Description: Mindfulness in Early Buddhism : New Approaches Through Psychology and Textual Analysis of Pali, Chinese and Sanskrit Sources, Paperback by Kuan, Tse-fu, ISBN 0415501474, ISBN-13 9780415501477, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This book identifies what is meant by sati (smrti), usually translated as 'mindfulness’, in early Buddhism, and examines its soteriological functions and its central role in the early Buddhist practice and philosophy. Using textual analysis and criticism, it takes new approaches to the subject through a comparative study of Buddhist texts in Pali, Chinese and Sanskrit. It also furnishes new perspectives on the ancient teaching by applying the findings in modern psychology. In contemporary Buddhism, the practice of mindfulness is zealously advocated by the Theravada tradition, which is the only early Buddhist school that still exists today. Through detailed analysis of Theravada's Pali Canon and the four Chinese Agamas - which correspond to the four main Nikayas in Pali and belong to some early schools that no longer exist - this book shows that mindfulness is not only limited to the role as a method of insight (vipassana) meditation, as presented by many Theravada advocates, but it also has a key role in serenity (samatha) meditation. It elucidates how mindfulness functions in the path to liberation from a psychological perspective, that is, how it helps to achieve an optimal cognitive capability and emotional state, and thereby enables one to attain the ultimate religious goal. Furthermore, the author argues that the well-known formula of ekaayano maggo, which is often interpreted as 'the only way’, implies that the four (establishments of mindfulness) constitute a comprehensive path to liberation, and refer to the same as kaayagataa sati, which has long been understood as 'mindfulness of the body’ by the tradition. The analysis shows that kaayagataa sati and the four are two different ways of formulating the teaching on mindfulness according to different schemes of classification of phenomena.
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Book Title: Mindfulness in Early Buddhism : New Approaches Through Psychology
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Mindfulness in Early Buddhism : New Approaches Through Psychology and Textual Analysis of Pali, Chinese and Sanskrit Sources
Publisher: Routledge
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Buddhism / History, Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), General, Asia / China
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Author: Tse-Fu Kuan
Subject Area: Religion, History
Item Length: 9.2 in
Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism Ser.
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
