Comparative and Continental Philosophy
October 18, 2026
C. H. Sawyer
This essay develops a structural alignment between Nāgārjuna’s concept of śūnyatā (emptiness) and contemporary models of recursive identity in cognitive science and philosophy of mind. While Madhyamaka philosophy rejects the intrinsic essence (svabhāva) of the self, recent enactivist and self-model theories similarly deny foundational subjectivity, treating identity as emergent from recursive...
EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
October 17, 2026
Trina Das
The Indian Knowledge Tradition constitutes a rich and multidimensional intellectual heritage that has evolved through centuries of systematic inquiry into knowledge, reality, consciousness, ethics, language, society, nature, and human flourishing. Indian philosophy occupies a central position within this tradition, serving not merely as an abstract investigation of metaphysical questions but...
Yin-Cheng Journal of Contemporary Buddhism
October 16, 2026
Harold David Roth
This article argues for incorporating “critical subjectivity,” developed within the emerging interdisciplinary field of Contemplative Studies, into academic scholarship in the humanities and the sciences. Drawing on the author’s intellectual formation through mentors in Chinese philosophy, Buddhist studies, and contemplative practice, it challenges the conventional ideal of purely objective...
arXiv Preprint Archive
October 14, 2026
Riku Ihalainen, Victor Oswald, Gulshan Kumar et al.
preprint
Awakening is reported across contemplative traditions yet remains poorly defined in science, where it is often conflated with transient states induced by meditation or psychedelics, obscuring its significance for theories of consciousness and cognitive architecture. We treat awakening as a functional construct capturing convergence across Hindu and Buddhist sources, phenomenological and...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
October 8, 2026
Alessandro Mahony
preprint
I mantra costituiscono una delle tecnologie contemplative più antiche e diffuse nellastoria umana, presenti in tradizioni diverse come l’Advaita Vedanta, il BuddhismoVajrayana e il Buddhismo Theravada. Il presente articolo esamina tre mantra —So Ham, Om Ah Hum e Buddho — attraverso una prospettiva interdisciplinare cheintegra fonti filosofiche tradizionali, studi neurofisiologici e ricerca...
'Ilu. Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones
October 8, 2026
Álvaro Trigo Maldonado
This article analyzes the intersection between Buddhism and artificial intelligence through a reading of Redimeidu bosang (2004) by Park Seonghwan, a Korean science fiction story in which a robot attains enlightenment in a Buddhist temple. Beyond understanding technology as a tool within religious practice, the study explores how speculative fiction reconfigures the conceptual boundaries...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
October 8, 2026
Alessandro Mahony
preprint
Mantras constitute one of the oldest and most widespread contemplative technologies inhuman history, present in traditions as diverse as Advaita Vedanta, Vajrayana Buddhism,and Theravada Buddhism. This article examines three mantras — So Ham, Om AhHum, and Buddho — through an interdisciplinary perspective that integrates traditionalphilosophical sources, neurophysiological studies, and clinical...
Routledge eBooks
October 7, 2026
Huiling Lim
Chapter 5 synthesizes the ethical, psychological and contemplative dimensions explored throughout the book, offering a critical evaluation of Thích Nhất Hạnh&s;s contribution to modern Buddhism. It reflects on the coherence and limits of his project, addressing tensions between accessibility and depth, tradition and adaptation and individual practice and collective responsibility. The chapter...
Routledge eBooks
October 7, 2026
Huiling Lim
Chapter 4 explores how Thích Nhất Hạnh translates insight into lived practice through meditation, Zen sensibility, and mindful engagement with everyday activities. Grounded in foundational suttas—including the Ānāpānasati, Satipaṭṭhāna, Bhaddekaratta, and Alagaddupama Suttas—the chapter presents meditation as a holistic discipline of stopping, looking deeply, and ethical responsiveness. It...
Open Access at Essex
October 7, 2026
Rohan J Naidoo
This research addresses the central complex of how the relationship between the sacred and sexual is problematised and plays out over the course of individuation. Jung articulated it as core to his relationship with Freud breaking down, describing a split between the secular (which becomes sexualised) and the spiritual (which becomes desexualised). Such a division can be understood, via a...