{"product_id":"remembering-the-present-j-l-cassaniti-9781501709173","title":"Remembering the Present: Mindfulness in Buddhist Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe book is ambitious and easy to read, has many \"rich descriptions,\" that would be good for undergraduates and graduate students interested in mindfulness, Southeast Asian Theravada Buddhism, and the anthropology of Buddhism. ― \u003ci\u003eReligious Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is mindfulness, and how does it vary as a concept across different cultures? How does mindfulness find expression in practice in the Buddhist cultures of Southeast Asia? What role does mindfulness play in everyday life? J. L. Cassaniti answers these fundamental questions and more through an engaged ethnographic investigation of what it means to \"remember the present\" in a region strongly influenced by Buddhist thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRemembering the Present\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e examines the meanings, practices, and purposes of mindfulness. Using the experiences of people in Buddhist monasteries, hospitals, markets, and homes in the region, Cassaniti shows how an attention to memory informs how people live today and how mindfulness is intimately tied to local constructions of time, affect, power, emotion, and selfhood. By looking at how these people incorporate Theravada Buddhism into their daily lives, Cassaniti provides a signal contribution to the psychological anthropology of religious experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRemembering the Present\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e heeds the call made by researchers in the psychological sciences and the Buddhist side of mindfulness studies for better understandings of what mindfulness is and can be. Cassaniti addresses fundamental questions about selfhood, identity, and how a deeper appreciation of the many contexts and complexities intrinsic in sati (mindfulness in the Pali language) can help people lead richer, fuller, and healthier lives. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRemembering the Present\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e shows how mindfulness needs to be understood within the cultural and historical influences from which it has emerged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. L. Cassaniti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501709178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501709173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d","brand":"J. L. Cassaniti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935200870655,"sku":"9781501709173","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_39e169e3-ecec-421f-b53d-2c71b13a5b68.jpg?v=1681418442","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/remembering-the-present-j-l-cassaniti-9781501709173","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}