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Best Public University in US.University of California, Berkeley, Online CourseBuddhist Psychology by Professor RoschFall 2005http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_details.php?seriesid=1906978248Description from UC Berkeley site: Based on tradition of direct observation of working of ordinary mind in everyday life situations. Provides contrasting perspective to present theories of cognition, perception, motivation, emotion, social interaction, and neurosis.Topics of Lectures includes:Life of the BuddhaMind in the World: Nature, People and the NamelessMeditationThe Four Foundations of MindfullnessWhat Mindfullness DiscoversThe Six RealmsThe Realms: SamsaraKarmaThe Benefits of Meditation for Mental and Physical Health: An Overview of Western Scientific ResearchThe Four Noble TruthsReview, NirvanaThe Sutra of the Heart of Trancendent KnowledgeShunyata: Depth and VastnessShunyata and Western NihilismCompassion: The Flower Blooms in the SkyCompassion: The Bee Can Suck NectarEssence; Natural State; Primordial State, We’ve Never Left ItMandala: World as WisdomAspects of BuddhismOther Oriented Emotions: Empathy, Sympathy and CompassionBuddhist Concepts in ActionMagic in Ordinary LifeInstead of Therapy (Emotions, Stress, Neurosis)Social Action, Society