Asian Philosophy
August 28, 2024
Sergio Cermeño-aínsa
ABSTRACT The paper looks for the similarities between illusionism—a contemporary theory of phenomenal consciousness—and the Yogācāra´s philosophy of consciousness presented in Vasubandhu´s Treatise on the Three Natures. Despite substantial divergences in writing style, the commonalities between East and West regarding phenomenal consciousness are considerable. I claim that a particular reading...
Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences
August 15, 2024
Victoria G. Lysenko
The article examines the dialogue between British cognitive science expert Murray Shanahan and the large language model Claude 3 Opus about “self-awareness” of artificial intelligence (AI). Adopting a text-centric approach, the author analyzes AI’s discourse through a hermeneutic lens from a reader’s perspective, irrespective of whether AI possesses consciousness or personhood. The article...
SibScript
August 14, 2024
L. V. Dubakov
This article is part of a study of the Buddhist text in modern Russian literature. It focuses on Elena A. Schwartz, who developed some Buddhist ideas, motives, and images in her poetry and prose. Her artistic world is a viable ecumenical utopia that exists due to the mysticism of personages and environment. This chronotope gets narrower and narrower in a territorial and cultural sense, thus...
Jurnal Informasi Pengabdian Masyarakat
August 5, 2024
Alberd Alberto Ardiansyah, Julia Surya
This study explores the benefits of meditation for student achievement, focusing on the application of three components of information processing theory: cognitive processes, information storage, and executive cognition. The subjects of the study were randomly selected students from SMP Dharma Loka Pekanbaru. The service involved four meditation training sessions, including guided meditation...
Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
July 17, 2024
Masayoshi Morioka
In this comment paper on von Fircks (2023a), I would like to focus on four issues and offer some reflections on them: first, what is happening in the process of a new I arising through mindfulness meditation practice? I would like to supplement the dialogue between Buber and Rogers in 1957 on the dynamism of I and Me, which is the basis of Mead's theory of self formation, in which I and Me...
New Europe College Yearbook
July 15, 2024
Timisoara Universitatea de Vest, Adrian Schiffbeck
In the last decades, research has focused increasingly upon differences and similarities between Buddhism and Christianity. The geographical distance and different views on tradition, culture, spirituality and philosophy are often understood as dissociative elements. However, there are various characteristics bringing them closer. We explore these similarities with a particular focus on...
Subhasita: Journal of Buddhist and Religious Studies
June 29, 2024
Yuemin He
This article examines the role of Buddhist ideas in Ruth Ozeki's The Book of Form and Emptiness, with an emphasis on the central concepts of form and emptiness. Using qualitative methods, this study involves an in-depth analysis of the novel's text to explore how Ozeki integrates Buddhist teachings in the narrative and characters. In the novel, the concept of “form is emptiness, and emptiness...
Preprints.org
June 27, 2024
Konstantinos Zorbas
1 citation
preprint
Alleged practices of magical assault and vampirism are a recurrent feature of popular explanations of misfortune in Tuva Republic, South Siberia. Based on a field study of healing practices in an “Association of Shamans”, this article analyses rituals of countercursing one’s antagonists in a context of Russian political domination. A central purpose of this discussion is to foreground the...
Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
June 6, 2024
Bo Allesøe Christensen
2 citations
I will in this article use Fircks as a point of departure for trying to understand the complexities involved in the use of the concept of mindfulness. As will be seen, mindfulness can be traced to a decoupling from a religious background and subsequent appropriation within several Western contexts. This will then be used for a discussion of how to deal with the historicity of the phenomena...
Journal of Chan Buddhism
May 27, 2024
Michel Mohr
This article focuses on the Damoduoluo chanjing 達摩多羅禪經 [Meditation Sutra of Dharmatrāta], a text completed around 411 CE. This article focuses first on the central figure associated with it, Buddhabhadra [Fotuobatuoluo 佛馱跋陀羅] (359–429), geographical issues linked with him, and the historical context, before discussing and unpacking a few portions of the text about mindfulness with breathing....
Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies
May 21, 2024
Gonaduage Nilantha Roshan Perera Gonaduwage", Feranita Feranita, Jesrina Ann Xavier et al.
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the intersection of mindfulness practices and ethical decision-making within organisational leadership. Drawing from ancient Buddhist principles and contemporary neuroscience, this study aims to illuminate how mindfulness can enhance cognitive and emotional regulation, thereby fostering ethical behaviour and improved decision-making among leaders...
Qeios
May 17, 2024
Zhiqing Wang
preprint
Zen Buddhism is perceived by many Buddhists as the path to transcendent truth, and Zen meditation is considered as an effective and representative approach. This article seeks to decipher the Zen meditation experience with the latest findings from Hawkins' theory of thousand-brain intelligence and the cerebral rewarding system. According to the findings, it suggests that Zen meditation might...
Religions
April 26, 2024
Pathompong Bodhiprasiddhinand
The purpose of this research is to examine whether Buddhist ethics can improve the health and well-being of Buddhist practitioners during pandemics like COVID-19. It is hypothesized that diseases are part of suffering, and Buddhist teachings aim to eliminate the suffering of all beings. Buddhism also offers ethical codes of conduct for its practitioners to improve their health and well-being....
Religions
April 25, 2024
Fazhao Shi
2 citations
This paper explores the life and teachings of the renowned Chinese Buddhist monk Master Hongyi (1880–1942), focusing on his transformative encounters with impermanence and their relevance for contemporary death education. Drawing upon historical records, personal writings, and the accounts of his contemporaries, this study traces Master Hongyi’s profound spiritual journey from intense grief and...
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS
April 19, 2024
Lung-Tan Lu
Humanistic Buddhism emphasizes that Buddhism should be integrated into daily life. Meditation as a practical method can help practitioners cultivate inner peace, wisdom and compassion to better serve others. Through meditation, breathing and mindfulness practices, Zen practice can help people reduce anxiety and stress and improve their ability to manage emotions. Master Hsing Yun emphasized...
Performance Matters
April 9, 2024
Sondra Fraleigh
1 citation
This essay engages descriptive, experiential methods of phenomenology, prompts from butoh, and insights of Zen Buddhism. Butoh is the dance and theatre form that arose from the ashes of Japan in the shadow of ecological and social crisis after the Second Word War. It is interpreted widely in current forms that extend well beyond the borders of Japan. The everyday is articulated in the...
Studies in Chinese Religions
April 2, 2024
Dixuan Chen
ABSTRACT This research investigates the breath-centered therapeutic concepts and methods advocated by Zhiyi 智顗 (538–597), a distinguished Chinese Buddhist scholar-monk. It focuses on two significant changes he initiated. First, it studies Zhiyi’s reinterpretation of traditional Buddhist concepts of breath, highlighting its transition from a tool for concentration to a diagnostic device. Second,...
Studies in Chinese Religions
April 2, 2024
E. Kindall
ABSTRACT This reception study argues that a fourteenth-century handscroll illustrating the Yandang mountains (Yandangshan 雁蕩山) in Zhejiang Province was used by fifteenth-and sixteenth-century viewers as an aid in their meditation practice to achieve relief from the ailments of old age. They engaged in one set of contemplative practices as the scroll was unrolled and another set as it was...
Journal of Humanity and Social Justice
March 11, 2024
Nie Lie, Ong Cin Siu, Panir Selwen et al.
Pelatihan vipassana bhavana bimbingan YM. Jinadhammo Mahathera, yang diadakan secara rutin di komunitas vipassana bhavana, bertujuan untuk menjawab problematika dalam dinamika kehidupan manusia dan emosinya. Manusia cenderung dikuasai oleh nafsu keinginan, pikiran, dan emosi negatif yang sulit dikendalikan, yang mengakibatkan stres, depresi, ketakutan, kekhawatiran, dan reaksi destruktif...
Mindfulness
March 1, 2024
Matthew Furnell, William van Gordon, James Elander
22 citations
Abstract Objectives The objective of this evaluative systematic review was to analyse the impact of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) that incorporate Buddhist wisdom practices on prosocial behaviour, and provide insights into their underlying mechanism, potential benefits, and applications. Method A systematic literature search was conducted using three electronic databases up until 1...