Jurnal Budi Pekerti Agama Buddha
November 5, 2025
Ratnasari Ratnasari
Impaired emotion regulation and decreased quality of life are common, yet often untreated, sequelae of stroke. Conventional rehabilitation primarily targets physical and cognitive recovery, leaving affective disturbances unaddressed. This study examined the efficacy of a structured Buddhist meditation program—Mindful Resilience After Stroke (MRAS)—for improving emotion regulation and quality of...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
October 31, 2025
Vivek Kumar
Abstract This article argues that early Buddhist discourse in the Sutta Piṭaka construes peace not as mere emotional calm or social quietism but as the pacification (upasama) that culminates in nibbāna, the unconditioned. Reading key formulae “nibbānaṁ paramaṁ sukhaṁ,” “stilling of all formations” (sabbasaṅkhārasamatho), and epithets such as santi (peace) and khema (security) the study...
Third Desk Research Conference
October 31, 2025
G. Chullanaga
Meditation practices of Buddhism, specifically, Samatha (calmness) and Vipassana (insight), are becoming popular in the field of mental health and psychotherapy. These archaic procedures are being brought into the present modes of therapeutic intervention such as cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based stress-reduction (MBSR) and even psychodynamic therapy. The given literature...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
October 25, 2025
Abhaya Kumar Biswal, Manoranjan Senapaty
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The Bhagavadgītā, a timeless spiritual and philosophical text, offers profound insights into the nature of existence, human purpose, and the path to liberation. Delivered by Śrī Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukṣetra, its teachings transcend historical and cultural boundaries, addressing universal questions of life, duty, and the divine. This article explores the text’s holistic...
Frontiers in Nutrition
October 23, 2025
Josie R Lee, Nicholas K. Canby, David J Cooper et al.
Objectives: Recent research has documented a range of challenging, distressing, or impairing experiences that can result from Buddhist meditation practices (Lindahl et al.). The present study investigates the impact of dietary changes on the trajectories of Western Buddhist meditators who reported meditation-related challenges. Methods: Interviews were conducted with 68 Western Buddhist...
October 23, 2025
Takeshi Hamamura, Min Maung, Anuradha Baminiwatta et al.
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Objectives: Mindfulness is now widely studied and applied in psychology, yet its use and adaptation in non-Western contexts remain underexplored. This study examines how mindfulness is discussed and studied within Japanese scholarly literature. Methods: A two-pronged approach was employed: a scoping review of English-language publications to identify prevailing research patterns (Study 1), and...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
October 17, 2025
J. Adler, Isa Gucciardi
With the prevalence of psychedelic use in both therapeutic and non-therapeutic settings, it is imperative for psychotherapists and counselors to have effective tools to support clients engaging with psychedelic substances. Depth Hypnosis Spiritual Counseling is a transpersonal counseling model which can be used to effectively support the preparation for and integration of psychedelic...
September 30, 2025
Thierry Zarcone
This book is a unique attempt by historians, anthropologists and specialists of different religions and esoteric trends to investigate the mental and physical ‘techniques’ for obtaining an ‘experience’ of the Absolute or the Sacred. Cognitive techniques include prayers or litanies practised in different ways, through repetition (Sufi dhikr, Christian Hesychasm, yoga) or motion (Sufi dance),...
Jurnal Budi Pekerti Agama Buddha
September 30, 2025
Titik Handayani, Suharno Suharno
Kusalamitra Buddhist Pasastrian in Gunungkidul is one of the institutions that organizes non-formal education. Kusalamitra Buddhist Pasastrian is engaged in non-formal education and training that is social and religious in nature. The Kusalamitra Buddhist Pasastrian organizes religious education and training such as Dharma guidance, meditation practice, religious ceremony practice, guidance and...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
September 25, 2025
Purnima Priyadarshi
Religions exist since the human consciousness advanced and societies were made to enhance the safety, togetherness and life quality of mankind. It was developed to ensure certain practices through which human is rooted with nature and human behaviour should be in the interest of trust and love towards self and every other living beings of this existence. At the later stages when number of...