Buddha's Brain Book Report

A 4 star, on a 1-5 scale rating, book to read for those who are picky in reading something they need to be interested in. Buddha’s brain elaborated on all different aspects of a human’s life, in which a reader will not be bored. Buddha’s Brain (The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom) by Rick Hanson with Richard Mendius March 16th 2010 Volume 14, Issue 1) is a must read. Various aspects of a human beings life is brought up by Hanson, in a sense where we can look at ourselves within. The book in general is a hard read, therefore summarizing it is difficult because of the different pieces and characteristics discussed about life and how our brain works. Not being very familiar with the meditation and scientific view combined,

The general idea is to find a path within ourselves in order to lead us to an awakening. This path can improve our brains with the thinking processes that challenge us and sooth us in our daily lives. In a sense, this path leads to the understanding of how neuroscience can control our human emotions. The four aspects that help us travel into and accomplish this path are the causes of emotions such as, suffering, happiness, love, as well as

Wisdom, as well as any of the other emotions, comes from within. Therefore, we as humans need to convince ourselves that we have the wisdom to conquer and do well. If we tell our minds to be balanced, we will either create balance or be balanced. Hanson suggests focusing on joy in order to focus in on our balance of our minds. We should also use the form of relaxation. Towards the end of the book, Hanson argues that “the self” is non-existent. As humans we have implanted in our minds to grow as we grow, although our lives are raptured into a puzzle that is pieced as our life goes on. This is a tricky concept to comprehend because Hanson is stating that we have no self; how can we have no self when we are “the