This book combines the knowledge of Buddhism, Christianity and modern science, but is devoted not to a comparison of their most interesting ideas, but to a consistent contemplative insight into the deep nature of reality. The first chapters examine the origins of meditation and scientific research into the benefits it brings. In the second part, the chapters come in pairs - one on a specific meditation practice, the other on related theory. The book's author, Dr. B. Alan Wallace, is a lecturer, scholar, and one of the most renowned Western authors and translators working in the field of Tibetan Buddhism. He tirelessly seeks innovative ways to combine the contemplative practices of Buddhism with Western science in order to promote in-depth study of the mind. The book was translated into Russian by a Russian-born Buddhist monk, the Venerable Lobsang Tenpa. He is known as a mindfulness instructor, as well as co-founder, lecturer and coordinator of the Foundation for Contemplative Research and the Russian community of Friends of Shravasti Abbey.