Poornaprajna International Journal of Management Education & Social Science
February 28, 2025
P. S. Aithal, Ramanathan Srinivasan
Purpose: Advaita Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism represent two profound non-dualistic philosophies that challenge conventional perceptions of separation and multiplicity. This study examines their distinct interpretations of reality, exploring how each tradition articulates the unity of existence through differing metaphysical frameworks. Advaita Vedanta posits an absolute, formless Brahman as the...
Philosophy East and West
February 1, 2025
John Spackman
This paper examines two accounts of how Buddhist meditative practice has been seen as cultivating nonconceptual mental states. The first, exemplified in recent work by Evan Thompson, drawing on Dharmakīrti, views the representational contents of certain meditative states as nonconceptual. The second, found in Yogācāra texts like the Mahāyānasaṃgraha, suggests that meditation cultivates a type...
Mindfulness
February 1, 2025
Manfred Seegers
Abstract Psychological research on mindfulness has often focused on the effects of mindfulness training, such as clinical application, rather than on the meaning of mindfulness itself as taught in various spiritual, philosophical, and medical traditions. Mindfulness is often seen as a general training in attentional awareness. From a Buddhist perspective, this approach does not allow for the...
Psychedelic Intersections
January 17, 2025
Colin H. Simonds
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Approaches to Psychedelic Buddhism are at times extractive, at times collaborative; they at times respect roots and lineages, and at times innovate, eschewing traditional practices. By analyzing them through the Indigenous logics of authority found in Indigenous plant medicine communities and the Buddhist tradition, we can better understand novel syncretic psychedelic traditions and work...
Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
January 15, 2025
Xinna Cai
This paper explores the integration of Buddhist principles, cultivated over 2,500 years for enhancing mental well-being and treating psychological issues, with Western psychology. It builds a bridge between Buddhist conceptssuch as emptiness (nyat), mindfulness, conation (cetan), and loving-kindness and compassionand contemporary psychotherapeutic practices. Although clinical interest has...
OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
January 15, 2025
This is a conceptual paper comparing how narrative therapy and Buddhist mantra-based meditation promote mental healing. Narrative therapy promotes mental healing by shifting families’ attention to their subjugated stories of strengths and personal agencies. Whilst Buddhist meditation has been integrated into psychotherapy developed in the West, the application is primarily the focus on breath...
Subhasita: Journal of Buddhist and Religious Studies
January 13, 2025
H. Wagner
This research explores the fundamental differences between Buddhism and science, focusing on their unique approaches to knowledge and reality. The study aims to investigate the challenges of reconciling these two fields while identifying potential areas of complementarity. Using a qualitative approach, the research employs a literature review method to analyze key theoretical frameworks and...
IntechOpen eBooks
January 13, 2025
Matthew Furnell, William van Gordon
The concept of enlightenment has long intrigued scholars and contemplation practitioners alike, often associated with profound insights into the nature of self and reality. This chapter explores the notion of enlightenment through the lens of non-dualism, emphasizing the dissolution of the independent, single, permanent self and the emergence of self-transcendent experiences. Such experiences...
Journal of International Buddhist Studies
January 12, 2025
Ven. Vimala (Dhammapāragu)
This paper critically evaluates the concept of saṅkhāra within early Theravāda Buddhist knowledge, addressing gaps in prior studies by Bandusena Wickranmasinghe Dadanayaka and Venerable Nodhiñana, who primarily emphasize the doctrinal and causal aspects of saṅkhāra without substantial engagement with its psychological implications. This research focuses on saṅkhāra’s role as “mental formations”...
Journal of the American Philosophical Association
January 9, 2025
Sean M. Smith
ABSTRACT This article argues that our attention is pervasively biased by embodied affects and that we are normatively assessable in light of this. From a contemporary perspective, normative theorizing about attention is a relatively new trend (Siegel 2017: Ch. 9, Irving 2019, Bommarito 2018: Ch. 5). However, Buddhist philosophy has provided us with a well-spring of normatively rich theorizing...
International Journal of Education and Social Science Research
2025
S. Tabassum
This paper explores how embodied experience mediates spiritual realization within two distinct mystical traditions: Buddhist meditation and the Baul tradition of Bengal. Drawing on phenomenological theory—particularly the foundational contributions of Edmund Husserl (1983/1913) and Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1962)—the study stresses the bodily dimension of spirituality. In Buddhism, the body...
International journal of research in social sciences and humanities
2025
S. Verma, Surendra Kumar
In the modern era of technological, industrial, and political advancements, humanity has achieved significant material progress. However, this progress has not alleviated the pervasive mental distress and psychological disorders that characterize contemporary life. This paradox highlights the urgent need for holistic approaches to mental well-being, including spiritual and psychological...
International Journal of Yogic, Human Movement and Sports Sciences
2025
This paper traces the problematic development and deep impact of Buddhist meditation from its historical beginnings as set by the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama to its various interpretations and applications in contemporary practice. Rooted in the Buddha's quest for liberation from suffering, meditation emerged as a cornerstone of the Eightfold Path. This includes various practices that cultivate...
Bulletin of Mariupol State University Series Philosophy culture studies sociology
2025
A. Meleshchuk
Relevance of the Study. This paper addresses the enduring philosophical and cultural significance of the concept of śūnyatā (emptiness) within Zen Buddhism, highlighting its role as a distinctive alternative to Western metaphysical paradigms. In the context of growing scholarly interest in comparative philosophy and global Buddhist studies, revisiting the cultural transformations of śūnyatā in...
Journal of Sociology and Ethnology
2025
Yu Qian
: Using the phenomenological method to interpret and practice Buddhist thought, this approach focuses on explaining core concepts such as dependent origination and emptiness theory, and their deepening impact on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. It aims to establish a dialogue framework between phenomenology and Buddhist thought. Through literature review and theoretical comparison,...
Comparative philosophy of religion
2025
Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
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AbstractMysticism is mostly employed in the context of theistic religions because historically, mysticism aims at a unification with God. It must be clarified if the project of comparative mysticism that this book suggests can be properly carried out when including non-theistic religions. The chapter examines phenomena such as quietism, ekstasis, and contemplation. Further, the relationship...
Global Insights Journal
2025
Rajesh Sharma, Paramjeet Kour, Thinlay Norboo
Buddhist ethical teachings, far from being relics of an ancient past, offer a robust and profoundly relevant framework for addressing the multifaceted crises of the modern era. In a world characterized by digital saturation, geopolitical conflict, pervasive anxiety, and societal fragmentation, the core tenets of Buddhism provide not merely philosophical solace but practical tools for individual...
Frontiers in Psychology
2025
Tiankai Liang, Minkai Sun, Seiko Goto
After integrating with indigenous Chinese culture, Chinese Buddhist meditation traditions expanded beyond classical rock meditation to include new practices. This study examines the physiological and psychological effects of nature observation and literary creation within Chinese Buddhist meditation. Experiment 1 recruited 30 participants and used observation duration, heart rate, the Profile...
International Journal of Applied Research
2025
Pham Ly Mong Van
The focus of this study is the Buddhist understanding of fear, its characteristics, its role in the spiritual journey, and the healing potential of Buddhist practices that underlie the above-mentioned. In articulating Early and Mahayana Buddhist scriptures along with contemporary psychological perspectives, the study denotes that, in Buddhism, fear is not simply a negative emotion; it is...
Frontiers in Psychology
2025
Christopher Gutland, Huan Liu
Over several decades, Liangkang Ni has developed a distinctive perspective on the parallels and divergences between Edmund Husserl's phenomenology and Buddhism, particularly Yogācāra Buddhism. Despite the significance of his contributions, Ni's writings remain largely unavailable in English and have thus had limited exposure in Western phenomenological discourse. This article addresses that gap...