Ānāpāna is a type of meditation in which the incoming and departing natural breaths are used as meditation objects. S.N. Goenka, a vipassana teacher from the Ledi Sayadaw lineage, has created a special meditation course for schoolchildren called 'npnaĀnāpāna,' which has a good impact on their academic and behavioral outcomes. This article seeks to examine the influence of Ānāpāna techniques...
Background: Medical pluralism refers to the coexistence of multiple healing systems within a society. In Nepal, biomedicine exists alongside indigenous, spiritual, and ethnomedical practices, yet, research on preventive and ritual-based healing systems practiced by heterogeneous communities remains limited. This study examines the Pheri culture of the Phree (Pheriwala Jogi) community in eastern...
Suicide is a social phenomenon and is mainly caused by mental disorder which may be attributed to by genetic, neurotic, and environmental constructs. A total of 5,124 people had committed suicide in the fiscal year 2016/17.The number rose to 5,317 in 2017/18 and to 5,785 in 2018/19. Various social and biological factors have significant roles to create the suicidal thought in depressed people....