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Is mindfulness present-centred and non-judgmental? A discussion of the cognitive dimensions of mindfulness
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- 자료유형학술지논문
- 저자명Dreyfus, G.
- 학회/출판사/기관명Taylor & Francis
- 출판년도2011
- 언어영어
- 학술지명/학위논문주기CONTEMPORARY BUDDHISM
- 발행사항Vol.12No.1[2011]_x000D_
- ISBN/ISSN1463-9947
- 소개/요약This essay critiques the standard characterization of mindfulness as present-centred non-judgmental awareness, arguing that this account misses some of the central features of mindfulness as described by classical Buddhist accounts, which present mindfulness as being relevant to the past as well as to the present. I show that for these sources the central feature of mindfulness is not its present focus but its capacity to hold its object and thus allow for sustained attention, regardless of whether the object is present or not. I further show that for these sources mindfulness can be explicitly evaluative, thus demonstrating the degree to which classical Buddhist accounts differ from the modern description of mindfulness as non-judgmental. I conclude that although this modern description may be useful as an operational definition intended for practical instruction, it does not provide an adequate basis for a theoretical analysis of mindfulness, for it fails to emphasize its retentive nature to privilege its alleged nonconceptuality.
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