This book examines the importance of the topic of 'feeling tone' (vedan¿) as it appears in Early Buddhist texts and practice, and also within contemporary, secular, mindfulness-based interventions. This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Buddhism.

Introduction - Vedan¿: What Is in a 'Feeling?' 1. Hedonic Hotspots, Hedonic Potholes: Vedan¿ Revisited 2. Defining Vedan¿: Through the Looking Glass 3. Why Be Mindful of Feelings? 4. Vedan¿ or Feeling Tone: A Practical and Contemporary Meditative Exploration 5. The 'Sensation of Doubt' in East Asian Zen Buddhism and Some Parallels with P¿li Accounts of Meditation Practice 6. Feelings Bound and Freed: Wandering and Wonder on Buddhist Pathways 7. Vedan¿ and the Wisdom of Impermanence: We are Precipitants within the Experiments of the Universe 8. Feeling is Believing: The Convergence of Buddhist Theory and Modern Scientific Evidence Supporting How Self Is Formed and Perpetuated Through Feeling Tone (Vedan¿) 9. Serious Illness, Overwhelmingly Unpleasant Feeling Tone of Life, and How Even Incipient Mindfulness Training May Sometimes Help 10. Vedana of Bias: Latent Likes and Dislikes Fuelling Barriers to Human Connection 11. Vedan¿, Ethics and Character: A Prolegomena