Remembering the Present - Mindfulness in Buddhist Asia

What is mindfulness, and how does it vary as a concept across different cultures? How does mindfulness find expression in practice in the Buddhist cultures of Southeast Asia? What role does mindfulness play in everyday life? J. L. Cassaniti answers these fundamental questions and more through an engaged ethnographic investigation of what it...

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What is mindfulness, and how does it vary as a concept across different cultures? How does mindfulness find expression in practice in the Buddhist cultures of Southeast Asia? What role does mindfulness play in everyday life? J. L. Cassaniti answers these fundamental questions and more through an engaged ethnographic investigation of what it...

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• Authors: J. L. Cassaniti, Julia Cassaniti, Julia (Washington State University) Cassaniti, Julia L. Cassaniti, Julia L. (Washington State University) Cassaniti
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781501707995
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-0799-5
• No. of pages: 318
• Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs; Cornell Studies in Security Af; Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous