Buddhist Meditation and Depth Psychology

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Buddhist Meditation and Depth Psychology

by

Douglas M. Burns

© 1994

Contents

• Introduction
• The Goals of Meditation
• Preparations
• Psychological Obstacles
• Material Considerations
• Social Factors
• Individual Variations
• The Techniques of Meditation
• Mindfulness of Breathing
• Mindfulness of Postures and of Actions
• Repulsiveness, Material Components, and Cemetery Meditations
• Discursive Meditations
• Mindfulness of Feelings, Consciousness, and Mental Objects
• The Eighth Step
• Other Forms of Meditation
• Scientific Evaluations of Meditation
• The Social Fruits of Meditation
• Appendix
• Notes