Current Psychology
October 1, 2025
Diane Joss
Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms (OCS) arise from maladaptive appraisal of intrusive thoughts, for which Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) can be a major risk factor, due to distorted senses of responsibility and control. Emerging research suggests Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) can be beneficial for reducing OCS, but existing mechanistic understandings are still based on exposure...
Biological Psychology
October 1, 2025
Magdalena Kurek, Joanna Różycka‐Tran, Stanisław Radoń et al.
3 citations
This study investigated the bioelectric brain activity associated with Zen meditation in an ecologically valid monastic setting, comparing experienced Zen practitioners with non-meditating controls. The experimental group consisted of Vietnamese monks from Truc Lam Tay Thien and Truc Lam Thuong Chieu monasteries, while the control group comprised non-practitioners. EEG data were collected using...
Mindfulness
October 1, 2025
Francesco Tormen, C. Mascarello
Abstract The soteriological path in Mahāyāna Buddhism entails a pivotal cognitive shift through which all phenomena are recognized as empty of inherent existence. This paper aims to reformulate this concept using terminology aligned with contemporary psychology and cognitive science, demonstrating how Buddhist methodologies are directed toward developing the capacity to recognize cognitive...
Tamaddun nuri
September 30, 2025
Azizbek Ungalov
This article examines the spread of Islam in Transoxiana during the 9th–12th centuries, focusing on the incorporation of Buddhist and shamanic practices into Islamic rituals, as evidenced by historical sources. Within the framework of acculturation and cultural transformation, these traditions were gradually adapted to Islamic festivals, Sufi practices, and popular customs. The findings...
REVIEW JOURNAL PHILOSOPHY & SOCIAL SCIENCE
September 30, 2025
Dong Thang, Dr. Manisha Tyagi
Human desires and worldly pursuits are sources of suffering for individuals and society. The Buddha, time and again, taught that our freedom lies in our hands, more specifically in the boundaries of our minds. The heart of Buddhist practice to achieve freedom is a life of ethical conduct (sîla) and the practice of concentration (samâdhi) and wisdom (paññâ). The two meditation techniques to...
Raj Rajeshwari Journal of Psychological and Educational Research
September 30, 2025
D. Kumar
The present age is the age of unprecedented scientific achievements and development of material resources. In this age, one hand science has helped in making human life simple and comfortable by developing material resources and other hand it has also make humans mentally and spiritually ill. The decline of the basic moral values is decreasing day by day. Buddhist philosophy is fundamentally a...
Journal of Higher Education Research
September 30, 2025
Ruijing Ni
This essay examines the unique dynamic meditation practice of running meditation (Lung-gom-pa) in Tibetan Buddhism. Drawing on historical records and contemporary interpretations, this essay analyzes the essence of this meditative practice and how Lung-gom-pa enables people to achieve a unity of body and mind while running at high speeds without fatigue, allowing them to continuously progress...
Universal Research Reports
September 25, 2025
Anjali Prabhakar
Background: Mantras are sacred sound vibrations realized by ancient Indian seers and traditionally understood as fundamental expressions of cosmic energy. Objective: This paper aims to align philosophical foundations of mantra with contemporary scientific evidence, emphasizing psychological well-being, cognitive enhancement, and educational relevance. Methods: A narrative review approach was...
International Journal on Culture, History, and Religion
September 24, 2025
Du Huy Bui
This paper explores the philosophical thought of Ti Ni Da Luu Chi (Vinītaruci), widely recognized as the first patriarch who laid the foundation for the organized Zen tradition in Vietnam. Drawing on core Mahayana doctrines, Prajnaparamita, Tam Luan, and elements of Tantric Buddhism, the Ti Ni Da Luu Chi Zen sect developed a distinctive philosophical system addressing ontology, epistemology,...
September 18, 2025
Herlinda Flores Badillo
María Sabina became well known around the world for her great shamanic power and because people were intrigued by her and her relationship with hallucinogenic mushrooms, or niños santos (saint children), as she called them. The present chapter analyzes María Sabina’s prayers/chants – nijmi – in her mother tongue, Mazatec. Their anaphoric structure, commonly used by poets of this tradition, was...
Cхід
September 18, 2025
Oleksandr Donets
This work explores the potential of Zen Buddhist practices such as meditation, mind-fulness, and acceptance of life's variability, examining their application in contemporary psychotherapeutic programs like Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). The study employs a concise theoretical analysis of key Zen concepts, including emptiness (sunyata), satori (enlightenment), enso (circle...
Journal of Buddhist Studies
September 15, 2025
Bhikkhu Ananda
This article investigates Theravāda Buddhism as the most historically grounded school of Buddhist thought, emphasizing its preservation of the earliest recorded teachings of the Buddha. It argues that Theravāda upholds doctrinal purity through a rigorous commitment to the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Three Characteristics (Tilakkhaṇa), Dependent Origination, and Insight...
Religions
September 9, 2025
Fides del Castillo, Gregory S. Ching, Clarence Darro del Castillo et al.
1 citation
Near-death experiences (NDEs) encompass transformative existential experiences that lead to religious change. Although most previous research focused primarily on Western contexts, there remains less understanding of individuals’ interpretations of NDEs in pluralistic societies such as the Philippines. Using a mixed-methods approach, this study examined the relationship between NDEs and...
Journal of Cambodian Health
September 4, 2025
Sethul Hoeur, Sambath Cheab, Tineke Water
This commentary examines the relevance of the Brahmaviharas —loving-kindness (Metta), compassion (Karuna), sympathetic joy (Mudita), and equanimity (Upekkha) —within Buddhist philosophy as a culturally grounded framework for wellbeing and emotional resilience in the Cambodian context. Integrated into clinical teaching, these virtues can contribute to better patient outcomes and the future...
September 2, 2025
Shigenori Nagatomo
This essay will articulate Zen&s;s understanding of time (and space). Its articulation starts with a description of Zen&s;s standpoint anchored in the practice called “Zazen” (i.e., a seated meditation). This treatment provides the essay with a platform for addressing an issue of how Zen sees things, which will pave a way to investigate Zen&s;s experiential foundation for its understanding of...
Innovare Journal of Social Sciences
September 1, 2025
Thang van Bui
Mindfulness is originally a concept in Buddhism and has been widely used to improve mental state around the world. Meditative walking, a type of mindfulness practice, is a widespread practice. The main aim of the research is to find how a 20-day practice of mindfulness can improve the practitioners’ concentration. A self-report method was employed. The author reflected on his practices and...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
August 31, 2025
Kim Seonhwa
This study explores the potential of reading Buddhist scriptures as both a contemplative practice and a form of psychological healing by examining the literary characteristics and meditative value of the Lotus Sutra. Buddhist scriptures employ metaphors, symbols, poetic language, and narrative structures to appeal deeply to the reader’s emotions. These literary devices function as mechanisms...
Vienna journal of East Asian studies
August 29, 2025
Samuel Thévoz
Abstract This article explores the intersection of fiction and spiritual practice by analysing a French novel from the 1950s that stages a journey along the border between north-western China and north-eastern Tibet. In doing so, it shows how literature not only represents but performs meditation, thereby challenging the traditional role of spiritual teachers and offering new perspectives on...
Philosophies
August 27, 2025
Federico Divino
2 citations
This article aims to offer a comparative analysis between Buddhist thought and Peircean semiotics, situating the discussion within the framework of a Buddhist theory of signs that addresses aspects related to perceptual processes and cognitive experience. The influence of signs on cognition is what led Buddhism, from its earliest formulations, to adopt contemplative practice as a means of...
International Journal of Advanced Research in Science, Communication and Technology
August 20, 2025
Ayushi Deora
Background: The interplay of spirituality and medicine in Buddhist India can be used as a paradigm platform that has been guiding the healing activities more than 2000 years. Understanding the ancient Ayurveda and combining it with Buddhism spiritual values have been the study of this research work toward their applicability in the contemporary field of healthcare. Aim: Examine the history of...