- Buddhist Psychology
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Foreword by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
- Preface
- Editor’s Preface
- 1. Mind in Buddhism
- 2. Main Minds and Mental Factors
- 3. Mental Afflictions
- 4. Dealing with Negative Emotions
- 5. Wholesome Mental Factors
- The Three Fundamental Positive Mental Factors
- The Traditional Eleven Positive Mental Factors
- The Pyramid of the Three Trainings
- Positive Mental Factors in the Second Zone
- The Noble Eightfold Path in the Three Zones
- Compassion and Self-Confidence
- Positive Mental Factors in the Third Zone
- Work Toward Long-term Goals
- 6. Epistemology: Conception and Perception
- Epistemology in Buddhism
- Conception
- Conceptual Thoughts Engage Through Elimination
- Conceptual Thoughts Are Always Mistaken
- Conceptual Thoughts Provide Cognitive Content
- Implicative and Nonimplicative Negation
- How the Mind Generalizes
- Perception
- Aspect
- Comparing Perceptual and Conceptual Minds
- Valid Cognition
- Pramana
- The Etymology of Pramana
- Nondeceptiveness
- Novelty
- Inferential Valid Cognitions
- 7. Moving Toward Knowledge
- Appendix: The Fifty-one Mental Factors
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors
- The Foundation of Buddhist Thought
- Also Available from The Foundation of Buddhist Thought Series
- Copyright
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