Eastern Methods for Investigating Mind and Consciousness

The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 697-710

  Shear, Jonathan ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications; Awareness; Meditation; Pure consciousness; Scientific investigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349109383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470751466.ch55     Document Type: Chapter

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