Mindfulness in Early Buddhism: New Approaches through Psychology and Textual Analysis of Pali,Chinese and Sanskrit Sources

摘要

In this book, Tse-fu Kuan -an assistant professor at the General Education Centre, National University of Kaoshiung (Taiwan)-, presents a revised version of his doctoral thesis focused on mindfulness in early Buddhism. It is not a book for all kind of readers. Its deep analysis of the mindfulness concept using different sources (Chinese, Pali, Sanskrit), would make readers without previous knowledge of Buddhism to have problems to fully understand the ideas developed.