Consciousness at the Crossroads: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Brain Science and Buddhism, by Zara Houshmand, Robert B. Livingston and B. Allan Wallace

Opening Remarks

Toward a natural science of the mind

A buddhist respone

The Spectrum of Consciousness

Mapping brain functions

Subliminal awareness and memories from previous lives

Brain control of sleeping and dreaming States

Manitestations of subtle consciousness

What constitutes scientif evidence?

Psychiatric illnesses and psychopharmocology

The limits of intervention

a buddhist deconstruction of the mind's self

in conclusion: Building bridges

Afterword