The promise of the universal: non-Buddhists' accounts of their Vipassanā meditation retreat experiences
Since the 1970s non-Buddhist Westerners have been writing detailed descriptions of their personal experiences in vipassanā meditation retreat settings. These memoirs illustrate that meditation is positioned as a universal practice that is constructed as objective and empirically valid, but at the sa...
Published in: | Religion |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Published: |
Routledge
[2019]
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In: |
Religion
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Western world
/ Vipaśyanā
/ Experience
/ Experience account
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IxTheo Classification: | AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism |
Further subjects: | B
memoir
B Buddhism B Autobiography B Meditation B Religions |
Online Access: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) |