Abstract This article argues that there is no single relationship between Japanese Buddhism and Ireland. Rather, a series of changing relationships mediated by different world-system contexts one island another (peripheral post-colonial) one: as ethnographic information, cultural influence religious practice. The process building such has long history, stretching back to the Irish reception bot...

Buddhism was established by Guatama Buddha as a practice to liberate sentient beings from suffering. Mindfulness-Based interventions (MBIs) are Western psychologists’ adaptation of mindfulness/Vipassana treat mental illnesses. In addition mindfulness, Buddhist recovery peer-support programs also adopt the Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path, and Five Precepts, which Buddha’s prescription cease su...