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By Mark Epstein. 242 pp. New York, BasicBooks, 1995. $22. ISBN 0-465-03931-6.

Since the end of the Second World War, Buddhist thought (especially its Zen version) has become an increasingly familiar aspect of American secular life -- that of our upper bourgeois segment, at least. The so-called Beat writers of the 1950s introduced their readers to certain Buddhist principles, especially sustained meditation as a means of self-knowledge, and self-detachment (whereby one glimpses oneself at sufficient remove to be aware of a life's accumulation of petty -- or all too important -- conceits and deceits). More recently, such meditation, often stripped of its Eastern origins and spiritual connections, has become a mainstay for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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