Mindfulness or Sati?: An Anthropological Comparison of an Increasingly Global Concept

This article offers a comparison of some of the meanings of mindfulness in secular US settings and Theravāda Buddhist communities of South and Southeast Asia. Based on ethnographic data gathered from over 700 psychiatrists, Buddhist monks, lay practitioners, and others in Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lank...

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Main Author: Cassaniti, Julia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2021
In: Journal of global buddhism
Year: 2021, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 105-120
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Buddhism / Settlement / Thailand / Myanmar / Sri Lanka / Watchfulness / Internationalization
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B Myanmar
B potency
B Meditation
B Sati
B Sri Lanka
B Self
B Thailand
B Mindfulness
B Affect
B South Asia
B Ethics
B Southeast Asia
B Morality
B Theravāda
B Supernatural
B Temporality
B Power
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Rights Information:CC BY-NC 4.0