Beyond Contemplative Pedagogy: Mindfulness, Emptiness, and Interbeing

• In Event: 63.084 - Roundtable Session 22
  In Roundtable Session: 63.084-11 - Autoethnography, Embodiment, and Being

Abstract

Mindfulness-based practice has growing notability in various disciplines. By examining the four foundations of mindfulness and the Noble Eightfold Path in Buddhist teaching, this paper calls for moving beyond therapeutic and mechanical use of mindfulness; instead, contemplating to the principles of emptiness and non-attachment of Buddhist teaching in mindfulness practice and pedagogy.

Author

• Mei W. Hoyt, University of North Texas