Transforming Death Anxiety through Meaning-Centered Contemplation: A Philosophical Dialogue between Buddhist Nianfo Practice, Logotherapy, and Neurophenomenology
International Journal of Philosophy and Theology August 13, 2026 Hsin-Yuan Liu, Hsuan-Pin Chen 1 citation
This paper addresses the contemporary crisis of existential vacuum by examining how death anxiety may be reinterpreted through meaning-centered contemplation. Drawing on Ken Wilber’s Three Eyes of Knowing, the study brings Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy, transpersonal psychology, Buddhist Nianfo practice, and selected insights from cognitive neuroscience into philosophical dialogue. Nianfo is...