Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Note on Terminology ix
5. 1. Turning Inward 1
6. 2. The Popularization of Meditation 17
7. 3. Collective Solitude 45
8. 4. Meditation in Daily Life 71
9. 5. Negotiating Intimate Social Relations 93
10. 6. Becoming a Meditator: Life-Course Orientations 125
11. 7. Bodies, Selves, and the Social World 149
12. Methodological Appendix: Ethnography of Experience 175
13. Notes 189
14. References 201
15. Index 211