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26 papers in the library · 90 citations · publishing 1980-2021
Buddhist Studies Review November 25, 2021 Rafal K. Stepien
Buddhist Philosophy of Consciousness: Tradition and Dialogue, edited by Mark Siderits, Ching Keng and John Spackman. Brill, 2021. 356pp., €135/$162. Hb ISBN-13: 9789004440890; e-PDF ISBN-13: 9789004440913.
Buddhist Studies Review December 31, 2018 Rupert Gethin 1 citation
Over the last fifty years the study of mysticism has been shaped by the debate between ‘perennialists’, who claim that mystical experiences are the same across different cultures, and ‘constructivists’, who claim that mystical experiences are shaped by, and hence specific to, particular religious traditions. The constructivist view is associated with the ‘discursive turn’ that has dominated the...
Buddhist Studies Review June 20, 2018 A. Amaro
This article draws on the teachings of the Pali Canon and the contemporary lineages that are guided by its principles. In particular, reference is made to the author’s mentors in the Thai Forest Tradition. It explores the respective roles of goal-directed effort and contentment in the process of meditative training, and skilful and unskilful variations on these. Effort is needed, but can be...
Buddhist Studies Review February 24, 2016 Andrew Skilton, Phibul Choompolpaisal
In Thailand the pre-reform Therav?da meditation system, bor?n kamma??h?na, is now practised only by small and isolated groups. To promote detailed comparative study of bor?n kamma??h?na, the tradition of it taught at Wat Ratchasittharam, Thonburi, is explored through a translation of a text on ?n?p?nasati attributed to Suk Kaitheun, the head of its lineage. This is followed by a detailed...
Buddhist Studies Review January 15, 2015 Eran Laish
This article focuses on the main contemplative principles of the ‘Heart Essence’ (sNying thig), a Tibetan Buddhist tradition that is characterized by a vision of non-duality and primordial wholeness. Due to this vision, which asserts an original reality that is not divided into perceiving subject and perceived object, the ‘Heart Essence’ advocates a contemplative practice that undermines the...
Buddhist Studies Review July 24, 2014 Terry Hyland 7 citations
Recent philosophical and neuroscientific writings on the problem of free will have tended to consolidate the deterministic accounts with the upshot that free will is deemed to be illusory and contrary to the scientific facts (Blackmore 2011; Harris 2012). Buddhist commentaries on these issues have been concerned in the main with whether karma and dependent origination implies a causal...
Buddhist Studies Review October 7, 2013 Charles K. Fink 3 citations
Buddhism teaches that ‘self’ as a substantial, enduring entity is an illusion. But for self to be an illusion there must be something in our experience that is misinterpreted as self. What is this? The notion of an experiential self plays an important role in phenomenological investigations of conscious experience. Does the illusion of self consist in mistaking a purely experiential self for a...
Buddhist Studies Review July 8, 2011 R. Will Burnett 61 citations
This paper explores the adult mindfulness landscape, secular and Buddhist, in order to inform an approach to the teaching of mindfulness in secondary schools. The Introduction explains the background to the project and the significant overlap between secular and Buddhist practices. I explain what mindfulness is and highlight a number of important practical differences between the teaching of...
Buddhist Studies Review July 8, 2011 Lee Su-kyung
This article gives an overview of Buddhist-oriented meditation techniques that were integrated with art projects for four and five year old kindergarten children at Dong Guk Kindergarten, Gyeongju City, South Korea. The article assesses the effect of this program on the creatvitiy levels of the children.
Buddhist Studies Review September 7, 2010 Karma Lekshe Tsomo 2 citations
Throughout years of war and political upheaval, Buddhist women in Laos have devotedly upheld traditional values and maintained the practice of offering alms and other necessities to monks as an act of merit. In a religious landscape overwhelmingly dominated by bhikkhus (fully ordained monks), a small number have renounced household life and become maekhaos, celibate women who live as nuns and...
Buddhist Studies Review December 29, 2008 Martin T. Adam 1 citation
The present article aims to explain Kamala??la’s understanding of the nature of insight, specifically considering it as the ‘discernment of reality’ (bh?ta-pratyavek??) -- a technical term identified with insight (vipa?yan?) in the author’s well known Bh?van?krama? texts. I approach my analysis of bh?ta-pratyavek?? from three different angles. I begin by providing a rationale for its...
Buddhist Studies Review November 1, 2007 Robert Mayer
The Self Possessed: Deity and Spirit Possession in South Asian Literature and Civilization, Frederick M. Smith (New York: Columbia University Press, 2006), 13 illus., pp. xxvii+701, $60.00/£35 (cloth), ISBN: 0-231-13748-6
Buddhist Studies Review May 1, 2007 Brahmāli Bhikkhu 4 citations
The Abhidhamma uses the concept of lokuttara-jjhana to refer to the moment one attains any of the four stages of Awakening. In contrast, the Suttas use the terms jhana and samadhi to refer to aspects of the path leading to the stages of Awakening. Therefore, when the commentaries interpret jhana and samadhi in Sutta usage as lokuttara-jjhana, they are imposing an interpretation on the Suttas...
Buddhist Studies Review February 3, 2007 C. Robert Pryor
Anagarika Munindra (1915-2003) played an important role in the movement to teach vipassana meditation, and to spread this method widely in South Asia and the West. His life is examined with respect to its historical context and the spread of the vipassana movement from Burma to India and then to North America, Europe, and Australia. His family background as a Barua caste member, involvement...
Buddhist Studies Review February 1, 2007 Martin T. Adam 5 citations
A close reading of the three Bhavanakramah texts, written by Kamalasila (740–795 CE), reveals that their author was aware of two competing concepts of meditation prevalent in Tibet at the time of their composition. The two concepts of meditation,associated with the Sanskrit words bhavana and dhyana, can be related respectively to the Indian and Chinese sides of the well-known debates at bSam...
Buddhist Studies Review February 1, 2007 Michael S. Drummond
In the 1950s, E.T. Gendlin developed a philosophical system, published as Experiencing and the Creation of Meaning, to explain the role of bodily feelings in cognition, and he then evolved a psychotherapy known as Focusing, based on this system. Focusing works primarily with bodily feelings and how they relate to the thinking processes. Gendlin’s work has had an important impact on the field of...
Buddhist Studies Review June 16, 1996 Mathieu Boisvert 6 citations
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Buddhist Studies Review June 16, 1996 A. Solé-Leris
Meditation. Sogyal Rinpoche. Rider, London 1994. 90 pp. (+ 2 pp. Notes). £6.99. Metta. Loving kindness in Buddhism. Khun Sujin Boriharnwanaket. Translated from the original Thai by Nina von Gorkom. Triple Gem Press, London 1995. 120 pp. £7.95.
Buddhist Studies Review June 16, 1996 Karel Werner
The Origin and Development of Early Indian Contemplative Practices. Edward Fitzpatrick Crangle. (Studies in Oriental Religions 29) Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 1994. xiii, 314 pp. DM 148.
Buddhist Studies Review June 15, 1995 Amadeo Solé-Leris
Meditation. The Buddhist Way of Tranquillity and Insight. Kamalashila. Windhorse Publications, Glasgow 1992. 288 pp. £11.99.
Buddhist Studies Review June 15, 1990 Gavin Kilty
Awakening the Mind of Enlightenment. Meditations on the Buddhist Path. Geshe Namgyal Wangchen. Wisdom Publications, London 1987. 284pp. £6.95
Buddhist Studies Review June 15, 1989 Amadeo Solé-Leris
Seeking the Heart of Wisdom. The Path of Insight Meditation. Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield. Shambhala, Boston and London 1987. xv, 195 pp. £8.85/$10.95.
Buddhist Studies Review June 14, 1988 Bhikkhu Pāsādika
Was ist der Weg - er liegt vor deinen Augen. Zen-Meditation im japanischen Garten ('What is the Way? It is right in front of you. Zen Meditation in Japanese Gardens'). Rudolf Seitz, with contributions by Kim Lan Thai and Masao Yamamoto. Kosel-Verlag, Munich 1985. 176 pp., including 72 monochrome plates. N. P.
Buddhist Studies Review June 13, 1988 Nissim Cohen
Tranquillity and Insight. An Introduction to the Oldest Form of Buddhist Meditation. Amadeo Solé-Leris. Century Hutchinson, London, and Shambhala, Boston 1986. 176 pp. £6.95 / $7.95.
Buddhist Studies Review June 13, 1988 Maurice Walshe
The Way of Buddhist Meditation. Serenity and Insight according to the Pali Canon. Kheminda Thera. Lake House, Colombo 1982. xiv, 66 pp. For free distribution.