ksotala's review
3.0
Decently written, but felt like it was generally either arguing against views which I didn't hold (e.g. that one can easily derive a purely psychological interpretation of Buddhism from the original suttas, that it can be reconstrued as a form of "first-person science" with no religious elements, or that it is exceptionally scientific when compared to other religions), or arguing pretty theoretical-seeming considerations without making clear what their practical relevance was (e.g. that attention and mindfulness are not only in the brain), so I didn't get much out of it. I did appreciate the way that it hammered on the point that the claim of meditation revealing objective truths about the brain is doubtful, as there is a definite process of actively reshaping the mind as well.
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