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Practitioner's Guide to Ethics and Mindfulness-Based Interventions [reviewed]

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Practitioner's Guide to Ethics and Mindfulness-Based Interventions Springer International PublishingISBN 978-3-319-64924-5418 pages, 2017 Editors: Monteiro, Lynette, Compson, Jane F., Musten, Frank $169.00 Hardcover / $129 E-book Full book details here From the publisher: This book focuses on the role of ethics in the application of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) and mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) in clinical practice. The book offers an overview of the role of ethics in the cultivation of mindfulness and explores the way in which ethics have been embedded in the curriculum of MBIs and MBPs. Chapters review current training processes and examine the issues around incorporating ethics into MBIs and MBPs...

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Welcome to the new Sumeru Books website

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   We're pleased to introduce the new Sumeru Books site on the Shopify platform, which will give us a host of great new features to serve you better. For starters, we now offer fully secure e-commerce. You can now purchase from us directly as well as from the 3000+ online book stores who already represent us. You'll also find pages load faster (which is always nice). In addition to infrastructure, we have a few other new developments in the works... Buddhist films are coming soon! We have been busy forging relationships with a broad range of motion picture distributors around the...

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Sumeru has a major upgrade coming soon

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Sumeru has a major upgrade coming soon: we are leaving WordPress and moving to Shopify. The platform is much more robust and secure, faster, and offers a cleaner design that is better suited to a book publishing business. Two especially important features for us are the addition of reliable e-commerce on our site and on... Read more »

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INCOGNITO reviewed in ARTiculate

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INCOGNITO reviewed in ARTiculate, the bi-annual magazine of the West Kootenay Arts Council, in conjunction with a reading at the Nelson, BC, public library by Dianne Harke, author of INCOGNITO: The Astounding Life of Alexandra David-Neel (Sumeru 2016). This reading will be the second in what will hopefully be a vibrant series we’re calling A... Read more »

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Buddhist Literary Festival follow-up

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This is a guest post by Dr. Sugunasiri, with photos graciously provided by other participants… Buddhist Literary Festival 2017 by Prof. Suwanda H J Sugunasiri Sept. 24. 2017 will go down in history as the first time Buddhist Literature comes to be highlighted publicly anywhere in Canada, and possibly anywhere in North America, as Wesak... Read more »

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