Meditation Sickness : A Sourcebook on the Dangers of Buddhist Practice.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salguero, C. Pierce.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meditation--Buddhism--Health aspects--History--Sources.

Meditation.

Meditation--Buddhism--Psychological aspects--History--Sources.

Mental illness--Religious aspects--Buddhism--History--Sources.

Mental illness.

Buddhist literature--Translations into English.

Buddhist literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2026.

Summary:

C.Pierce Salguero is a transdisciplinary scholar of health humanities who is fascinated by historical and contemporary intersections between Buddhism, medicine, and crosscultural exchange.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction / C. Pierce Salguero

Part I. Scriptures

1. Discomforts Caused by Meditation in the Buddha's Own Life: An Excerpt from the Pāli Canon / Bryan De Notariis

2. Meditation Leading to Suicide: A Discourse from the Saṃyukta-Āgama / Bhikkhu Anālayo

3. The Danger of Pride: The Twenty-Fourth Chapter of The Perfection of Insight in 8,000 Lines / Charles Disimone

4. Therapies for Contemplation Gone Wrong: Secret Essential Methods for Curing Meditation Sickness / Eric M. Greene

5. Demonic States Arising in Contemplation: Excerpt from the Śūraṃgama Sūtra / James A. Benn

Part II. Historical Texts

6. Healing Disease with Meditation: "Contemplating the Objects of Disease" from Zhiyi's Great Treatise / Paul L. Swanson

7. The Perils of Deviant Meditative Absorption: Zhiyi's Sequential Gate to Meditation / David Carpenter

8. Winds in the Heart: Tibetan Geksel Practices for Healing Insecurity and Anxiety / Michael R. Sheehy

9. The Soft Butter Method: Hakuin's (1686-1769) Method for Curing the Maladies of Meditation / Juhn Y. Ahn

10. Treating Meditators' Ailments: Translations from the Chinese Medical Literature by Zhang Lu (1617-1699) and Xinchan (fl. 1890) / Leslie E. de Vries and Leo W. Lok

11. Vicissitudes of Vipassanā Practice: Four Excerpts from the Oral Dharma Discourses of Sayagyi U Ba Khin (1899-1971) / Swe Swe Mon and Daniel M. Stuart

12. Meditation Sickness as a Blessing for Those Seeking Enlightenment: Excerpts from Kurata Hyakuzō's (1891-1943) Illness Memoirs / Melissa Anne-Marie Curley

13. Meditation Sickness in East Asia: Selections from Modern Chan Teachers / Dixuan Chen, Francisco Figueroa Medina, and Trang T. D. Nguyen

Part III. Contemporary Accounts.

14. Meditation Madness in Buddhist Myanmar: Ethnographic Notes from Rakhine State / Céline Coderey

15. "Netflix Dilemma": An Interview About Mindfulness Deviation with a Thai Bhikkhuni / Daphne Weber

16. Shingon Perspectives on Troublesome States of Consciousness: An Interview with Asahi Seichō / Nathan Jishin Michon

17. "Losing Control of the Fire and Entering a Demonic State" (Zouhuorumo): Interview with a Chinese American Buddhist Healer / Kin Cheung

18. Risk and Reward: Narratives of Practice-Caused Madness in Contemporary Amdo / Susannah Deane

19. Eliminating Obstacles and Protecting Practitioners: Interview with Tibetan Yogi Dr. Nida Chenagtsang / Ben P. Joffe

20. A Psychiatrist's View from Contemporary India and Nepal: Interviews with Dr. Pawan Sharma / Ira Helderman

21. Navigating Enduring Challenges from Meditation Retreats: Interviews with Three Western Practitioners from the Varieties of Contemplative Experience Study / Jared R. Lindahl, Nathan E. Fisher, David J. Cooper, and Willoughby B. Britton

References

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

979-88-8070-264-0

OCLC:

1581931237