Nikaya Buddhism and Early Chan

Grzegorz Polak is an associate professor in the Institute of Philosophy at the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin. His research interests include philosophical and meditative ideas of Nikaya Buddhism, early Chan, and comparative study of Buddhism and Western philosophy. He is the author of Reexamining Jhana: Towards a Critical Reconstruction of Early Buddhist Soteriology and several articles.

• Introduction1. The Right and Wrong Forms of Meditation2. Calm and Insight, Concentration and Wisdom3. The World of Experience4. Meditative Cessation as a Process of Cognitive Deconstruction5. Can there be a Methodless Meditation?6. Meditation as an Extension of a Specific Way of Life7. Calming the Mind through Awareness8. Beyond Method9. Conclusions