Phenomenological Reflections on Mindfulness in the Buddhist Tradition

Erol Čopelj

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English

Routledge
29 January 2024

Oriental & Indian philosophy; Buddhism

This book offers an original phenomenological description of mindfulness and related phenomena, such as concentration (samādhi) and the practice of insight (vipassanā). It demonstrates that phenomenological method has the power to reanimate ancient Buddhist texts, giving new life to the phenomena at which those texts point.

Beginning with descriptions of how mindfulness is encountered in everyday, pre-philosophical life, the book moves on to an analysis of how the Pali Nikāyas of Theravada Buddhism define mindfulness and the practice of cultivating it. It then offers a critique of the contemporary attempts to explain mindfulness as a kind of attention. The author argues that mindfulness is not attention, nor can it be understood as a mere modification of the attentive process. Rather, becoming mindful involves a radical shift in perspective. According to the author’s account, being mindful is the feeling of being tuned-in to the open horizon, which is contrasted with Edmund Husserl’s transcendental horizon. The book also elucidates the difference between the practice of cultivating mindfulness with the practice of the phenomenological epoché, which reveals new possibilities for the practice of phenomenology itself.

Phenomenological Reflections on Mindfulness in the Buddhist Tradition will appeal to scholars and advanced students interested in phenomenology, Buddhist philosophy, and comparative philosophy.

By: Erol Čopelj
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032112497
ISBN 10: 1032112492
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 29 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Erol Čopelj received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Monash University, Australia and Warwick University, UK. His published work has appeared in Husserl Studies, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, and The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy (2020).

Reviews for Phenomenological Reflections on Mindfulness in the Buddhist Tradition

"""A unique book exploring Husserlian methodology that intersects with Indian Buddhist thought by tuning-in through a close textual analysis of Satipaṭṭhāna (foundation of mindfulness). Lively everyday examples and clear explanations are a treat for both novices and experts alike."" Jay Goulding, York University, Canada ""This is a good introduction to an important topic mindfulness in Indian Buddhism in terms of a phenomenological interpretation."" Wing-Cheuk Chan, Brock University, Canada"