Introduction : entering a landscape of mindfulness -- Part I. Thailand. Monks' mindfulness -- The feeling of mindfulness in meditation -- Power and the ghosts of sanity in lay Thai life -- Part II. Myanmar (Burma) and Sri Lanka. Burma : a fine mist, or a cave in the woods -- Sri Lanka : moral focus and a stalking cat -- Conclusion : Asia and the United States
Summary
"Explores the Buddhist concept of mindfulness and how it varies in the Buddhist cultures of three Southeast Asia cities in three countries: Chiang Mai, Thailand; Kandy, Sri Lanka; and Mandalay, Burma. The research is from the author's in-depth participant observation and fieldwork and includes the experiences of over 600 monks, psychiatrists, students, and villagers in monasteries, hospitals, and homes in these areas"--
