Buddha's Brain

The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love & Wisdom

By: Rick Hanson Ph.D., Richard Mendius MD, Daniel J. Siegel M.D. - foreword

Narrated by: Alan Bomar Jones

Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

The Buddha and other great teachers were born with brains built essentially like anyone else’s - and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world.

Science is now revealing how the flow of thoughts actually sculpts the brain. By combining breakthroughs in neuroscience with insights from thousands of years of contemplative practice, you, too, can use your mind to shape your brain for greater happiness, love, and wisdom.

Buddha’s Brain draws on the latest research to show how to stimulate and strengthen your brain for more fulfilling relationships, a deeper spiritual life, and a greater sense of inner confidence and worth. You’ll learn how to activate the brain states of calm, joy, and compassion instead of worry, sorrow, and anger. This clear, down-to-earth book is filled with practical tools and skills that you can use in daily life to tap the unused potential of your brain and rewire it over time for greater well-being and peace of mind.

©2009 Rick Hanson (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

BUDDHAS BRAIN

Wond3rful audible book. Its worth your time and money. There are many different ways to meditate and to be mindful.

Great Book, But I’d Like a Hard Copy

Would you listen to Buddha's Brain again? Why?

Yes, there’s so much information that it’s hard to retain just listening once. Since it’s not a story, it can be listened to over and over

Who was your favorite character and why?

There’s no characters.

What does Alan Bomar Jones bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Good voice.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No.

Any additional comments?

It was hard to tell where one chapter or idea ended. This book would be best read rather than listened to.

Fantastic!

Absolutely awesome book! Quickly became one of my favorite books ever! Great info for science lovers, great insight for students of Eastern philosophy. Well done!

Chapter Listing do not correlate with chapters

The chapters do not correlate with what chapter you are trying to listen to. Can this be fixed?

My New Bible

Just awesome.. Brings together spirit and science beautifully!!! Well narrated. I plan to read this book over and over!! They should teach this stuff in school

Reflections of inner peace

Listening to perpetual wisdom with gentleman's soothing voice like guided meditation. Releasing burden of clinging.

difficult to follow

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

The information that the book provides is very helpful. However, the audio was very difficult to follow because of all the acronyms and repetition of spoken words. It does not flow like I thought it would.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

N/A

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Alan Bomar Jones?

a more well versed narrator

Could you see Buddha's Brain being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

no, it's not a story

Excellent combination of two wisdoms

Great book. It felt however that Buddhist concepts were taken for face value and science (maybe selectively?) used to prove its points however possible. Still, finding the connections very useable in my Buddhist meditation practice. There are things that are better explained using Western notions for Westerners than the Eastern mythical language, at times.

love the content but not the narration.

if you have no background in aerobiology this may be a difficult text to understand from a pure audio file. it seems as if the narrator is either unfamiliar with the terminology or not sure how to work it into a sentence properly? it may be difficult for people completely new to the subject to follow it from this audio recording.

Collision of Science and Philosophy

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Good book if you are trying to understand how your brain works. The approach of nueroscientist/buddhist is very effective in jumping back and forth between the physical nature of the brain and its interconnections with the spiritual nature of the mind.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Buddha's Brain?

The physical effects of kindness, awareness and love on the brain surprised me.

Did Alan Bomar Jones do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

The narrator did an admirable job with a pretty dry tome.

What did you learn from Buddha's Brain that you would use in your daily life?

That my behaviors have as profound impact on my brain chemistry as they do on those around me.

Any additional comments?

Worth a listen.