On Meditation and the Unconscious: A Buddhist Monk and a Neuroscientist in Conversation

"Buddhism shares with science the task of examining the mind empirically; it has pursued, for two millennia, direct investigation of the mind through penetrating introspection. Neuroscience, on the other hand, relies on third-person knowledge in the form of scientific observation.
Matthieu Ricard and Wolf Singer are the authors of “Beyond the Self: Conversations Between Buddhism and Neuroscience,” from which this article is excerpted.

In the following conversation, Matthieu Ricard, a Buddhist monk trained as a molecular biologist, and Wolf Singer, a distinguished neuroscientist, offer their perspectives on the unconscious and the role of meditation in resolving conflicts that arise at levels inaccessible to conscious processing..."  

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