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What is Buddhist meditation? What is going on—and what should be going on—behind the closed or lowered eyelids of the Buddha or Buddhist adept seated in med

Meditation has flourished in different parts of the world ever since the foundations of the great civilizations were laid. It played a vital role in the formati

Translated and revised by respected scholar of Chinese religions Franciscus Verellen, who has worked closely with Gernet, this edition includes new references,