This is a book written with passion and seriousness.' Psychoanalytic BooksThe MIT Press'In this monumental work, the author marshals the evidence fromneuroscience to help clarify which brain mechanisms underlie the subjectivestates of Zen, and employs Zen to 'illuminate' how the brain 'works' invarious states of consciousness. By 'monumental' I refer not merely to thesize but to the breadth and depth of coverage of the book.' George Adelman , Editor of The Encyclopedia of NeuroscienceThe MIT Press'... remarkable in its synthesis of the mystical point of view withthe scientific.' Bodhi Tree Book ReviewThe MIT Press