Journal of Sustainability
September 11, 2026
Amit Mishra, Himanshu Pandey, Ikhlas Ahmad et al.
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is extensively theorised as pedagogy and policy, but the ontological assumptions of the traditions informing it remain largely unexamined. This paper derives three ontological requirements from sustainability's own internal logic — interdependence, intrinsic value and ecological limits — and applies immanent critique to four traditions dominant in...
Jurnal Ilmiah Religiosity Entity Humanity
September 10, 2026
Tony Tony, Partono Nyanasuryanadi, Budi Utomo
This study aims to develop an Android-based Meditation application as a meditation learning medium with breathing as the object for teenagers at the Pitakananda Vihara Buddhist Sunday School (SMB). The application development uses the ADDIE model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation) with main features in the form of meditation guide videos, interactive quizzes,...
Journal of Contemplative Studies
September 10, 2026
Stuart Sarbacker
In this paper, I examine the relationship between the mind-body disciplines of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain systems of yoga, focusing on the use of psychoactive substances in the Indic religious context and the ways that modern cosmopolitan forms of yoga have been intersected with the use of psychedelic substances.The foundation of the study is a comparative examination of the semantic field of...
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...