Religions
September 9, 2026
Abdurrazak Gültekin
The question of whether artificial intelligence could bear the imago Dei, possess a soul, be a subject of salvation, or suffer in a religiously weighty sense increasingly frames debates at the intersection of AI and faith. Such debates typically rest on an intellectualist criterion: they treat mind as intelligence or information processing, so that as machine performance advances, the sacred...
PLoS One
September 9, 2026
J Richard T Korecki, Diana Winston, Elizabeth Ko et al.
Introduction: Nearly 80% of healthcare providers experience adverse psychological symptoms (e.g., depression, burnout, sleep disturbance) stemming from workplace stressors. Elevated levels of stress have been associated with unfavorable occupational, patient, and provider-related outcomes, imposing a heavy burden on a strained system. Given the impact of stress on both employee and patient...
Libraries and Cultural Resources
September 9, 2026
Elliot Beatty Williams
This thesis examines the phenomena of meditation sickness as it is presented from historical Buddhist accounts through to contemporary research. I argue that the popular conception of meditation as a purely benign practice does not hold up to the evidence of meditation sickness. This thesis aims to combine historical documentation of Buddhist accounts of meditation sickness with the...
PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)
September 8, 2026
Wanhong Huang
This paper examines the formation of knowing before it becomes stabilized as an explicit proposition, definition, or other symbolic epistemic output. Philosophical and scientific accounts of knowledge frequently privilege articulated results, while the conditions through which those results become epistemically possible receive less attention. The present inquiry focuses on the generative...
Sustainability Science
September 8, 2026
Therese Asplund, Pål Dobrin
Abstract Building on calls for deep human–nature reconnection and growing recognition of contemplative pathways for inner–outer transformations toward sustainability, this study addresses a current gap in empirical research on contemplative interventions designed to cultivate a deeper sense of connection with the more-than-human world. This study (1) develops an approach to the Buddhist...
PsyArXiv
September 8, 2026
Peter Aungle, Francesco Pagnini
preprint
Objectives. Chems-Maarif et al. (2025) propose a refined definition of mindfulness for psychological science and exclude Langer’s socio-cognitive construct on the grounds that it is empirically differentiated from Buddhist-inspired conceptualizations. This commentary offers a perspective on that exclusion.Methods. We examine two questions. First, what does the factor-analytic separation between...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
September 7, 2026
Yovanda Adi Dharma Surya
preprint
Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh pengalaman mahasiswa yang beragam selama mengikuti praktik meditasi Vipassana Bhāvanā, baik berupa kondisi fisik, pikiran, emosi, maupun hambatan dalam mempertahankan perhatian selama meditasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengalaman nyata mahasiswa, cara mahasiswa memaknai kondisi yang memengaruhi pengalaman meditasi, serta makna pengalaman...
Voprosy Filosofii
September 7, 2026
Viktoria G. Lysenko
The article offers a hermeneutical analysis of the situation that emerged as a result of Russian philosophical language, formed predominantly by Western (Greek, Latin, German, French, and English) terminology, automatically coming under the influence of the idea that philosophy is an exclusive achievement of Western civilization originating in ancient Greece. The article's aim is to demonstrate...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
September 7, 2026
Adv. Rajiv Shinde
In much popular writing, uposatha is glossed simply as "fasting day," collapsing it into upavāsa ("fasting"). This paper argues that the two words denote two distinct — though historically intertwined — practices. Etymologically, upavāsa (upa + √vas) lexicalizes the act of abstaining from food, a dietary discipline shared across Vedic, Ayurvedic and devotional traditions; upavasatha (Pāli...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
September 6, 2026
David (daoud) Matta
preprint
Meditation has undergone one of the most consequential cultural migrations of the modern period. Practices embedded within Buddhist paths of ethical cultivation, philosophical understanding, teacher-guided discipline, communal life, and liberation have been reformulated as portable techniques for stress reduction, emotional regulation, concentration, and well-being. This has expanded access...