Meditations of the Pali Tradition: Illuminating Buddhist Doctrine, History, and Practice, by L. S. Cousins. Edited by Sarah Shaw

Authors

  • Andrew Skilton University of Oxford

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.33104

Keywords:

Theravāda meditation, jhāna, samatha, vipassanā

Abstract

Meditations of the Pali Tradition: Illuminating Buddhist Doctrine, History, and Practice, by L. S. Cousins. Edited by Sarah Shaw. Shambhala, 2022. 336pp., Pb $24.95, ISBN-13: 9781611809879.

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———. 1992. “Vitakka/vitarka and Vicara: Stages of samadhi in Buddhism and Yoga.” Indo-Iranian Journal 35(2–3): 135–157.

———. 1996. “The Origins of Insight Meditation.” In The Buddhist Forum, Volume 4, edited by Tadeusz Skorupski, 35–58. London: School of Oriental and African Studies.

———. 1997. “Aspects of Esoteric Southern Buddhism.” In Indian Insights: Buddhism, Brahmanism and Bhakti: Papers of the Annual Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions, edited by Peter Connolly and Sue Hamilton, 185–208. London: Luzac Oriental.

———. 2014. “The Bringing Into Being of Form-Frequenting Concentration.” Samatha: Insights from a Meditation Tradition 13: 6–22.

———. 2015. “The Sutta on Mindfulness with In and Out breathing.” In Buddhist Meditative Praxis: Traditional Teachings and Modern Applications, edited by K. L. Dhammajoti, 1–24. Hong Kong: Centre of Buddhist Studies, University of Hong Kong.

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Published

2025-03-14

How to Cite

Skilton, A. (2025). Meditations of the Pali Tradition: Illuminating Buddhist Doctrine, History, and Practice, by L. S. Cousins. Edited by Sarah Shaw. Buddhist Studies Review, 41(1-2), 258–262. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.33104