Richard King, Professor of Buddhist and Asian Studies in the Department of Religious Studies, has given an online lecture entitled ‘Mindfulness and the Buddhist Tradition’ for the University of Kent’s Think Kent series, which is now available on YouTube.
In the early twenty-first century mindfulness meditation has become all the rage being widely adopted in health care systems, the business world and the military. In the talk, Richard explores traditional Buddhist understandings of mental training (bhavana), factors affecting the transformation of Buddhist meditative practice in the twentieth-century and finally, offers some comparative remarks regarding traditional Buddhist and modern secular accounts of mindfulness.
The Think Kent lectures are a series of TED talk-style lectures produced with the intention of raising awareness of the research and teaching expertise of Kent academics and the international impact of their work.
The talk may be viewed below or on YouTube via the link: https://youtu.be/mjnx8rVVs4U