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This chapter introduces the Handbook of Ethical Foundations of Mindfulness and sets the scene by contextualizing the central theme of the volume within a broader historical context. We situate the ethical and moral dimensions of mindfulness against the background of the globalized mindfulness “movement” and the current debates about ethics within the field of mindfulness studies. The ethical foundations of mindfulness are generally considered to be (i) lost in translation; (ii) implicitly inherent; or (iii) constitutive of a wider milieu. We trace these current debates to the legacy of the Welsh Buddhologist Thomas William Rhys Davids (1843–1942). We then briefly summarize each of the 19 chapters comprising the four parts of the volume: (i) Buddhist Foundations of Ethics and Mindfulness; (ii) Education and Pedagogy; (iii) Business, Economics and Environment; and (iv) Religion, Secularity and Post-Secularity. We conclude by making suggestions for potential future avenues for research in the field.
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Stanley, S., Purser, R.E., Singh, N.N. (2018). Ethical Foundations of Mindfulness. In: Stanley, S., Purser, R., Singh, N. (eds) Handbook of Ethical Foundations of Mindfulness. Mindfulness in Behavioral Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76538-9_1
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