Buddhism

Argues that Buddhist Yogacara concepts anticipate modern discussions of qualia and can help overcome subject-object dualism in Western philosophy.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Proposes that psychological and contemplative states can be mapped onto a structured space using nested Markov blankets under analytic idealism, with permeability and integrative coherence as key dimensions.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that under analytic idealism, suffering is fundamental to consciousness's individuation through dissociation, and biological death does not necessarily terminate suffering.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that Sri Sabhapati Swami's Śivarājayoga emerged from a creative synthesis of multiple South Asian traditions and spread through translocalization, challenging conventional narratives of modern yoga's development.

book review

This protocol outlines a study to investigate whether regular meditation practice improves quality of life and mental well-being, but no results are reported.

prospective longitudinal cohort study Sample size: 600

Argues that Drakpa Gyeltsen's use of examples, especially tantric ones, bridges illusory appearances and wisdom by tapping into the felt experience of illusion.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that Indian philosophical traditions, including non-dualism, karma, ahimsa, and dharma, continue to influence modern thought in ethics, spirituality, science, and politics.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that Chan and Pure Land practices in medieval Dunhuang were combined in an integrative religious phenomenon, challenging conventional sectarian boundaries.

historical analysis

Found that spiritual mindfulness implemented through ritual-collective and reflective-dialogical models enhances emotional regulation, resilience, and psychological well-being among adolescents.

qualitative multiple case study

Argues that yoga, as a multifaceted path including self-realization, meditation, self-discipline, and moral behavior, remains relevant for addressing contemporary problems and promoting well-being.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that the Corpus Hermeticum's Nous functionally performs roles parallel to Kemetic theological conceptions of a creative and regulating divinity, and that a lineage of mediated transmission accounts for the Hermetic imprint on Western esotericism.

interpretive translation and commentary with emic autoethnography and textual-historical analysis

Argues that conceptual blending allows relational intimacy with God and non-conceptual pure awareness to be integrated within contemporary Christian contemplative practice.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Proposes that across multiple spiritual traditions, entheogenic practice shares convergent ritual structures, phenomenological motifs, and an ethical-pedagogical framework linking such practice to social responsibility, ecological reciprocity, and lineage integrity.

cross-initiatory inquiry combining emic autoethnography with textual-historical and comparative analysis

Argues that ancient breath mastery techniques converge with modern models such as polyvagal theory, neurovisceral integration, and resonance breathing, while emphasizing the need for ethical transmission, cultural integrity, and trauma-informed adaptations.

initiated insider autoethnography triangulated with critical engagement of empirical neuroscience and historical textual sources

Proposes that effective Kriya centers on guided antakarana alignment, cyclical pranayama-bandha work, and psycho-spiritual initiation as core features of energy-body activation.

emic autoethnography integrated with textual-historical analysis

Found a four-part typology of healing and a Three-Pillar theoretical framework from participant-observation across more than 300 psilocybin ceremonies conducted within the African initiatory tradition.

ethnographic study with participant-observation Sample size: 300

Argues that Patañjali's yoga system can be coherently interpreted through a Dravidian-Tamil Siddha lens and shares structural affinities with African initiatory pedagogies, and proposes a 'spiritual reparations paradigm' for ethical cross-cultural practice.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that the Bhagavad Gita can be reinterpreted through a cross-initiatory framework integrating Advaita Vedanta, Dravidian, and Yoruba traditions to propose a 'Spiritual Reparations Paradigm' that re-centers subaltern epistemologies.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that engagement with Osain functions as a mechanism for cultural preservation, social cohesion, and spiritual reparations for descendants of the African diaspora.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that initiated insider scholarship yields unique access to ritual subtleties and pedagogical nuance often elided in conventional etic studies.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that coherence between minds is achieved through understanding, and that the direction a life travels is chosen.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that Weil's apophaticism is a method of stripping away obstacles to knowing God and seeing things 'as they really are,' drawing on diverse traditions including Daoism, Hinduism, and Zen Buddhism while remaining indebted to Catholic mysticism.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that an emic-experiential articulation of Shiva consciousness can engage in critical conversation with classical Śaiva theology and contemporary science without collapsing one into the other, and proposes a 'Spiritual Reparations Paradigm' for comparative religion as an ethical project of epistemic healing.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Proposes that being is constituted by the unfolding of relation rather than substance, and that phenomenal character is numerically identical with a representational structure in a tag configuration.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Proposes that Buddhist meditation should be understood as a transformation of embodied, affectively weighted, socially embedded world-participation rather than as modification of internal models, and introduces the Neuro-Existential Architecture System as a heuristic for this reinterpretation.

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