Realizing Awakened Consciousness: Interviews with Buddhist Teachers and a New Perspective on the Mind

If, as Buddhism claims, the potential for awakening exists in all human beings, we should be able to map the phenomenon with the same science we apply to other forms of consciousness. A student of cognitive social science and a Zen practitioner for more than forty years, Richard P. Boyle brings his sophisticated perspective to bear on the development of a theoretical model for both ordinary and awakened consciousness. Boyle conducts probing interviews with eleven prominent Western Buddhist teachers (Shinzen Young, John Tarrant, Ken McLeod, Ajahn Amaro, Martine Batchelor, Shaila Catherine, Gil Fronsdal, Stephen Batchelor, Pat Enkyo O'Hara, Bernie Glassman, and Joseph Goldstein) and one scientist (James Austin) who have experienced awakening. From the paths they traveled to enlightenment and their descriptions of the experience, he derives three fundamental properties of awakened consciousness. He then constructs an overarching model that explains how Buddhist practices help free the mind from attachments to reality and the self and make possible the three properties of awakening. Specifically, these teachers describe how they worked to control attention and quiet the mind, detach from ideas and habits, and open themselves to compassion. Boyle's account incorporates current theories of consciousness, sociological insights, and research in neuroscience to advance the study of awakened consciousness and help an even greater number of people to realize it.

Religion & Spirituality

Boyle, Richard

Buddhism

Columbia University Press

Mission Abandoned "is a compelling first-hand account of the rise and fall of the Adela Investment Company, the critically important but long-forgotten enterprise launched in the 1960's by a blue chip group of multinational corporations for the expressed purpose of promoting private sector  development  in Latin America. The entrepreneurial Adela was a pioneer in the truest sense of the word, and the lessons learned from this noble experiment in international development are as relevant today as they were during the company's heyday."   Professor Roger Leeds,  Director, Center for International Business & Public Policy,  School of Advanced International Studies,  Johns Hopkins University.

Mission Abandoned: How Multinational Corporations Abandoned Their First Attempt to Eliminate Poverty. Why They Should Try Again.

Ross,Robert

History

Robert Ross

Briefly traces the life of the Cincinnati-born artist, shows a selection of his landscapes, and assesses his place in American painting

John Twachtman (Famous Artists)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Watson/Guptill

This is the first monograph dedicated to this important contemporary artist, who has a distinguished roster of celebrity collectors including Jamie Lee Curtis, Mary Tyler Moore, Al Pacino, and many others. Bob Kane's work is a beautiful synthesis of Matisse's colorful palette with a decidedly American sensibility. He was deeply influenced by the work of sculptor Chaim Gross, who urged him to enroll at the Art Students League in New York City. There he met expressionist artist George Grosz and American artist and teacher Wil Barnet and developed his gestural abstract style. A chronicle of the artist's distinguished career is written by noted art critic Richard Boyle. Author proceeds will be donated to the Audrey Hepburn Foundation for Children.

The Paintings of Bob Kane: People and Places

Individual Artists

Rizzoli

The flower of the dragon;: The breakdown of the U.S. Army in Vietnam

Ramparts Press

This book was published to go along with an exhibition of Dow's work that showcased the work of a leading figure in the development of American modernism.

Arthur Wesley Dow, 1857-1922: His Art & Hist Influence

Michaels, Barbara

Dow, Arthur W.

Green, Nancy E.

Ira Spanierman Gallery

Moffatt, Frederick C.

Meyer, Marilee Boyd

Berkley, Lauren

Biographies & Memoirs

Spanierman Gallery

The catalogue explores the often uneasy relationship between the art of painting and the art of illustration, featuring American artists who practiced both styles of painting between 1850 and 1950. The catalogue charts the development of both types of art through the eyes of a select group of artists of who engaged in both fine art and illustration.

Double Lives: American Painters as Illustrators, 1850-1950

New Britain Museum of Amer Art

This stunning monograph of the paintings of Robert Kipniss is the culmination of nearly forty years work. His paintings, like his print work, are evocative of intense contemplation and rendered with extraordinary techincal facility. While Kipniss' choices of subject matter varies from landscape to sill life to a micture of structures and natural forms they all share a sense of mystery, grace and quiet solitude. Although linked to representational art, Kipniss' paintings produce formal interactions that often verge on the abstract. His work can be found in major collections in the United states and Europe. Also available: Robert Kipniss: Intaglios ISBN 9781555952402 %37.50

Robert Kipniss: Paintings 1950 - 2005

Bullard, John

Hudson Hills

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