Spacious Awareness in Mahāyāna Buddhism and Its Role in the Modern Mindfulness Movement
This paper investigates a particular understanding of "awareness" in Mahāyāna Buddhism and its relevance for secular mindfulness. We will focus on the Zen and Mahāmudrā traditions which share a view of awareness as an innate wakefulness, described using metaphors of space, light and clarit...
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Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2017]
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Contemporary buddhism
Year: 2017, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 455-480 |
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