Neurodharma

New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness

By: Rick Hanson

Narrated by: Rick Hanson

Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

“This deeply researched and compassionate guide offers an easy-to-follow road map for creating day-to-day inner peace in today’s increasingly complex world.” (Lori Gottlieb, New York Times best-selling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone)

Throughout history, people have sought the heights of human potential - to become as wise and strong, happy and loving, as any person can ever be. And now recent science is revealing how these remarkable ways of being are based on equally remarkable changes in our own nervous system, making them more attainable than ever before.

In Neurodharma, the follow-up to his classic Buddha’s Brain, New York Times best-selling author Rick Hanson, PhD, not only explores the new neuroscience of awakening, but also offers a bold yet plausible plan for reverse-engineering peak experiences, sense of oneness, and even enlightenment itself. And he does so with his trademark blend of solid science and warm encouragement, guiding you along this high-reaching path with good humor, accessible tools, and personal examples. A groundbreaking yet practical audiobook, Neurodharma shares seven practices for strengthening the neural circuitry of profound contentment and inner peace - qualities that offer essential support in everyday life while also supporting the exploration of the most radical reaches of human consciousness. Step by step, this audiobook explains how to apply these insights in order to cultivate unshakable presence of mind, a courageous heart, and serenity in a changing world. The breakthroughs of the great teachers are not reserved for the chosen few. Dr. Hanson shows how we can embody them ourselves in daily life to handle stress, heal old pain, feel at ease with others, and rest in the sense of our natural goodness.

The Buddha didn’t use an MRI to become enlightened. Still, 2,500 years after he walked the dusty roads of Northern India, neuroscientists are discovering the mechanisms of the brain that underpin the Buddha’s penetrating analysis of the mind. With deep research, stories, guided meditations, examples, and applications, Dr. Hanson offers a fascinating, inspiring vision of who we can be - and an effective path for fulfilling this wonderful possibility.

This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF that contains reference notes and a bibliography from the book.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2020 Rick Hanson (P)2020 Random House Audio

More Potent than Melatonin

More potent than melatonin. Try this and sleep like a baby. One that I shall keep in my library.

My life is better because of this book!

Dr. Hanson, I can't thank you enough for doing such an incredible job reading your book! This book astonished me. Dr. Rick Hanson has found a way to gently unpack the transcendent and offer it to the reader in a beautifully articulated, poetic, accessible but not simplified text. It is filled with exercises, meditations, applications and everyday examples. He also includes fascinating footnotes to connect us with centuries of tradition and science. I simply couldn't put it down because every word opened up a new way to appreciate, accept and just generally enjoy a better way of approaching life. His gift to us is bringing down to earth otherwise unintelligible concepts. I plan to get my hands on everything Dr. Hanson has written -- Life is short and I owe that to myself.

BEYOND EXCELLENT

If I could give this book more stars, I would do this.
I bought the physical book, before I started listening and then did it simultaneously.
Glad I have the physical book and do highly recommended buying.
What can I say, other than that it is an amazing read.
The book is so nice to refer back to it and the narration by the author is excellent.
Meanwhile I bought, yet another book by mr. Hanson
My thanks to all involved, JK.

So happy I found this

His frequency, voice, and writing is excellent. I can really relax and flow with this. His meditations are well thought out and easy to let sink in.

Not good as an audio book while driving

Loved the content and great narration but HATED that the meditations were part of the chapter. Really needed to be in separate area

Appreciate this Meditative audible

This was great will definetly be reading this again. Will try to get a hold of a paper copy as well. Thank you

Fantastic content but format not so great

As a mindfulness consultant, I found the combination of science and practice exceptional. Rick Hanson does a phenomenal job of walking the fine lines between the brain, mind, and soul. My only complaint is about the meditations. While they are exceptional, because I listen while I drive, I wish that they would have been separated out. Other than that, this is an absolute masterpiece!

Fantastic

Will listen over and over again! What a compelling way of understanding the path with practices to support it! Thank you 🙏

Thoroughly affirming

Very impressive in his description of neuroscience and so thorough in his explanations of meditation. This would be valuable if it only contained the guided meditations but more valuable as a whole!

Excellent Teacher

I am Addiction Medicine physician and Er Doc. whom have applied some of the teaching from Dr Hanson to my clinical practice with excellent results.