A Brief Meditation on Daoist Prayer
Stephen Bokenkamp
Edinost in Dialog 2024 DOI: 10.34291/edinost/79/02/bokenkamp (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Buddhism Meditation |
| Keywords | Prayer Traditional medicine Psychotherapist Theology |
| Key points | Argues that Daoism has historically included prescribed methods of verbal communication with higher powers, which are understudied compared to its meditation practices. |
Abstract
Prayer is a little-studied aspect of religious experience.This is especially true for a religion such as Daoism (Taoism), a Chinese religion widely known for its meditation practices and often confused with Buddhism.But, beyond meditation, Daoism had, from its beginnings as an organized religion in the second century C. E., prescribed methods of verbal communication with the higher powers, both in communal and private settings.This essay explores a few of these in hopes of prompting further investigation.
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| Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. | 2004 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mechanisms of mindfulness | 2005 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective | 2011 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression | 2006 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness | 2012 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |