This course critically explores and examines the psychology of Buddhist religious experiences across a wide range of scientific disciplines. We focus particular attention on the issue of human consciousness and new research in psychology and neuroscience on Buddhist meditation, mystical experience, and psychedelics. Students will also read seminal Buddhist writings from ancient India and Tibet, as well as more contemporary Buddhist voices from both Asian and non-Asian sources. (Recommended for students with at least one LREL or LPSY course.)