MindfulnessJune 23, 2026Pankhuri Aggarwal, Blessing S. Johnson, Christian Garcia et al.
Abstract Objectives Mindfulness, rooted in Buddhist philosophy, has gained global prominence for its psychological benefits. However, cultural contexts influence how mindfulness is defined and practiced. This exploratory study examined perceptions and practices of mindfulness among college students in India ( n = 512) and the United States (U.S.) ( n = 508). Method Students responded to...
Compassion-based meditation practices, including Tonglen, offer promise for emotional self-regulation, yet Tonglen remains underutilized in contemporary clinical and applied settings. This paper introduces Hope Breath, a brief three-minute adaptation of Tonglen meditation designed to simultaneously downregulate negative emotions and upregulate positive states. The aim was to provide...
This chapter advances a distinct conception of contemplative resistance in relation to the political economy of capitalism, grounded in nonduality, nonattachment, and endogenous critique. This conception resists the temptation of absolute purity that positions contemplative practices as either for or against capitalism; instead, it situates them existentially within the capitalist political...
This article offers a critical and interdisciplinary review of Saumya Liyanage’s Lamp in a Windless Place: Phenomenology and Performance (2025), situating the work within global performance studies, phenomenology, and anthropological discourse. The book proposes a body–mind paradigm grounded in continental philosophy and Asian somatic traditions, particularly Sri Lankan martial arts and...
Understanding how intention and karmic accumulation occur within Buddhist ethics benefits from examining the cognitive sequence (citta-vīthi) described in Theravāda Abhidhamma. Standard manuals describe this process for isolated stimuli, but leave open how competing or overlapping objects are resolved under the system’s timing constraints. This paper introduces a typology of attentional capture...
A expansão de programas de meditação em contextos escolares tem sido sustentada por um corpus crescente de evidências científicas, cuja produção permanece concentrada no Norte Global e desvinculada das condições socioculturais dos contextos que os recebem. Este artigo analisa como a implementação da atenção plena nas escolas expressa e reproduz a colonialidade do saber, identificando três...
Objectives. Contemporary psychotherapy and mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) show well-documented benefits for symptom reduction, emotion regulation, and attentional control. Yet they are most often framed as refining an already given self rather than as modifying the deeper structures through which experience is centered as “mine,” a level that has received comparatively little explicit...
This study aims to describe the practice of Chan Meditation carried out by the Mahayana Buddhist community at Ekayana Serpong Temple, Tangerang Regency, Banten, and to examine its adaptation and effectiveness in the digital era. A qualitative method with a psychology of religion approach was used, involving observation, in-depth interviews with practitioners and community leaders, and...
Transformasi meditasi dari akar spiritual Buddhis menuju instrumen pedagogi sekuler menandai pergeseran paradigma yang signifikan dalam upaya mengurangi stres dan tantangan akademik pada pendidikan modern. Ditengah popularitasnya yang berada dititik puncak, karya ilmiah yang tersedia masih terlihat terpecah. Tidak sinkronnya menajam pada perdebatan mengenai sejauh mana adaptasi budaya...
Kesehatan mental menjadi isu penting dalam kehidupan modern yang ditandai dengan meningkatnya tingkat stres dan gangguan psikologis. Dalam konteks ini, meditasi Buddhis menawarkan pendekatan yang bersifat transformatif melalui pengembangan kesadaran dan pemurnian batin. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji peran meditasi Buddhis dalam menjaga kesehatan mental serta mengidentifikasi...