Meditation Study with Data Analytics
Hong Lin
April 24, 2017 DOI: 10.19080/bboaj.2017.01.555560 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key points | Argues that Chan (Zen) remains a relevant philosophy for the 21st century, one that informs views about the essence of science and links scientific study to the practitioner's contemplation. Proposes that applying data analytics to the study of Chan could help clarify its basic concepts from a pragmatic point of view. |
Abstract
Is Chan (Zen) Still Relevant in 21st Century? What do you get in the studies of Chan ontology, history, Chan’s reflections on Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, Chan utterances and debates, Chan and mystics, and Chan poems and drawings? What is your mindset when thinking about Chan in modern societies? Chan is clearly a philosophy that impacts human are view about the essence of science and relates scientific studies to the contemplation of its performer-human. As a matter of fact, transcendental meditation [1], a spiritual development technique, which was popularized by former Hindu ascetic Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has gained popularity in the west during the 1960’s [2]. We envision that by studying Chan with data analytics, we can help clarify the basic concepts of from pragmatic point of view.
Comparable studies
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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 |