Sententiae
March 31, 2026
Olena Kalantarova
Review of Douglas S. Duckworth (2019). Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy of Mind and Nature. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Sententiae
March 31, 2026
Anastasia Strelkova
1 citation
The paper analyses the three main concepts of Buddhist philosophy of consciousness and considers the problem of their translation into Ukrainian. The author shows that it is necessary to compare the terms related to different Buddhist traditions’ (Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese and al.) in order to adequately translate them into modern languages. The analysis of a passage (II.34) from Vasubandhu’s...
Mindfulness
March 25, 2026
Tanaphong Uthayaratana, William H. O’Brien, Teerawan Teerapong et al.
Abstract Objectives Buddhist-derived interventions have gained increasing interest in Western psychology. These interventions typically embed Buddhist techniques and principles within Western frameworks. This study evaluated the effectiveness of Buddhist techniques embedded within a Buddhist framework. Method A literature search for articles published up to July 2, 2025, was conducted using...
Mindfulness
March 24, 2026
Andrew Boxer, Frances Shawyer, Ian Coghlan et al.
Abstract Objectives Buddhist psychology provides a detailed framework for understanding the mind through its classification of mental factors, offering a structured model for analysing moment-to-moment experience and identifying antidotes to unhelpful mental states. While specific mental factors such as mindfulness and compassion have been widely integrated into Western therapeutic models, the...
Pan-Art
March 23, 2026
Alexey Vladimirovich Lesevitsky, Evgeny Vladislavovich Lyakhin
The research aims to identify typological points of intersection between the fictional universe of Maxim Gorky’s novel “The Life of Klim Samgin” and the fundamental concepts of Buddhist philosophy. Utilizing comparative-typological and hermeneutic methods, the article analyzes how key tenets of Buddhist thought – the Four Noble Truths, the doctrine of suffering (dukkha), the nature of the...
3L The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies
March 18, 2026
Hoang Thị Thuy Duong
Two of the core concepts in the Buddhist prose of Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh are non-self and mindfulness. These notions play a pivotal role in cultivating inner peace and fostering a harmonious world. This study focuses on two representative non-fiction prose works by Thích Nhất Hạnh: “Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life” (Thích Nhất Hạnh, 2023a) and “No Death, No...
Frontiers in Psychology
March 18, 2026
Christopher Gutland, Selenia Di Fronso, Stephan Schleim
If meditative practice can durably transform experience, and if phenomenology can refine how conscious experience becomes describable, then the interface between transformation and description becomes a shared research problem-philosophical, psychological, and methodological. Addressing it requires the traditions to move beyond conventional self-descriptions. Phenomenology is challenged to ask...
Religions
March 17, 2026
Jia Liu
This article explores how Buddhist theories of mind-nature can inform ethical design in artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on AI as a supportive condition for human awakening and self-realization. Drawing on the doctrine of no-self, it argues that AI should not be treated as an autonomous moral subject, but as a contingent mirror of human data, design, and intention. Although present AI...
International Journal of History and Archaeology Research Studies
March 16, 2026
S Sajeer
This article examines the encounter between Tibetan Buddhist monastic traditions and indigenous animist cosmologies in the hill societies of present-day Arunachal Pradesh between the eighth and early nineteenth centuries. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork by Verrier Elwin, Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, and Niranjan Sarkar, alongside material and archival evidence, the study traces how the...
International Journal of Scientific Research in Engineering and Management
March 13, 2026
Ven. Ho Kim Truong, Dr Rajesh Kumar Rai
Abstract The ethical framework presented in the Pāli Nikāya forms one of the earliest and most systematic expressions of Buddhist moral philosophy. Rooted in the teachings of the Buddha, this framework emphasizes the cultivation of wholesome conduct, mental discipline, and wisdom as the foundation for both individual well-being and social harmony. The Pāli Nikāya presents ethics not merely as a...