{"product_id":"meditation-sickness-a-sourcebook-on-the-dangers-of-buddhist-practice-hardcover","title":"Meditation Sickness: A Sourcebook on the Dangers of Buddhist Practice - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eC. Pierce Salguero\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eC. Pierce Salguero\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eBryan de Notariis\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone knows that meditation is good for your health and well-being. However, a percentage of people practicing meditation experience psychotic breaks and related adverse mental and physical side effects. Are these symptoms of improper practice or an unavoidable part of spiritual cultivation? While contemporary scientific literature is just beginning to document such phenomena, Buddhist communities have for centuries warned practitioners about \"meditation sickness,\" \"wind illness,\" \"demonic attack,\" and other potential dangers. Due to language barriers, their important writings have remained virtually unknown in Western medical, scientific, and practitioner communities. Here, for the first time, historical and contemporary teachings on the topic from around the Buddhist world have been brought together. The works not only identify these ailments as possible side effects of meditation practice, but also explain why they arise and how they can be effectively prevented and treated. Meditation Sickness will transform the way we think about meditation in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC. Pierce Salguero\u003c\/b\u003e is a transdisciplinary scholar of health humanities who is fascinated by historical and contemporary intersections between Buddhism, medicine, and cross-cultural exchange. He teaches at Penn State University's Abington College and has been editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eAsian Medicine: Journal of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e since 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.11 x 9.14 x 5.92 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48620605931769,"sku":"9798880702633","price":129.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/zcLmiRHchj9798880702633.webp?v=1782973025","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/meditation-sickness-a-sourcebook-on-the-dangers-of-buddhist-practice-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}