Chikako Ozawa-de Silva on Naikan

"Any contemplative practice is reflective of its own culture but that doesn't mean that each cultural practice is only limited to that culture."

Chikako Ozawa-de Silva, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Emory University talks about the contemplative practice of Naikan. Naikan, which means "inner looking", is a secular form of a contemplative practice derived from Japanese Mahayana Buddhist practice.

This podcast was recorded during the 2013 Advanced Studies Institute (ASI) Conference on Mindfulness in Cultural Context. The 2014 ASI theme is "The Politics of Diversity: Pluralism, Multiculturalism and Mental Health". For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.mcgill.ca/tcpsych/training/advanced/2014