Assessing "western" mindfulness among Thai Theravāda Buddhist monks

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-314

  Christopher, Michael S ^a   Christopher, Varinthorn ^b   Charoensuk, Sukjai ^c  

^a PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Boromarajonani College of Nursing   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cultural validity; Mindfulness; Thai Buddhist monks

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449350824     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674670802651487     Document Type: Article

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