A History Of Mindfulness

Author : Bhikkhu Sujato
Publisher : Bhikkhu Sujato
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781921842092

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A History of Mindfulness by Bhikkhu Sujato Pdf

The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta is the most influential scripture in Buddhist meditation. It is the foundation text for the modern schools of 'vipassanā' or 'insight' meditation. The well-known Pali discourse is, however, only one of many early Buddhist texts that deal with mindfulness. This is the first full-scale study to encompass all extant versions of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, taking into account the dynamic evolution of the Buddhist scriptures and the broader Indian meditative culture. A new vision emerges from this groundbreaking study: mindfulness is not a system of 'dry insight' but is the 'way to convergence' leading the mind to deep states of peace.

Author : Sarah Shaw
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834842281

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Mindfulness by Sarah Shaw Pdf

A quick guide to the history of the world's most popular meditation practice. From the time of the Buddha to the age of meditation apps, this straightforward introduction gives an entire overview of the use of the term "mindfulness" in Buddhist meditative traditions. Drawing upon years of experience through practicing, researching, and teaching the history of mindfulness, Dr. Sarah Shaw offers the first-ever accessible guide to the roots of this ancient meditation technique that continues to benefit millions throughout the world. Although the term is heard everywhere from boardrooms and classrooms to gyms and yoga studios, surprisingly little is known about the origins of mindfulness. This easy-to-read short history will give readers, whether they are seasoned or novice practitioners, a better sense of the most practiced meditation in the world.

Author : J. Mark G. Williams,Jon Kabat-Zinn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317985143

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Mindfulness by J. Mark G. Williams,Jon Kabat-Zinn Pdf

Mindfulness-based approaches to medicine, psychology, neuroscience, healthcare, education, business leadership, and other major societal institutions have become increasingly common. New paradigms are emerging from a confluence of two powerful and potentially synergistic epistemologies: one arising from the wisdom traditions of Asia and the other arising from post-enlightenment empirical science. This book presents the work of internationally renowned experts in the fields of Buddhist scholarship and scientific research, as well as looking at the implementation of mindfulness in healthcare and education settings. Contributors consider the use of mindfulness throughout history and look at the actual meaning of mindfulness whilst identifying the most salient areas for potential synergy and for potential disjunction. Mindfulness: Diverse Perspectives on its Meanings, Origins and Applications provides a place where wisdom teachings, philosophy, history, science and personal meditation practice meet. It was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Buddhism.

Author : Danielle Föllmi,Olivier Föllmi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Conduct of life
ISBN : 0500512078

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Indian Wisdom by Danielle Föllmi,Olivier Föllmi Pdf

This remarkable yearbook presents the wise words of a great master, philosopher or poet for every day of the year, accompanied by Olivier Föllmis beautiful and moving photographs of Indian people and places. The effect is transcendental and transformative, awakening our senses and preparing our souls to receive these simple yet profound teachings. Contemporary specialists on Indian culture have also contributed to Indian Wisdom 365 Days, which draws on such timeless sources as poems by Rabindranath Tagore and Krishnamurti; the longest epic in world literature, the Mahabharata; and the most significant of the Hindu sacred writings, the Vedas. Danielle and Olivier Föllmi have written fifteen books, including Buddhist Himalayas, also published by Thames & Hudson. They are the Dalai Lamas official photographers.

Author : Bhikkhu Sujato,Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : OCLC:80018654

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A history of mindfulness by Bhikkhu Sujato,Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation Pdf

Author : Erin Zerbo, M.D.,Alan Schlechter, M.D.,Seema Desai, M.D.,Petros Levounis, M.D., M.A.
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Mental illness
ISBN : 9781615370757

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Becoming Mindful by Erin Zerbo, M.D.,Alan Schlechter, M.D.,Seema Desai, M.D.,Petros Levounis, M.D., M.A. Pdf

Featuring embedded exercises and guided meditations—as well as an appendix with audio guided meditations and a resource list—Becoming Mindful: Integrating Mindfulness Into Your Psychiatric Practice provides clinicians with readily accessible tools to use in sessions with patients. With chapters that focus on the benefits of mindfulness for both the clinician and the patient, this guide discusses practical aspects and offers solutions for overcoming common obstacles, including restlessness and boredom, sleepiness, and sensory craving. Key takeaways summarize each chapter’s content, making it easy for busy clinicians to quickly reference the information they need to most effectively treat patients, including children and adolescents; patients battling substance addiction; and patients suffering from such disorders as depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. With additional sections on mindful eating, mindfulness and technology, and the growing field of positive psychiatry, Becoming Mindful introduces readers to the full scope of benefits that mindfulness has to offer.

Author : Ronald Purser
Publisher : Repeater
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781912248490

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McMindfulness by Ronald Purser Pdf

Mindfulness is now all the rage. From endorsements by celebrities, to monks, neuroscientists, and meditation coaches rubbing shoulders with CEOs at the World Economic Forum in Davos, it is clear that mindfulness has gone mainstream. Some have called it a revolution. The evangelical promotion of mindfulness as a panacea for all that ails us has begun to give way to a backlash, with questions arising whether its claims for achieving happiness, wellbeing and career success have been over-sold. Expanding on his influential essay Beyond McMindfulness, Ronald Purser debunks the so-called ñmindfulness revolutionî, arguing its proponents have reduced mindfulness to a self-help technique that fits snugly into a consumerist culture complicit with Western materialistic values. In a lively and razor-sharp critique of mindfulness as it has been enthusiastically co-opted by corporations, public schools, and the U.S. military, Purser explains why such programs inevitably fall short of their revolutionary potential. Simply paying attention to the present moment while resting snugly in our private bubbles is no mindfulness revolution. Mindfulness has become the new capitalist spirituality, a disciplined myopia, that mindlessly ignores the need for social and political change.

Author : Felicity Callard,Kimberley Staines,James Wilkes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9783319452647

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The Restless Compendium by Felicity Callard,Kimberley Staines,James Wilkes Pdf

This book is open access under a CC BY license. This interdisciplinary book contains 22 essays and interventions on rest and restlessness, silence and noise, relaxation and work. It draws together approaches from artists, literary scholars, psychologists, activists, historians, geographers and sociologists who challenge assumptions about how rest operates across mind, bodies, and practices. Rest’s presence or absence affects everyone. Nevertheless, defining rest is problematic: both its meaning and what it feels like are affected by many socio-political, economic and cultural factors. The authors open up unexplored corners and experimental pathways into this complex topic, with contributions ranging from investigations of daydreaming and mindwandering, through histories of therapeutic relaxation and laziness, and creative-critical pieces on lullabies and the Sabbath, to experimental methods to measure aircraft noise and track somatic vigilance in urban space. The essays are grouped by scale of enquiry, into mind, body and practice, allowing readers to draw new connections across apparently distinct phenomena. The book will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines in the social sciences, life sciences, arts and humanities.

Author : Miguel Farias,Dr. Catherine Wikholm
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781786782861

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The Buddha Pill by Miguel Farias,Dr. Catherine Wikholm Pdf

Millions of people meditate daily but can meditative practices really make us ‘better’ people? In The Buddha Pill, pioneering psychologists Dr Miguel Farias and Catherine Wikholm put meditation and mindfulness under the microscope. Separating fact from fiction, they reveal what scientific research – including their groundbreaking study on yoga and meditation with prisoners – tells us about the benefits and limitations of these techniques for improving our lives. As well as illuminating the potential, the authors argue that these practices may have unexpected consequences, and that peace and happiness may not always be the end result. Offering a compelling examination of research on transcendental meditation to recent brain-imaging studies on the effects of mindfulness and yoga, and with fascinating contributions from spiritual teachers and therapists, Farias and Wikholm weave together a unique story about the science and the delusions of personal change.

Author : Bhikkhu Sujato
Publisher : Bhikkhu Sujato
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781921842009

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A Swift Pair of Messengers by Bhikkhu Sujato Pdf

Serenity and insight are the two great wings of Buddhist meditation. They each have a special role to play in the path to Awakening. While some modern approaches seek to marginalize serenity in favor of 'dry' insight, the Buddha's own discourses place serenity right at the center of the path. This book collects virtually all the significant passages on this topic that are found in the early discourses, carefully elucidated for the modern reader.

Author : J. Mark G. Williams,Jon Kabat-Zinn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317985136

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Mindfulness by J. Mark G. Williams,Jon Kabat-Zinn Pdf

Mindfulness-based approaches to medicine, psychology, neuroscience, healthcare, education, business leadership, and other major societal institutions have become increasingly common. New paradigms are emerging from a confluence of two powerful and potentially synergistic epistemologies: one arising from the wisdom traditions of Asia and the other arising from post-enlightenment empirical science. This book presents the work of internationally renowned experts in the fields of Buddhist scholarship and scientific research, as well as looking at the implementation of mindfulness in healthcare and education settings. Contributors consider the use of mindfulness throughout history and look at the actual meaning of mindfulness whilst identifying the most salient areas for potential synergy and for potential disjunction. Mindfulness: Diverse Perspectives on its Meanings, Origins and Applications provides a place where wisdom teachings, philosophy, history, science and personal meditation practice meet. It was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Buddhism.

Author : Itai Ivtzan,Tim Lomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317600657

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Mindfulness in Positive Psychology by Itai Ivtzan,Tim Lomas Pdf

Mindfulness in Positive Psychology brings together the latest thinking in these two important disciplines. Positive psychology, the science of wellbeing and strengths, is the fastest growing branch of psychology, offering an optimal home for the research and application of mindfulness. As we contemplate mindfulness in the context of positive psychology, meaningful insights are being revealed in relation to our mental and physical health. The book features chapters from leading figures from mindfulness and positive psychology, offering an exciting combination of topics. Mindfulness is explored in relation to flow, meaning, parenthood, performance, sports, obesity, depression, pregnancy, spirituality, happiness, mortality, and many other ground-breaking topics. This is an invitation to rethink about mindfulness in ways that truly expands our understanding of wellbeing. Mindfulness in Positive Psychology will appeal to a readership of students and practitioners, as well as those interested in mindfulness, positive psychology, or other relevant areas such as education, healthcare, clinical psychology, counselling psychology, occupational psychology, and coaching. The book explores cutting edge theories, research, and practical exercises, which will be relevant to all people interested in this area, and particularly those who wish to enhance their wellbeing via mindfulness.

Author : Eric Harrison
Publisher : The Experiment
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781615192564

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The Foundations of Mindfulness by Eric Harrison Pdf

An Essential Addition to Mindfulness Literature Who among us does not want to discern right from wrong and useful from useless in any situation? Thirty years ago—long before the modern mindfulness movement—Eric Harrison began teaching meditation as a secular, science-based therapy. Paradoxically, he rooted his practice in the Buddha’s original teaching: the Satipatthana Sutta. The 13 steps in the Sutta offer readers the full benefits of mindfulness: attention, good judgment, and tranquility. Now—informed by a lifetime spent teaching tens of thousands to meditate—Harrison offers both a new translation of the Sutta (the first in modern English) and lucid guidance on how to apply it today.

Author : Bhikkhu Anālayo
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781911407584

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Introducing Mindfulness by Bhikkhu Anālayo Pdf

An accessible beginner’s guide to the practice of mindfulness. Buddhist meditator and scholar monk Anālayo examines the various aspects of mindfulness practice and its many benefits. He also explores the history of mindfulness in the Buddhist tradition. At the end of every chapter he offers practical exercises to help develop mindfulness.

Author : Jeff Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199383573

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Mindful America by Jeff Wilson Pdf

Thirty years ago, "mindfulness" was a Buddhist principle mostly obscure to the west. Today, it is a popular cure-all for Americans' daily problems. A massive and lucrative industry promotes mindfulness in every aspect of life, however mundane or unlikely: Americans of various faiths (or none at all) practice mindful eating, mindful sex, mindful parenting, mindfulness in the office, mindful sports, mindfulness-based stress relief and addiction recovery, and hire mindful divorce lawyers. Mindfulness is touted by members of Congress, CEOs, and Silicon Valley tech gurus, and is even being taught in public schools, hospitals, and the military. Focusing on such processes as the marketing, medicalization, and professionalization of meditation, Jeff Wilson reveals how Buddhism shed its countercultural image and was assimilated into mainstream American culture. The rise of mindfulness in America, Wilson argues, is a perfect example of how Buddhism enters new cultures and is domesticated: in each case, the new cultures take from Buddhism what they believe will relieve their specific distresses and concerns, and in the process create new forms of Buddhism adapted to their needs. Wilson also tackles the economics of the mindfulness movement, examining commercial programs, therapeutic services, and products such as books, films, CDs, and even smartphone applications. Mindful America is the first in-depth study of this phenomenon--invaluable for understanding how mindfulness came to be applied to such a vast array of non-religious concerns and how it can be reconciled with traditional Buddhism in America.