses, both online and in person, at the intersection of what one might call western Buddhism (basically Buddhism stripped of all of it’s supernatural elements), science (particularly natural selection), and psychology.

Robert Wright is a psychology professor who has worked at a couple of well-respected universities. While there are parts of Why Buddhism is True that weren’t perfectly aligned with my personality and interests, overall I found the book to be very useful. He had found the book useful in his own investigation of mindfulness meditation and thought I might likewise find it helpful. The book was suggested to me by a colleague who knows I’m testing the waters of mindfulness meditation. Over the last few weeks I’ve been working my way through Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright.

Robert wright why buddhism is true review