Sunday, December 9, 2012

Consciousness.



BhikkhuSamahita has uploaded BBC Documentary on Consciousness.



BBC Documentary on Consciousness

Where sits the Consciousness? What is Consciousness?
Recently it was found out that both hemispheres can be missing yet the children (though severely impaired) are still Conscious! Laughing without a Brain: "Got a Towel?" Case studies suggest that some forms of consciousness may not require an intact cerebrum
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=self-awareness-with-a-simple-brain

On the early Buddhist definition of Consciousness (vinnana):
http://what-buddha-said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/u_v/vinnaana.htm
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/IV/What_is_Consciousness.htm
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/III/The_Selfless_Camera.htm
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/V/Momentary_Consciousness.htm
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/V/Consciousness.htm

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