Siddhartha’s Brain: Unlocking the Ancient Science of Enlightenment Audiobook (Free)

A groundbreaking exploration of the “research of enlightenment,” told through the lens of the journey of Siddhartha (better known as Buddha), by Guardian research editor Wayne Kingsland.

Inside a lush grove within the banks from the Neranjara in northern India-400 years before the birth of Christ, when the foundations of western science and school of thought were being laid by the great minds of Ancient Greece-a prince turned ascetic wanderer sat beneath a fig tree. His name was Siddhartha Gautama, and he was about Siddhartha’s Brain: Unlocking the Old Research of Enlightenment discovering the astonishing capabilities of the mind and the secrets of mental health and fitness and religious “enlightenment,” the foundation of Buddhism.

Framed from the historical journey and teachings of the Buddha, Siddhartha’s Human brain displays how meditative and Buddhist practice anticipated the findings of contemporary neuroscience. Moving from the evolutionary history of the mind towards the disorders and neuroses connected with our technology-driven world, James Kingsland explains why the historic practice of mindfulness has been so beneficial therefore important for humans across time. Far from a New Age group fad, the principles of meditation have deep scientific support and have been proven to work in combating many contemporary psychiatric disorders. Siddhartha posited that “Our lifestyle is designed by our mind; we become what we think.” Even as we are progressively powered to distraction by competing demands, our capability to focus and control our thoughts has never been more challenged-or more vital.

Siddhartha’s Brain gives a cutting-edge, big-picture assessment of deep breathing and mindfulness: how it operates, what it does to our brains, and why meditative practice hasn’t been more important.