NOTES

1.  Buddhism, by Richard A. Gard. New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1961, pp. 207-8.
2.  The Heart of Buddhist Meditation, by Nyanaponika Thera. London: Rider & Co. 1962, p. 82.
3.  An Experiment in Mindfulness, by E.H. Shattock. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1960, pp.17, 19.
4. Samyutta Nikaya, 47:21.
5. Visuddhimagga, IV, 40-41. Translation by Bhikkhu Nanamoli. Colombo: R. Semage, 1956.
6. An Experiment in Mindfulness, p. 8.
7. Visuddhimagga, III, 62-65, 121.
8. Ibid., IV, 120.
9. Samyutta Nikaya, 46:53.
10. Buddhism as a Way of Life, by Douglas M. Burns. San Carlos, California: Neo-Dhamma, 1964.
11. The Foundations of Mindfulness. Translation by Nyanasatta Thera. BPS Wheel No. 19.
12. Samyutta Nikaya, 47:48.
13. Ibid., 47:50.
14. Foundations of Mindfulness, p. 3.
15. Heart of Buddhist Meditation, p. 98.
16. Visuddhimagga, VIII, 200.
17. Ibid., VIII, 202.
18. Ibid., VIII, 190.
19. Ibid., VIII, 195.
20. Ibid., VIII, 206-7.
21. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation, pp. 85-86.
22. Ibid., p. 97.
23. An Experiment in Mindfulness, pp. 52-55.
24. Samyutta Nikaya, 46:53.
25. Majjhima Nikaya, 119.
26. Visuddhimagga, XI, 30.
27. Ibid., XI, 26.
28. Samyutta Nikaya, 47:10.
29. Visuddhimagga, VI.
30. Ibid., IX.
31. Buddhism in a Nutshell, by Narada Thera. Bambalapitiya, Ceylon: Asoka Dharmadutha Sangamaya, 1959, pp. 67-69.
32. Ibid., pp. 70-71.
33. Visuddhimagga, VII, 65.
34. Anguttara Nikaya, VI, 10.
35. An Experiment in Mindfulness.
36. Majjhima Nikaya, 123.
37. Samyutta Nikaya, 35:152. The reader will note that this passage also demonstrates the highly experiential aspect of Buddhist epistemology.
38. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation, pp. 68-70.
39. Samyutta Nikaya, 47:49.
40. Ibid., 36:3.
41. Ibid., 22:96.
42. Ibid., 12:61.
43. The Removal of Distracting Thoughts. Translation by Soma Thera. BPS Wheel No. 21.
44. The Word of the Buddha, by Nyanatiloka Mahathera. Kandy: BPS, p. 79.
45. Ibid., pp. 80-81.
46. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation, p. 111.
47. Visuddhimagga, III, 107.
48. Psychical Research Today, by D.J. West. Baltimore, Md.: Penguin Books, 1962.
49. The Word of the Buddha, pp. 67-68.
50. Ibid., p. 68.
51. Visuddhimagga, XII, 11.
52. Digha Nikaya, No. 11, Kevaddha Sutta.
53. Visuddhimagga, III, 56.
54. Ibid., IV, 30.
55. Concentration and Meditation, by Swami Sivananda. Himalayas, India: Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy, 1959, p. 314.
56. Ibid., p. 171.
57. The Way of Life: Tao-Te-Ching. Translation by R.B. Blakney. New York: The New American Library, 1955.
58. The Secrets of Chinese Meditation, by Charles Luk. London: Rider & Co., 1964, p. 187.
59. Samyutta Nikaya, 52:10.
60. Sensory Deprivation, by Solomon, Kubzansky, Leiderman, Mendelson, Trumbull, and Wexler. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1961.
61. Science, Vol. 123, “Effect of Sensory Deprivation on Learning Rate in Human Beings,” by J. Vernon and J. Hoffman. June 15, 1956,pp. 1074-75.
62. Archives of General Psychiatry, Vol. 8, “Studies in Sensory Deprivation,” J. Pollard, L. Uhr, and W. Jackson. May, 1963, pp. 435-53.
63. Ibid.
64. Archives of General Psychiatry, Vol. 3. “Therapeutic Changes in Psychiatric Patients Following Partial Sensory Deprivation,” by R. Gibby, H. Adams, and R. Carrera. July, 1960, pp. 57/33-66/42.
65. Archives of General Psychiatry, Vol. 8. “Therapeutic Effectiveness of Sensory Deprivation,” by S. Cleveland, E. Reitman, & C. Bentinck. May, 1963, pp. 455-60.
66. The Science of Zazen (a 16 mm. sound motion picture and accompanying pamphlet, both in English), by A. Kasamatsu and T. Hirai. Tokyo University. April, 1963.
67. Folia Psychiatrica et Neurologica Japonica, Vol. 20, No. 4. “An Electroencephalographic Study of the Zen Meditation (Zazen)”, by Akira Kasamatsu and Tomio Hirai. December, 1966, pp. 315-36.
68. Samyutta Nikaya, 47:19.