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  • Buddhism and Healing in the Modern World

    by C. Pierce Salguero, Dr. Kin Cheung, Dr. Susannah Deane, Melissa Anne-Marie Curley, Alexander McKinley, Matthew W. King, Amy Paris Langenberg, Ira Helderman0 ...
    This rich collection focuses on the nexus between Buddhism and healing in the modern and contemporary world, highlighting the many ways Buddhists have adapted in response to and in dialogue with modern science, biomedicine, and other facets of modernity from the nineteenth century to today.Buddhist healing activities are much more diverse than the narrow range of mindfulness techniques that have ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Prescribing the Dharma

    Psychotherapists, Buddhist Traditions, and Defining Religion

    by Ira Helderman ...
    Interest in the psychotherapeutic capacity of Buddhist teachings and practices is widely evident in the popular imagination. News media routinely report on the neuropsychological study of Buddhist meditation and applications of mindfulness practices in settings including corporate offices, the U.S. military, and university health centers. However, as Ira Helderman shows, curious investigators have ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

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  • Secularizing Buddhism

    New Perspectives on a Dynamic Tradition

    by Sarah Shaw, Bhikku Bodhi, Kate Crosby, Roger L. Jackson ...
    A timely essay collection on the development and influence of secular expressions of Buddhism in the West and beyond.How do secular values impact Buddhism in the modern world? What versions of Buddhism are being transmitted to the West? Is it possible to know whether an interpretation of the Buddha’s words is correct?In this new essay collection, opposing ideas that often define Buddhist ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Inward

    Vipassana Meditation & the Embodiment of the Self

    by Michal Pagis ...
    Series series Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries
    Western society has never been more interested in interiority. Indeed, it seems more and more people are deliberately looking inward—toward the mind, the body, or both. Michal Pagis's Inward focuses on one increasingly popular channel for the introverted gaze: vipassana meditation, which has spread from Burma to more than forty countries and counting. Lacing her account with vivid anecdotes and ... Read more

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  • Psychotherapy and Religion in Japan

    The Japanese Introspection Practice of Naikan

    by Chikako Ozawa-de Silva ...
    Series series Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
    Naikan is a Japanese psychotherapeutic method which combines meditation-like body engagement with the recovery of memory and the reconstruction of one's autobiography in order to bring about healing and a changed notion of the self.Based on original anthropological fieldwork, this fascinating book provides a detailed ethnography of Naikan in practice. In addition, it discusses key issues such as ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Meditation

    by Miguel Farias, David Brazier, Mansur Lalljee ...
    Series series Oxford Library of Psychology
    Meditation techniques, including mindfulness, have become popular wellbeing practices and the scientific study of their effects has recently turned 50 years old. But how much do we know about them: what were they developed for and by whom? How similar or different are they, how effective can they be in changing our minds and biology, what are their social and ethical implications? The Oxford ... Read more

    $157.49 USD

  • Meditation, Buddhism, and Science

    Edited by David McMahan, Erik Braun ...
    The scientific study of Buddhist forms of meditation has surged in recent years, capturing the popular imagination and reshaping conceptions of what meditation is and what it can do. For perhaps the first time in history, meditation has shifted from Buddhist monasteries and practice centers to some of the most prominent and powerful modern institutions in the world, as well as non-institutional ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Introducing Contemplative Studies

    by Louis Komjathy ...
    The first book-length introduction to an exciting new interdisciplinary field—written by an internationally recognized leader of the Contemplative Studies movementThis is the first book-length introduction to a growing and influential interdisciplinary field focused on contemplative practice, contemplative experience, and contemplative pedagogy. Written by an internationally recognized leader in ... Read more

    $36.00 USD

  • Religion and Psychotherapy in Modern Japan

    Edited by Christopher Harding, Iwata Fumiaki, Yoshinaga Shin’ichi ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
    Since the late nineteenth century, religious ideas and practices in Japan have become increasingly intertwined with those associated with mental health and healing. This relationship developed against the backdrop of a far broader, and deeply consequential meeting: between Japan’s long-standing, Chinese-influenced intellectual and institutional forms, and the politics, science, philosophy, and ... Read more

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  • Why I Am Not a Buddhist

    by Evan Thompson ...
    A provocative essay challenging the idea of Buddhist exceptionalism, from one of the world's most widely respected philosophers and writers on Buddhism and scienceBuddhism has become a uniquely favored religion in our modern age. A burgeoning number of books extol the scientifically proven benefits of meditation and mindfulness for everything ranging from business to romance. There are conferences ... Read more

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  • The Definition, Practice, and Psychology of Vedanā

    Knowing How It Feels

    Edited by John Peacock, Martine Batchelor ...
    This book examines the importance of the topic of *‘*feeling tone’ (vedanā) as it appears in early Buddhist texts and practice, and also within contemporary, secular, mindfulness-based interventions.The volume aims to highlight the crucial nature of the ‘feeling tone’ or ‘taste of experience’ in determining mental reactivity, behaviour, character, and ethics. In the history of Buddhism, and in its ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Evolving Dharma

    Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment

    by Jay Michaelson ...
    A no-nonsense guide to the evolution of meditation, mindfulness, and enlightenment in modern-day society—from their religious origins in the East to their more secular incarnations in the WestEvolving Dharma is the definitive guide to the meditation revolution. Fearless, unorthodox, and irreverent scholar and activist Jay Michaelson shows how meditation and mindfulness have moved from ashrams and ... Read more

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