Mindfulness
Subtitle: diverse perspectives on its meaning, origins and applications
By: edited by J. Mark G. Williams, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London, England; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780415630962; 9780415636476
Subjects: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy; Buddhism; Meditation
Other titles: Contemporary Buddhism.
Description: This book presents the work of internationally renowned experts in the fields of Buddhist scholarship and scientific research, as well as looking at the implementations 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.
Notes: "The chapters in this book were originally published in Contemporary Buddhism : an interdisciplinary journal, volume 12, issue 1 (May 2011)"--Page vii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mindfulness : diverse perspectives on its meaning, origins, and multiple applications at the intersection of science and dharma  -- J. Mark G. Williams and Jon Kabat-Zinn; title: What does mindfulness really mean? a canonical perspective  -- Bhikkhu Bodhi; title: Is mindfulness present-centred and non-judgmental? a discussion of the cognitive dimensions of mindfulness  -- Georges Dreyfus; title: The construction of mindfulness  -- Andrew Olendzki; title: Toward an understanding of non-dual mindfulness  -- John Dunne; title: How does mindfulness transform suffering? I : the nature and origins of Dukkha  -- John D. Teasdale and Michael Chaskalson (Kulananda); title: How does mindfulness transform suffering? II : the transformation of Dukkha  -- John D. Teasdale and Michael Chaskalson (Kulananda); title: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy : culture clash or creative fusion?  -- Melanie Fennell and Zindel Segal; title: Compassion in the landscape of suffering  -- Christina Feldman and Willem Kuyken; title: Meditation and mindfulness  -- Martine Batchelor; title: The Buddhist roots of mindfulness training : a practitioners view  -- Edel Maex; title: Mindfulness and loving-kindness  -- Sharon Salzberg; title: Mindfulness in higher education  -- Mirabai Bush; title: 'Enjoy your death' : leadership lessons forged in the crucible of organizational death and rebirth infused with mindfulness and mastery  -- Saki F. Santorelli; title: Mindfulness, by any other name ... : trials and tribulations of sati in western psychology and science  -- Paul Grossman and Nicholas T. Van Dam; title: Measuring mindfulness  -- Ruth A. Baer; title: On some definitions of mindfulness  -- Rupert Gethin; title: Some reflections on the origins of MBSR, skillful means, and the trouble with maps -- Jon Kabat-Zinn.