- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Buddhist Philosophy and Meditation Practice
- 1. Jason Siff: Language and Meditation3
- 2. Jongmyung Kim: Thought and Praxis in Contemporary Korean Buddhism:
A Critical Examination14 - 3. Ven. Jinwol Lee: Ganhwaseon (笂贬茈) in Korea:
From a Seon Practitioner’s Perspective28 - 4. Prof. Robert E. Buswell, Jr: The Transformation of Doubt (Ǔijǒng 蝀袘)
in Kanhwa Sǒn 笂贬茈: The Testimony of Gaofeng
Yuanmiao 簙膯蚖肅 (1238-1295)34 - 5. Tadeusz Skorupski: Consciousness and Luminosity in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism43
- 6. James Blumenthal: Śamatha and its Relation to the Mundane and
Supra-mundane Paths According to Geluk Traditions of Tibetan Buddhism65
7. Kyaw, Pyi. Phyo: The Pa��h�na (Conditional Relations) and 72 Buddhist Meditation Application of the Teachings in the Pa��h�na in Insight (Vipassan�) Meditation Practice 8. Lei Xiaoli (Ph.D Candidate): A Study on the Development of Meditation in 88 Theravada Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism 9. Kanae Kawamoto: Pragmatic Bene� ts and Concentration through 98 n�p�nasati Meditation 10. Dr. H. M. Mahinda Herath: Theravada Philosophical Exposition of 104 the Supramundane (Lokuttara) State 11. Thomas A C Weiser: Three Practices of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness: 111 An Investigation in Comparative Soteriology 12. Professor Angraj Chaudhary: The Philosophy of Suffering and 128 the Practice of Vipassana 01 Meditation Panel Preface.indd 4 25/5/2555 20:29:41 (5) 13. Joel Walmsley & Ira Greenberg: Mind, Death and Supervenience :
Towards a Comparative Dialogue 14. Jeff Waistell: Mindfulness Meditation and Praxis 149 15. Charles Pyle: A Strategic Perspective on Buddhist Meditation 158 16. Jim Rheingans: Communicating the Innate: Observations on 177 Teacher-Student Interaction in the Tibetan Mah�mudr� Instructions 17. Sumi Lee: Searching for a Possibility of Buddhist Hermeneutics: 202 Two Exegetic Strategies in Buddhist Tradition 18. Khristos Nizamis: The Mind’s ‘I’ in Meditation : Early P� i Buddhadhamma 212 and Transcendental Phenomenology in Mutual Re ection 19. Apisin Sivayathorn & Apichai Puntasen: Is It True That Buddhism is 239 Mind-Based Science? 20. Karin Meyers: The Pleasant Way: The Dhy�na-s, Insight and the Path 259 according to the Abhidharmako�a 21. Thanaphon Cheungsirakulvit: Buddhad�sa’s Poetry : the Object of 278 Contemplation on Emptiness 22. Prof. Yasanjali Devika Jayatilleke: An Anthropological Study on the Rituals 314 Pertaining to Life Crises Events among Sri Lankan Buddhists 23. Dr. Mark Owen: The Philosophical Foundations of 324 the Tibetan Buddhist Practice of Bodily Preservation 24. Bethany Lowe: Dangerous Dharma, Death, and Depression: 343 The Importance of ‘Right View’ for Practicing Contemplation within a Western Buddhist Tradition 25. Venerable Bhikkhuni Anula Devi: The Practical approach to 362 the Enlightenment through the Buddhist Meditation 26. Dr. Wangchuk Dorjee Negi: Buddhist Meditation Practices 370 27. Dr Sarah Shaw : Breathing Mindfulness: Text and Practice 378 28. Nuengfa Nawaboonniyom & Apichai Puntasen: The Training of 391 Satipa��h�na related to 15 Cara�as and 8 Vijj�s 29. Giuliana Martini: Transcending the Limiting Power of Karma 413 The Early Buddhist Appam��as 01 Meditation Panel Preface.indd 5 25/5/2555 20:29:41 (6) 30. Ven. Dr. Yuanci: A Study of the Meditation Methods in 438 the DESM and Other Early Chinese Texts 31. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Uma Shankar: The Philosophical Perspectives in 466 the Meditational practices of Tantric Buddhism
