Buddhism

Argues that translating Buddhist terms on consciousness requires comparing Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese traditions and translating the whole system, not isolated terms, to avoid incompatibility.

theoretical or philosophical paper

The book presents Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, particularly from the Nyingma school, as offering a non-dualistic approach to the hard problem of consciousness that challenges Western philosophical assumptions.

book review

Argues that Mamardashvili and Pyatigorsky developed complementary but divergent philosophical approaches to consciousness: Mamardashvili's 'real psychology' centered on individual self and Western tradition, while Pyatigorsky's 'observational philosophy' emphasized impersonal observation and combined phenomenology with Buddhist theory.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Proposes that introspective limits give rise to families of ultimate concepts across cultures, exemplified by minimal-dual consciousness in Neoplatonism, Advaita Vedānta, Mahāyāna Buddhism, Taoism, and Kabbalah.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Ghani Khan's poetry reconfigures longing as worship, where devotion is enacted through sustained yearning, self-dissolution, and spiritual risk, aligned with Hallajian fanā.

qualitative thematic analysis

Proposes that learning can be reconceptualized as a process of tajalli, integrating rational cognition, spiritual-emotional awareness, and transcendental consciousness, and introduces the Quantum Sufic Learning (QSL) framework.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Buddhist-derived interventions improve well-being, with interventions emphasizing panna (insight) being particularly effective.

meta-analysis

Argues that the Pāli Canon, applied literature, and scientific research all agree on defining meditation as training the mind's capacity to be aware of its own processes and to weaken resistance to the feeling tones of experience.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Engagement with the Buddhist mental factor framework in Western psychology is limited, but it shows potential for integration, especially with AI computational systems.

scoping review Sample size: 16

The monks' symptoms correspond systematically to the perceptual, affective, somatic, and cognitive domains of a modern taxonomy of meditation-related difficulties, with the critical difference residing in interpretive frameworks rather than in the phenomena themselves.

textual and comparative analysis

Trait mindfulness was the only variable to predict devotion in an exploratory multiple regression.

cross-sectional correlational study

Meditation under DMT/harmine produced different thematic landscapes and greater experiential diversity than meditation under placebo, with shared semantic features and frequent use of Buddhist concepts and spiritual jargon across conditions.

randomized controlled trial

Argues that phenomenological, yogic, and Buddhist meditation traditions provide valuable first-person perspectives that can deepen psychological research on consciousness.

editorial

Argues that the spiritual power of Daoist fulu writing derives from three coordinated levels: external divine power, innate primordial qi, and fundamental Dao spiritual power.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Self-negation in Ghani Khan's poetry is portrayed not as denial of life but as an existential condition through which authentic vision and spiritual awareness emerge, drawing on Hallajian fanā.

qualitative thematic analysis

Argues that Buddhist ethics, particularly the doctrines of no-self and the Five Precepts, can guide AI design toward supporting human awakening and reducing delusion, rather than treating AI as a moral subject.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that the differential reception of Tibetan Buddhism among hill societies of Arunachal Pradesh was shaped by political economy, trade routes, and ecological constraints, with syncretism representing active creative negotiation rather than passive reception.

historical analysis

Argues that neither conceptual nor experiential modes of knowing alone suffice for desirable outcomes, and proposes a framework of deliberate oscillation between them to reduce suffering and enhance inquiry.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that a dialogue between phenomenologically clarified process philosophy and Madhyamaka Buddhism reveals how viewing reality as impermanent and dependently arising can reconnect speculative metaphysics, observation, and lived experience in practical ways.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Dhikr taskiyatun nafs is systematically institutionalized and leads to significant transformation in students' spiritual intelligence, including increased reflective self-awareness, strengthened transcendental relationship with Allah, improved emotional stability, and enhanced moral behavior.

qualitative descriptive study

Meditation, mindfulness, and compassion meditation, rooted in Buddhism, are effective in clinical interventions for stress, depression, anxiety, and other mental distress, with efficacy confirmed by neuroscience.

review

Argues that samatha and vipassanā meditation are two interrelated parts of a single Buddhist path to freedom, not separate methods, with samatha providing the concentration needed for vipassanā to eradicate mental impurities.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Physical and mental causes are not obstacles but means to realize bodily sensations, not absolute causes, in S.N. Goenka's Vipassana meditation technique.

qualitative study

Zhong Maosen's apologetic use of modern physical theories to defend Huayan texts is a creative reconstruction that blurs ontological and epistemological boundaries, recasting mystical narratives as prescientific insights.

case study

Buddhist practices are supported by empirical research for reducing stress, anxiety, and depression, and enhancing well-being, and align with modern therapeutic approaches.

review