法鼓佛教學院於2012年10月舉辦「佛教禪修傳統：起源與發展」國際學術研討會，本書收錄了其中九篇論文，討論議題則包含早期佛教、阿毗曇佛教、大乘佛教、中國禪宗、西藏密教，分別為Bhikkhu Anālayo, “Perspectives on the Body in Early Buddhist Meditation”，Sāmanerī Dhammadinnā, “Semantics of Wholesomeness: Purification of Intention and the Soteriological Function of the Immeasurables (appamānas) in Early Buddhist Thought”，Bart Dessein, “The ‘Victorious Spheres’ (abhibhvāyatana) and their Relation to the Four Dhyānas (meditative stages) in the Sarvāstivādin Path to Liberation”，Alberto Todeschini, “The Role of Meditation in Asanga’s Legitimation of Mahāyāna”，Chiko Ishida, “Changing Interpretations of Meditation in the Bodhicaryavatara: Meditation and the Concept of the Equality of Self and Other”，蔡伯郎〈瑜伽行派的止觀〉，Nobuyoshi Yamabe, “Yogācāra Influence on the Northern School of Chan Buddhism”，釋果暉〈新發現安世高譯《十二門經》寫本內容探討及其在漢傳禪佛教中之運用〉，Cathy Cantwell, “Development of a Tantric Meditation Practice: three Generations of Tibetan Lamas”。（法鼓佛教學院特叢2）