June 30, 2023
Kande Lekamalaya Senarath Dayathilake
preprint
To find a scientific solution to the belief that life after death and consciousness yet it remains unclear due to unresolved problems in (new) physics, psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience. I show you that early Buddhist psychology and some empirical research findings might be helpful to get better insight or, at least, for a better hypothesis on this matter. I show that the natural...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
June 30, 2023
M. Kang
This paper analyzes the content of the eight proofs of the existence of the Ālayavijñāna, which were established in the context of the Viniscayasamgrahani of Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra the Viniscayasamgrahani, in a contemporary perspective, and suggests the necessity of applying them to modern meditation practices. If we understand the eight proofs of the existence of the Ālayavijñāna in a modern...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
June 30, 2023
Byung-Wook Lee
In this article, I will introduce the contents of the Lotus Samādhi and illuminate it from a modern perspective. The Lotus Samādhi consists of 10 items. However, the important part can be said to be the correct insight of reality at the end of the 10 items. This correct insight of reality refers to the idea of emptiness, and from the viewpoint of repentance, it can be said to be great...
RUDN Journal of Sociology
June 30, 2023
A. K. Spirkina
The article considers silence as the most important component of vipassana (meditation technique from early Buddhism) as it is taught in the tradition of S.N. Goenka. As a religious vow, silence is a condition for the successful meditation retreat. Although meditative silence does not seem to form sociality, vipassana courses are a collective practice. After the end of courses, the desire of...
Oxford University Press eBooks
June 24, 2023
Kelly Bulkeley
Abstract This chapter introduces the second of the dream journalists, Myōe Shonin. Born in 1173 ce in Japan, he became an ascetic monk who advocated for religious reforms in the Kegon and Shingon schools of Buddhism. Myōe kept a journal of his dreams, visions, and meditation experiences for more than forty years. The intensity of his desire to emulate as closely as possible the life and being...
Religions
June 19, 2023
Ville Husgafvel, Terhi Utriainen
10 citations
In this article, we apply and assess the concept of transreligiosity in the study of formally educated and licensed psychologists and psychotherapists in Finland who integrate mindfulness practices in their professional toolkit. Our analytical focus complements the discussion on the use of religious and spiritual traditions as therapeutic resources by turning scholarly attention from individual...
The Journal of Asian Studies
June 13, 2023
Erick White
3 citations
Focused on the growing numbers of gay and trans female ritual specialists found in the proliferating spirit possession cults of mainland Southeast Asia, Deities and Divas illuminatingly brings the scholarship of queer studies and spirit possession studies into an otherwise previously neglected dialogue. Through analytic overviews and empirical case studies, Peter Jackson and Benjamin Baumann's...
Journal of Business Ethics
June 13, 2023
Mai Chi Vu, Nicholas Burton
12 citations
Abstract This study examines non-Western perceptions of inclusion and exclusion through an examination of right mindfulness practitioners in Vietnam. It contributes to the critical inclusion literature that problematizes inclusion by showing how right mindfulness practitioners rejected the concepts of inclusion and exclusion, and moreover, resisted attachments to feelings of inclusion or...
Наукові перспективи
June 1, 2023
Сергій Русланович Скляренко
МЕДИТАЦІЯ ЯК ПСИХОЛОГІЧНА ПРАКТИКА РОБОТИ З ДУХОМАнотація.У статті здійснено теоретичний розгляд медитації як психологічної практики роботи з духом.Визначено, що медитаціяце інтенсивний, проникаючий у глибини психіки роздум, занурення в предмет, ідею, процес, який досягається шляхом зосередженості на одному об'єкті й усуненні всіх факторів (зовнішніх і внутрішніх), що розсіюють увагу.Медитація...
Journal of Religion and Health
June 2023
Harold G. Koenig
Mindfulness meditation is rapidly being integrated into many different forms of counseling and psychotherapy, and there is a growing evidence base for its effectiveness. It is important to understand the spiritual roots of mindfulness, and to apply it in a patient-centered manner, sensitive to the patient's own faith tradition rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, assuming that...