Where do we end and where does the world begin? The case of insight meditation

Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1128-1146

  Ataria, Yochai ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Mindfulness; Sense of Boundaries; Sense of Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938422863     PISSN: 09515089     EISSN: 1465394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515089.2014.969801     Document Type: Article

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