MBSR(Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) is a popular mindbody intervention program in western main stream of mindbody medicine and psychology. Recently a Korean version of MBSR was developed by Jang(2006) which was based on MBSR but was modified to fit to Korean culture. Main themes of this article were two. One was the similarities and differences of those two programs, and the other was the process by which MBSR was accepted by the main stream scholars and practitioners in medicine and psychology, and eventually in western societies.
The theoretical and methodological bases of the mindfulness meditation were reviewed, and the contents and structures of the two programs were analysed and compared. Besides, the process of the development and growth of MBSR in western societies were reviewed as well. By doing so, the author wanted to find out some implications for establishment and generalization of K-MBSR in Korea.