Of additional interest is the fact that Wright is also a psychologist.In the “Note to Readers,” he concisely separates several areas of inquiry into five neat packages. I find much of Robert Wright’s survey in Why Buddhism is True stimulating and endlessly fascinating. My interest in Buddhism dates back a couple of decades before my graduate studies, which included a wide-ranging look at Buddhist imagery in James Joyce. Written with the wit, clarity, and grace for which Wright is famous, Why Buddhism Is True lays the foundation for a spiritual life in a secular age and shows how, in a time of technological distraction and social division, we can save ourselves from ourselves, both as individuals and as a species. The result is a story that is “provocative, informative and.deeply rewarding” ( The New York Times Book Review), and as entertaining as it is illuminating. This book is the culmination of a personal journey that began with Wright’s landmark book on evolutionary psychology, The Moral Animal, and deepened as he immersed himself in meditative practice and conversed with some of the world’s most skilled meditators.
He also shows why this transformation works, drawing on the latest in neuroscience and psychology, and armed with an acute understanding of human evolution.
In this “sublime” ( The New Yorker), pathbreaking book, Robert Wright shows how taking this promise seriously can change your life-how it can loosen the grip of anxiety, regret, and hatred, and how it can deepen your appreciation of beauty and of other people. At the heart of Buddhist meditative practice is a radical promise: We can learn to see the world, including ourselves, more clearly and so gain a deep and morally valid happiness. From one of America’s most brilliant writers, a New York Times bestselling journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.Īt the heart of Buddhism is a simple claim: The reason we suffer-and the reason we make other people suffer-is that we don’t see the world clearly.
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