Buddhism and Modern Psychology

Robert Wright is a wonderful teacher that explains in a very simple and easy to understand way some difficult concepts from Buddhism and modern psychology.

Maybe it came up at the right moment when my interest for both Buddhism and Modern Psychology grew but it is nevertheless an excellent course with an excellent professor.

The course of Buddhism and Modern Psychology has given me insight to the Buddhism Noble truths of human suffering, craving for pleasure that in turn is on Excellent Wonderfully constructed, engaging course.

It´s a really good course because it merges the important matter between buddhism and modern psychology.

this is good course if you want to learn about buddhism techings scientifically.Good knowledge to acquire It was an incredible journey through two of my greatest passions, buddhism and modern psychology.

Buddhism and Modern Psychology for Buddhism This is an excellent course.

Great course - a starting point for exploring both Buddhism and Modern Psychology!

Dr Wright's teaching are also great for us the learn the basic knowledge about both Buddhism and modern psychology, though the topic itself are very difficult because Buddhism is far more profound than we can expect and modern psychology are still very young.

The professor, Robert Wright, is well spoken and clearly explains the connection between Buddhism and modern psychology.

With captivating video lectures backed with interviews with world-class experts on subject matters, this course is a must for those interested in the intersection of Buddhism and modern psychology.

Professor really presents the right breadth and depth required whether you are new to Buddhism, experienced Buddhist practitioner or someone who just want to know the Buddhism and its correspondence with Modern psychology (or someone who just want to analyse and review validity either/or/both Buddhism and Modern psychology for themselves).

I also find Prof. Wright's examples amusing, as he connects Buddhism and modern psychology to the mundane things in life, like donuts.

I highly recommend the course.

I highly recommend it!

I highly recommend it to everyone interested in these topics.

Highly recommend!

Highly recommend taking this course.

Congratulation to Robert Wright for his kind and human approach and for helping us to become better people through I highly recommend this very insightfcourse It was a brilliant course.

Personally it was a huge help because of the situation I was in when I enrolled in the course and I think having a different view of the world and ourselves is incredibly useful and positive, This course helps attain just that so I highly recommend it for someone who wants to test a little their ideas and perceptions of the world and themselves because its not just a theoretically course because it has science and experiments that help support ideas.

Highly recommendable!

Wonderful course, great teacher, if your interested in the naturalistic world view of Buddhism I would highly recommend this course.

Would HIGHLY recommend this to anyone, not only if they are interested in learning about Buddhism, but want to learn about life.

I highly recommend the additional reading materials.

I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in psychology or buddhism.

Watch the office hours videos!

I especially enjoyed the office hours segments and seeing Frazier and Milo.

Don't miss the office hours as they are the most fun.

"Office Hours" were a great pleasure.

Special thanks to Milo and Frasier for bringing a touch of humor in the delightful office hours^^.

This is a wonderful course, both in terms of well-organized content, office hours and reference materials and in terms of insights it provides into a Buddhist way of life.

I also enjoyed the "office hours", where the lecturer was more free to express his opinions in an informal way.

I appreciate the time he put in this course and in the office hours answering students questions.

This is helped by the weekly office hours, were Wright reflects on the past week and brings up points brought up by students.

Excellent class, well organized, enjoyed the lectures and office hours and resource reading/video recommendations.

Informative (interesting lectures and readings), fun (informal office hours videos w/the Professor and his dogs) and applicable to everyday life (learning about meditation benefits).

The office hours at the end of each week's lecture were also very entertaining and insightful.

Highly recommended for everyone, psychologist or not.

Highly recommended!

I think the professor was excellent and explained certain concepts in a very simple and understandable manner :) highly highly recommended!

Very enjoyable and highly recommended.

Highly Recommended, very solid and interesting, surprisingly fun too.

Highly recommended for everyone!

Very highly recommended!

Highly, highly recommended to people suffering from a psychiatric illness and/or PTSD.

I really enjoyed this course Very useful introduction to the topic!

Really enjoyed this course!

I really, really enjoyed this course.

I really enjoyed this course which was novel to combine some of the essential Buddhist teaching with what modern psychology could support and interpret.

Really enjoyed this course.

I really enjoyed this course!

I really enjoyed this course, with the detail on how evolutionary psychology supports Buddhist ideas.

I really enjoyed this course and it contributed to my understanding of the strengths of buddhism and motivation to continue on this path.

This is very well structured course interesting and easy to follow.

It was a clear and easy to follow course overall.

The lectures were almost always very easy to follow and Dr. Wright explained all concepts in a very clear and interesting way.

A very important subject that every person should learn sometime in his life Easy to follow , real life examples Completely amazing!

He presents complex matter but has the ability to break it down and to explain it in a way that makes it easy to follow.

Easy to follow without any background.

Easy to follow format and easy to work in to a busy schedule.

Excellent course, easy to follow, very interesting.

Easy to follow, great examples, amazing activities...I am so happy I decided to take this one!

Very well structured, interesting examples en easy to follow.

So I would say the course gave me an entirely new perspective on life, which is why I appreciate it An excellent, well thought out and easy to follow course.

thought provoking and scientific at the same time This is a very good and mind opening course.If you want to work on yourself and don't know where to start this is the place.Mr.

Questions for the essays were thought provoking and helped consolidate provided course material.

Thought provoking and challenging, whilst also entertaining.

It was thought provoking.

The subject matter was very thought provoking or perhaps it better said that it was thought managing.

Thought provoking.

very thought provoking, a very useful course on mindfulness and expanding your views The course is fascinating.

Very thought provoking and inspiring.

I highly recommend this thought provoking course.

Excellent thought provoking course, with an amiable and watchable presenter.

Robert Wright's lectures offer thought provoking ideas and combine them with vivid, everyday examples to aid understanding of each concept on the deepest levels.

Superbly led and thought provoking, much appreciated.

Professor Wright made sure that we get examples not only from modern science and experiments, but also from experienced Buddhist practitioners who shared their personal point of view on the subject.

It offered me a new angle, a new point of view on the subject.

Analyses Buddhism basics from scientific point of view (mostly from the Theory of Evolution).

a different point of view of modern and ancient... excellent I find the subject and the material fascinating.

From that point of view, I think this class is a perfect argument why Psychology should be treated as a science rather than an art in society, with its roots founded in the existence of humanity, and the evolution of humankind.

Brilliant and full of hope for humankind !The teaching is great because it is easily understandable on a cognitive point of view, the reamaining inner path is up to you !

You are helping me to see clearer Prof. Wright & Team by being aware of my biases.Thank you for that :-) Excellent course for those who try to understand eastern philosophy from rational point of view.

The course offers a wonderful opportunity for western students to get closer to the world of Buddhist philosophy, from a point of view that is compatible with western thought, science, and philosophy.

Great intro to Buddhism from secular point of view.

Great underplayed sense of humor in the service of a synthesis of topics I'm very interested in.

I also enjoyed Mr Wright's sense of humor and his anecdotes about the dogs - Milo and Frazier.

Prof Wright is a great teacher, and I love his elegant, understated sense of humor.

Dr Wright is a pleasure to listen to; he is enthusiastic about the topic and has a fantastic sense of humor.

The teaching is very good with good pacing and clear presentation of the material (I also liked Prof. Wright's somewhat dry sense of humor, personally).The load is a bit demanding for a working person if you insist on doing all the extra reading and viewing the extra material (which I did anyway, because it was interesting and I am stubborn :) ) but it's only 6 weeks so you can pull through it, or just stay with the core.I got out of this course with many interesting ideas to think about, and with 2 books I from which I read some chapters that I would very much like to go on and read completely.

I learned a lot and loved the dogggies and the professor's sense of humor!

This is one of the rare courses that is fundementally academic & philisophical et touches the soul I wanted to work through this course for interest as I have been following Buddhist philosophy for approx 10 years during which I attended the local Buddhist Centre for lessons given by a Tibetan monk, Rinpoche Tupten, for three years (3 times a week).I also had purchased and read "Why Buddhism is True" written by Robert Wright.

The course is developed by Robert Wright who published the book "Why Buddhism is True."

Would do again :) In this excellent course Robert Wright shares his research that went into his latest book "Why Buddhism is True."

Very interesting course, really made me look at "things" differently.

I look at the Buddha more as a scientist than a philosopher and hence it is very interesting for me to know similarities between Buddhist thought and psychology.

It gives me a interesting way to look at life.

Exceptionally well-done course Although I do not have time to finish my assignments, I'd like to say: Your series of lectures have changed the way I look at life.

His personality is fun, thoughtful, open, and kind (... and he's not bad to look at either), and his knowledge regarding Buddhism and Psychology is great.

Dr. Wright is an insightful lecturer and provides a look at both Buddhism and modern psychology in a straight forward way clearing both subjects of unnecessary cultural clutter and jargon.

Truly a delightful, thought-provoking look at the human mind.

It will change you how you look at yourself and the world.

I am loving this course and it is giving me tons of new insight into life and the world!

I got deeper insight into Buddhism and learned a lot about myself, too.

Dr Wright combines expertise in evolutionary psychology with passion for philosophy and meditation to provide keen insight into theory and practice of "Western Buddhism."

It was exactly what I was looking for: a concise, enjoyable and informative insight into the psychological aspects of Buddhism.

This course provides insight into the workings of the mind.

This course has provided me with a very valuable insight into my own mind, as well as basics of Buddhism, and its cross with modern science.