Encyclopedia of mindfulness, Buddhism, and other contemplative practices editors: Nirbhay N. Singh

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singh, Nirbhay N., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mindfulness (Psychology).

Meditation.

Meditation--Buddhism.

Genre:

Encyclopedias

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

Living reference work

Place of Publication:

[Cham, Switzerland] Springer Cham [2022]

Summary:

"This major reference work offers the most comprehensive and authoritative coverage of mindfulness, Buddhism, and other contemplative practices across many interrelated disciplines. It provides encyclopedic coverage of the growing field of mindfulness as a personal practice, a path to awakening, a field of research – conceptual, clinical, cognitive, neuroscience, and mind-body therapies. Mindfulness is contextualized within wisdom traditions, especially Buddhism. It covers the major Buddhist traditions, providing the most important terms, concepts, practices, and texts based on canonical Buddhist languages and traditions—Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. It addresses contemplative practices across all wisdom traditions, ancient and modern. Extensive cross-referencing allows readers to find concepts, terms, practices, and key authors. As a living major reference work, the encyclopedia provides a single source of broad-spectrum knowledge on mindfulness, Buddhism, another contemplative practices. The Encyclopedia of Mindfulness, Buddhism, and Other Contemplative Practices is an essential reference for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and related professionals in clinical psychology and affiliated medical and mental health disciplines, complementary and alternative medicine, social work, religious studies and philosophy, business management, psychiatry, medicine as well as educational policy and practice, nursing, occupational and rehabilitation therapy, philosophy, business management, public health, and teachers and practitioners of mindfulness, Buddhism, and contemplative practices"-- Springer Nature Link

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from home page (Springer Nature Link, viewed February 9, 2026)

ISBN:

9783030904654

3030904652

OCLC:

1524751435

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license