The article examines the Buddhist philosophy of consciousness through a comparative analysis with key trends in Western thought: Husserl’s phenomenology, analytical philosophy, and modern cognitive neuroscience. The work focuses on a comprehensive comparative analysis of the reception, transformation, and structural similarities between Buddhist philosophy and the Western intellectual...
Abstract: The intersection of mindfulness and mindlessness behooves the educational paradigm. With the development of artificial intelligence in education, intrapersonal and interpersonal engagements have a unique positioning that dehumanizes and technicalizes the curriculum milieu. Building on William Pinar’s currere, the paper engages Buddhist friends, fools, and foes in curriculum theorizing...
Abstract This chapter examines archives within Buddhist philosophy as a thought experiment toward rethinking what counts as education. Specifically, it revisits archives within Vajrayana Buddhism (11th century onwards), for “holistic” practices that target problems posed by conceptions of self and allied suffering. In Vajrayana Buddhism, education for the alleviation of suffering is tied to the...
Keith Edward Cantú’s Like A Tree Universally Spread: Sri Sabhapati Swami and Śivarājayoga offers a significant reassessment of the history of modern yoga by recovering the life, writings, and transregional influence of the largely forgotten Tamil yogi Sri Sabhapati Swami (c. 1828–1923/24). This article examines Cantú’s reconstruction of Sabhapati’s spiritual career, multilingual publications,...
In recent decades, millions of people globally have taken up Buddhist spiritual and secularized meditation practices, such as mindfulness, with the aim of improving their quality of life and well-being. Practitioners are recommended to continue meditating regularly for the long term; however, the effects of regular meditation practice after introductory instruction remain scientifically...
While it may be tempting to assume that the preponderance of Buddhist metaphors for the deceptive nature of appearances suggests that our experiences of the phenomenal world should be dismissed, in many Buddhist traditions, understanding why things appear as they do is central to realizing how they truly are. In this article, I illuminate the unique manner in which one Tibetan author uses...
This article investigates the convergence of Chan and Pure Land practices in medieval Dunhuang, highlighting a fluid and integrative religious phenomenon that challenges conventional sectarian boundaries. Drawing on a rich corpus of manuscripts, including treatises, lecture notes, liturgical texts, and portrait praises, the study demonstrates how meditation-centered approaches, often associated...
This study aims to analyze the implementation model of spiritual mindfulness in strengthening adolescent mental health within Islamic secondary schools. The research employs a qualitative approach with a multiple case study design conducted at two Islamic high schools in Gresik, Indonesia. Data were collected through participatory observation, in-depth interviews, and document analysis, and...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the significant impact that Indian philosophy has had on contemporary thought, focusing on the ways in which it has impacted the spiritual, scientific, and socio-political landscapes around the world. Non-dualism (Advaita Vedanta), karma, ahimsa (non-violence), and dharma (duty/righteousness) are some of the Indian philosophical principles that have...
Abstract: One of India’s most lasting intellectual and spiritual traditions is yoga. Yoga, which has its roots in the Sanskritic tradition of ancient India, offers a comprehensive philosophy of life that goes beyond its modern understanding as a discipline of physical practice. The goal of yoga is to harmonise the body, mind, and awareness. It is derived from the Sanskrit linguistic root yuj,...
MindfulnessJuly 14, 2026Karina Solovieff, Miguel Angel Murua, María Arqueros et al.
Mental health professionals are at elevated risk for psychological distress and reduced well-being, yet the effects of intensive Zen retreats in this population remain understudied. This study tested whether a 5-day silent, residential Zen-style mindfulness retreat yielded greater improvement than a time- and content-matched Dharma-talk comparator in distress, well-being, self-compassion, and...
Abstract Simone Weil stands squarely within the apophatic tradition, but she also occupies an original position within it, having developed many themes in the wake of a mystical experience at the age of 29. One such theme, which originated in her meditation on Christ’s kenosis (Ph. 2:7) and how we can imitate it, is that of “decreation” (décréation). Another is attention (l’attention), which...
Abstract This paper examines how contemporary Christian contemplative discourse integrates two apparently opposed construals of religious experience: relational intimacy with a divine entity and non-conceptual states of pure awareness. We argue that relational intimacy is conceptualized through warmth, connection, spatial proximity, shared will, and resonance, underpinned by a linked goal...
Transcending the limiting dimension of corporeality for the betterment of the human condition lies at the core of the Transhumanist agenda. However, the Western Transhumanist assumption of the human condition is characterized by a materialist/techno-centric approach to matter and consciousness. On the other hand, the age-old Jnanaganja tradition of Siddha Yoga found its unique crystallization...
This essay introduces the Neuro-Existential Architecture System (NEAS) as a newly proposed neurophilosophical heuristic for interpreting Buddhist meditation in terms of predictive engagement. Moving beyond representationalist readings of predictive processing, it argues that meditation should not be understood primarily as the modification of internal models, but as a transformation of...
Abstract This article analyzes passages found in Tibetan writings from the early Great Perfection tradition that prescribe the cultivation and consumption of psychoactive fungi as an integral part of the Buddhist path. It identifies these passages as the first instances discovered in premodern Buddhist literature in which the use of psychedelics is unambiguously prescribed to hasten progress...
Remarkable advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have been made in recent years. There is a theory that brain activity in humans is based on the free energy principle, which is a comprehensive theory that attempts to explain the structure and function of cognition and the brain’s behavior. For any self-organized system to be in equilibrium within its environment, the agent performs...
A brief introduction to the Western philosophical tradition of examining the difficult problem of man allows us, on the one hand, to identify aspects that bring it closer to Buddhist anthropology (the rejection of the epistemological paradigm and an emphasis on the ontology of freedom and the “hiddenness of being”); on the other hand, it highlights the latter’s profound specificity: it...
This paper explores how the teachings of Bhagavad Gita contribute to enhance occupational health and safety of the employees in the workplace. Modern occupational health and safety (OHS) practices have become effective in addressing physical and psychosocial risks. However, they fail to deal with emotional challenges faced by employees Hence, the spiritual approaches have drawn the attention of...