Meditation as Medicine: A Critique
Cross Currents
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Year:
n/a
Publisher:
a9h
Pages:
168-184
Source ID:
shanti-sources-22304
Zotero Collections:
Contemplation by Applied Subject, Health Care and Contemplation
Abstract:
In this article the author examines the use of meditation as an aid to conventional medicine, examines the increased research on the subject, and offers a critique of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), the therapeutic meditation method developed by molecular biologist Jon Kabat-Zinn. A number of topics are addressed including Kabat-Zinn's perception of MBSR as Buddhist meditation without a religious element, the moral framework of yoga and meditation, and the lack of interaction and community in the practice of MBSR.