Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health
September 1, 2023
Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon, Melissa D. Avery
2 citations
Mindfulness has a natural affinity with midwifery practice. By attending to the holistic care of our patients, we have an interest in helping our patients cope with life stressors in addition to physical and mental health conditions and normal life changes across the lifespan. The use of mindfulness meditation as a therapeutic approach to reduce stress, improve mental health, manage pain, and...
Heliyon
September 1, 2023
Junling Gao, Hang Kin Leung, B. W. Wu et al.
Objective Intuitive inquiry meditation is a unique form of Buddhist Zen/Chan practice in which individuals actively and intuitively utilize the cognitive functions to cultivate doubt and explore the concept of the self. This event-related potential (ERP) study aimed to investigate the neural correlates by which long-term practice of intuitive inquiry meditation induces flexibility in...
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
September 1, 2023
Jingjing Li
2 citations
Abstract In this article, I elaborate on the approach to joy preserved in East Asian Yogācāra texts authored by Xuanzang and his disciple, Kuiji. I argue that these Yogācāra Buddhists propose a contextualist approach that does not presume joy to be an emotion with an essential property but rather perceives joy as always contextualized in lifeworlds at the personal and interpersonal levels. As...
Journal of Student Research
August 31, 2023
Aastha Kulkarni
While it is well-known that high stress levels detrimentally impact overall health, recent research reveals that elevated prenatal stress levels not only negatively affect the mother's health but also impair the cognitive and behavioral development of children. Mindfulness-based interventions are key in reversing these adverse effects. These interventions can be an effective way to manage...
Korean Association of Regional Sociology
August 31, 2023
Kangsuk Shon
This study aims to take an in-depth look at the Guryongsa Templestay walking meditation experience targeting the templestay participants at Guryongsa Temple in Mt.Chiak and to examine how to utilize it. This study was analyzed by applying the method of consensus qualitative analysis (CQR: Consensual Qualitative Research. Hill,2011; Hill et al, 2005). The research question is as follows. First,...
Mindfulness
August 23, 2023
Joshua J. Knabb, Veola E. Vazquez
17 citations
Abstract In this commentary on “Mindfulness for Global Public Health: Critical Analysis and Agenda,” the authors affirm Oman’s emphasis on the need for alternative religious-derived meditative programs and interventions, placed alongside Buddhist-derived mindfulness, for global public health. To begin, we highlight areas of agreement with Oman, then provide a metaphor we believe fittingly...
Annali Sezione Orientale
August 15, 2023
Federico Divino
This article is the result of a research dedicated to the analysis of the term loka (“world”) in the Pāli canon. This work consists mainly of a translation and analysis of the Pāli suttas concerning loka and related terms. What this study reveals is a peculiar conception of the world as a cognitive construct, with a close relationship to the philosophy of mind and language. The “end of the...
Journal of Gazi University Health Sciences Institute
August 8, 2023
Didar Karakaş İnce, Satı Demi̇r
3 citations
Mindfulness, an ancient Buddhist practice, is not just recognizing and living in the present moment. It is a way of welcoming things by recognizing them right now. Mindfulness is an approach about gently bringing attention, which tends to go to the past and future, back to the present and accepting what is perceived. It includes intentional and nonjudgmental attention in the present moment....
Journal of Indian Philosophy
August 3, 2023
Daisy S. Y. Cheung
The eleventh-century Indian Buddhist master Ratnākaraśānti presents a unique Yogācāra interpretation of tantric maṇḍala visualisation in the *Guhyasamājamaṇḍalavidhiṭīkā. In this text, he employs the neither-one-nor-many argument to assert that the qualities of the mind represented by the deities in the maṇḍala are neither the same nor different from the mind itself. He also provides five...
Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society
August 1, 2023
J. Strube
This article scrutinizes the history of “esoteric” and “occult” as comparative terms and outlines a concrete methodology for their examination and potential practical application, based on the theoretical framework of Global Religious History. My main argument is that “esoteric” and “occult” are today de facto comparative terms that are employed worldwide within and beyond academia. Similar to...