As an intensely practical religion, Buddhism has concentrated on devising a great number of meditations. In recent years psychologists have shown great interest in the therapeutic value of these meditations, but accurate information about them has been hard to come by. The most outstanding original documents have now been made accessible by Edward Conze, who translated them from Pali, Sanskrit and Tibetan. The volume, originally published in 1956, also deals with the meaning of Buddhist meditation, and the relation of its methods and presuppositions to modern psychology.

• Cover 2
• Title page 7
• GENERAL INTRODUCTION 7
• Copyright page 8
• Table of Contents 11
• INTRODUCTION 13
  • 1 The meaning and purpose of Buddhist Meditation 13
  • 2 Its range and principal divisions 15
  • 3 The literary sources 26
  • 4 The arrangement of the selections 29
  • 5 Buddhist Meditation and Modern Psychotherapy 39
• SELECTIONS 45
• I Devotional Exercises 47
  • a. The Recollection of the Buddha 47
  • 1 The Three Treasures 47