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Healing in Early Buddhism

Issue: Vol 32 No. 1 (2015)

Journal: Buddhist Studies Review

Subject Areas: Religious Studies Buddhist Studies

DOI: 10.1558/bsrv.v32i1.28962

Abstract:

In the present article I study passages from the early discourses preserved in the Nikāyas and Āgamas related to healing and bearing up in the face of pain. These show that the potential of psychological means of healing, in particular through mental qualities like mindfulness, were already recognized in ancient times, instead of being a purely modern phenomenon.

Author: . Anālayo

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