“the new science of health and happiness”: investigating buddhist engagements with the scientific study of meditation

Clinical and neuroscientific studies of Buddhist meditation practices are frequent topics in the news media, and have helped certain practices (such as mindfulness) achieve mainstream cultural status. Buddhists have reacted by using these studies in a number of ways. Some deploy the studies to show...

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Subtitles:HINDUISM, BUDDHISM, AND SCIENCE
Main Author: Wilson, Jeff 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
In: Zygon
Year: 2018, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-66
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Buddhism / Meditation / Scientific observation / Mindfulness-based stress reduction
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
Further subjects:B Cognitive Science
B Scientism
B Buddhism
B Meditation
B Psychology
B Mindfulness
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