This paper is to find the purpose and meaning of proper practice through the study of Seon practice by Muhakjacho, who practiced infant behavior as a bodhisattva's practice method. To this end, the life and achievements of Muhakjacho and his Seon thought were examined, and Ken Wilber's developmental model of integrated psychology was presented as a research method. As a result, the inner...
Levins-Morales's powerful quote opens this chapter: 'There is no neutral body from which our bodies deviate. Society has written deep into each strand of tissue of every living person on earth.' She sets the stage for an appreciation of how all bodies, ecosystems, organisations, institutions, and societies are shaped by the circumstances of their emergence. The notion is used to understand the...
Chapter 2 addresses the consensus on Chan as a specimen of Oriental mysticism. It begins with a review of the debate between Suzuki and Hu Shi over whether Chan enlightenment can be rationally understood by human intellect and reason. By examining the major methods of Chan cultivation for attaining enlightenment and accounts of testimony by Chan masters and practitioners in history, it argues...
This academic article aims to study the concepts and principles of mental health according to Buddhist teachings through comprehensive analysis of the Tripitaka, commentaries, and related academic works. The study employs a qualitative research methodology, examining Buddhist mental health frameworks and their integration with contemporary psychological approaches. The research finds that...
Chan tea practice is a Chinese Buddhist practice (Zen in Japanese and English) that stresses the value of simple utensils, humble spaces and anti-performative values such as avoidance of self-consciousness, display or theatrical effects. Since 2019 I have been practicing under the guidance of a Chinese monk, VK, within a group of sangha members from a local Buddhist priory. In this essay, I...
The objectives of this research were: 1) to study Buddhist mental well-being; 2) to study the Buddhist mental well-being of the elderly in Ban Nong Hin community, Khok Ko sub-district, Mueang Maha Sarakham District, Maha Sarakham Province; 3) to study the Buddhist mental well-being promotion of the elderly in Ban Nong Hin community. This study was carried out by means of qualitative research by...
From the perspective of mysticism, the interpretation of zuowang 坐忘 as the breath-meditation technique with a transcendental goal establishes the religious basis of Zhuangzi’s cultivation. In contrast, most Chinese scholars argue instead that zuowang is primarily the mental state independent of meditative techniques, and that the techniques are devoid of philosophical significance. The pivot of...
연구 목적: 본 연구는 현대인의 바쁜 삶 속에 잃어가는 인성과 사회적 이타성 형성을 위하여 불교의 육바라밀 선 사상을 접목한 오색관상 차 명상 프로그램을 개발하고 이를 일상생활에 적용, 사라져가는 인성을 되살리고자 하는데 그 목적이 있다.연구 방법: (사)한국차문화협회전남지부 사범 교육생 16명과 금용사 요가 단원 16명을 대상으로 오색관상 차 명상 프로그램을 체험하게 한 후 다담(茶談)과 설문 조사 결과를 교육의 효과성을 검증하기 위해 SPSS 21 프로그램을 활용하여 자료를 분석하였다.연구내용: 동양의 오방색의 원리를 활용하여 오색찻잔 속에 불교의 육바라밀 수행관을 담았다. 이 프로그램을 통하여 마음의 고요함과 지혜를 증강 시키는 습관으로 행동을 수정하는 것이다.결론 및 제언: 실험자들이 자신의...
This is a hermeneutic phenomenological study that describes and interprets Wong's, the first author lived experience in the borderlands of science and Buddhist mindfulness as a science education doctoral student in Thailand. I explore my experiences in learning with multiple mindfulness teachers, including Thich Nhat Hanh from Buddhist traditions. and Additionally, I explore the affordances of...
Abstract This article explores the structure of cultivated religious experience. For the Buddhist philosopher Jñānaśrīmitra (c. 980–1040), the religious experience of the Buddhist yogin (yogipratyakṣa) is not spontaneous or sporadic but must be intentionally and rationally cultivated. I argue that Jñānaśrīmitra's picture parallels certain contemporary constructivist accounts of religious...
Abstract In this paper, we address core insights from Buddhist psychology about mind-body phenomena and the self, and we relate such insights to the notion of the self-pattern developed in the pattern theory of self. We emphasize the dynamic, temporal and enactive characteristics of the self-pattern, consistent with the core Buddhist notion of non-self. Although there is no one-to-one mapping...
In Tibetan Tantric Buddhism and Bön, yoga refers to expedient means (thabs, S. upāya) for liberating oneself and others from the wheel of cyclic existence (kor ba, S. saṃsāra). Central to that agenda is mastery of a subtle physiology of energy channels (rtsa, S. nāḍī) and their nodal points at radiant “wheels” (’khor lo, S. cakra) along the body’s central axis. The method whereby subtle energy...
Abstract Objectives Research into meditation-related emergent phenomenology is advancing, yet progress is hampered by significant incongruities between meditator self-reports and objective measurements (e.g., of brain states). We address these incongruities by developing and demonstrating the potential of contemplative theory to support scientific investigation. Method Our approach is to...
Conflicts are increasingly intensified among the members of the community, making it almost impossible to extend compassion—defined as a wish to relieve others from suffering—from one side to the other, especially when both sides believe that “life is a battle of us the good vs. them the evil.” Is compassion even relevant to conflicts? The answer depends on how a conflict is framed in one's...
Reviewed by: Enlightened Individualism: Buddhism and Hinduism in American Literature from the Beats to the Present by Kyle Gorton-Gundling Peter B. Olson Kyle Gorton-Gundling. Enlightened Individualism: Buddhism and Hinduism in American Literature from the Beats to the Present. The Ohio State UP, 2019. 217p. A recent entry into the subfield of transnational American studies, Enlightened...
This article aims to analyze the ideas of health and illness in ancient Buddhism, making use of the theoretical tools of medical anthropology and historical–philological inquiry. As a contribution to the conceptual history of medicine in Buddhism, I intend to focus the present investigation on the ascetic problem of the “end of the world” as a means of achieving complete healing. The asceticism...
Recovery Dharma (RD) is a Buddhist-based peer support program for the treatment of addiction that incorporates mindfulness and meditation into meetings, program literature, and the recovery process, creating the opportunity to study these variables in a peer-support program context. Mindfulness and meditation are beneficial for people in recovery, yet we know little about their relationship to...
The purpose of this research is to find out how to prepare, the form of implementation in Theravada Buddhist meditation, and the most important thing about this research is to find out the psychological condition of Theravada Buddhists who have practiced meditation regularly and correctly. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method, namely research that is directed to conditions and facts...
By examining the Sutta Nipāta, considered one of the collections containing the oldest texts of the Pāli canon, this study aims to reconstruct social, historical, and anthropological aspects of archaic Buddhist doctrine at the time of its definition in dialectic with the forces of orthodoxy and constituted power in 6th century BCE India. This study also provides important insights into the...
Objectives: To investigate outcomes and predictors of a Tibetan Buddhist meditation process called Feeding Your Demons® (FYD) vs. a waitlist (WL) control group of meditation practitioners with moderate depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms. Methods: 61 meditators (70% female; mean age = 44.05, SD = 11.20; 43.5% White, 39% Asian, 9.3% Hispanic, 8.3% other) were randomly assigned to 1-month of...