Remembering the present : mindfulness in Buddhist Asia / J.L. Cassaniti.
- 作者： Cassaniti, Julia author.
- 出版： Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press c2018.
- 主題： Buddhism , Customs and practices. , Mindfulness (Psychology) , Meditation , Theravāda Buddhism. , Buddhism--Customs and practices.--Thailand--Chiang Mai , Buddhism--Customs and practices.--Sri Lanka--Kandy , Buddhism--Customs and practices.--Burma--Mandalay , Mindfulness (Psychology)--Thailand--Chiang Mai. , Mindfulness (Psychology)--Sri Lanka--Kandy. , Mindfulness (Psychology)--Burma--Mandalay. , Meditation--Theravāda Buddhism.
- ISBN： 9781501707995 (hardcover): NT$2579 、 150170799X (hardcover) 、 9781501709173 (paperback) 、 1501709178 (paperback)
- 書目註：Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-284) and index.
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- 系統號： 000862000 | 機讀編目格式
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摘要註
"Explores the Buddhist concept of mindfulness and how it varies in the Buddhist cultures of three Southeast Asia cities in three countries: Chiang Mai, Thailand; Kandy, Sri Lanka; and Mandalay, Burma. The research is from the author's in-depth participant observation and fieldwork and includes the experiences of over 600 monks, psychiatrists, students, and villagers in monasteries, hospitals, and homes in these areas"-- "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 means to "remember the present" in a region strongly influenced by Buddhist thought. Focusing on Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar, Remembering the Present examines the meanings, practices, and purposes of mindfulness. Using the experiences of people in Buddhist monasteries, hospitals, markets, and homes in the region, Cassaniti shows how an attention to memory informs how people live today and how mindfulness is intimately tied to local constructions of time, affect, power, emotion, and selfhood. By looking at how these people incorporate Theravada Buddhism into their daily lives, Cassaniti provides a signal contribution to the psychological anthropology of religious experience. Remembering the Present heeds the call made by researchers in the psychological sciences and the Buddhist side of mindfulness studies for better understandings of what mindfulness is and can be. Cassaniti addresses fundamental questions about selfhood, identity, and how a deeper appreciation of the many contexts and complexities intrinsic in sati (mindfulness in the Pali language) can help people lead richer, fuller, and healthier lives. Remembering the Present shows how mindfulness needs to be understood within the cultural and historical influences from which it has emerged." -- Publisher's description
內容註
Introduction : entering a landscape of mindfulness -- Part I. Thailand. Monks' mindfulness -- The feeling of mindfulness in meditation -- Power and the ghosts of sanity in lay Thai life -- Part II. Myanmar (Burma) and Sri Lanka. Burma : a fine mist, or a cave in the woods -- Sri Lanka : moral focus and a stalking cat -- Conclusion : Asia and the United States.