Title: What does mindfulness really mean? A canonical perspective
Author: Bhikkhu Bodhi
Year: 2011
Summary: The mindfulness movement is inextricably linked with Buddhism, both Buddhist teachings and meditation practice. It is then of particular interest when Buddhist scholars of the Pali Cannon, such as Bhikkhu Bodhi question one of the most widely used definitions of mindfulness; ‘bare attention’. This is not simply a philological debate regarding the development and use of the term mindfulness but also a discussion of the fundamental understanding of the human behaviour of meditation. There is also the question of the appropriation and ‘translation’ of the term mindfulness into secular contexts and the implications for both Buddhism and the secular meditation schools.
Perspective: Religious studies
Link: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14639947.2011.564813?src=recsys
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