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April 1997
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Journal of the American Oriental Society
Two important recent books by Richard Gombrich (and Gananath Obeyesekere) on the "modernization" of Buddhism in Ceylon are examined. Among other commentary, Walpola Rahula's spirited attacks on "innovation" are placed in context.
April 1992
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14 Reads
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133 Citations
Philosophy East and West
... In a traditional Buddhist context, meditation is not practised in isolation from ethical, doctrinal, and liturgical commitments (King, 2019). Historically, Buddhist meditation techniques were solely accessible to ordained monks and took aim at enlightenment by cultivating insight into the true nature of self and reality (Gombrich, 2006;Gombrich & Obeyesekere, 1988); the transformative powers of meditation are nestled in the tradition's social, existential, ethical, soteriological, and cosmological order (King, 2019;Sharf, 2015). Modern therapeutic adaptations of mindfulness meditation, however, are often presented as a freestanding technique, often decontextualised from religious concerns (McMahan & Braun, 2017;Rahmani, 2020). ...
April 1992
Philosophy East and West
