Introduction
Since the beginning of 1950s, a number of famous Buddhism teachers including Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche traveled across the sea to promote Buddhism in America. Although Buddhism had already been a part of America since 1840s, it was only until that time did people fully start to recognize the importance of authentic and orthodox spiritual practice. After more than half a century, meditation has now become more and more popular among Americans, and various scientific studies have also shown, in many ways, its positive effects on physical and mental health. However, people's interests mainly lie on the objective and scientific side of meditation, and often the inner achievements and subjective feelings of practitioners are, to a large extent, neglected. In this auto-ethnography project, I will focus on the Buddhists community at Emory University and study their attitudes towards meditation as well as how does meditation relate to their daily life.