Meditation, Buddhism, and Science

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Introduction -from colonialism to brainscans: modern transformations of buddhist meditation ...1 2. How meditation works: theorizing the role of cultural context in buddhist contemplative practices ....21 3. Looping effects and the cognitive science of mindfulness meditation ....47 4. Buddhism, Happiness and the science of meditation ....62 5. Reflection on indian buddhist thought and the scientific study of meditation or: why scientists should talk more with their buddhist subjects ...84 6. Mind the gap : Appearance and reality in mindfulness based cognitive therapy ...114 7. Wherever you go, there you arent : Non-self spirits and the concept of the person in thai buddhist Mindfulness ....133 8 Mindfulness makes you a way better lover : mindful sex and the adaptation of Buddhism to new cultural desires ...152 9. Mindful but not religious meditation and enchantment in the work of jon Kabat-zinn ...173 10. Is mindfulness buddhist ...198