James H. Austin, 1998
ABOUT
THIS BOOK
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AUTHOR
INTERVIEW
EXCERPT
FROM
ZEN AND THE BRAIN
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James H. Austin, M.D., is Professor Emeritus of Neurology at
the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Dr.
Austin is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and had his
neurology training at Harvard and Columbia. He is the author
of Chase, Chance, and Creativity and the author or
co-author of more than 130 publications in the fields of
neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, and clinical
neurology.
He and his wife live on the side of a small mountain in Idaho, a setting they share with local moose and deer. They meditate with members of a local Zen group, and are stimulated in their active "retirement" by Red, a golden retriever, whom they acknowledge as an exemplar of the basic orignial Buddha nature. Dr. Austin also gives a series of lectures and teaches a course on Zen and the Brain at the two major universities nearby.
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