The World Health Organization (WHO) encourages using evidence-based traditional yoga and meditation practices for the promotion of mental health and well-being. This study intends to examine the influence of three Indian meditation practices, i.e., Vipassana mindfulness meditation, Raja Yoga and Sudarshan Kriya Yoga, by employing a cross-sectional design. 168 healthy adults - 84 meditators...
Becoming a BonpoAnother major theme that emerged from my research is the process of becoming a Bonpo.This transition stage of the participants lives is the focus of the following section, which deals with core questions such as: What does it mean to become a Bonpo?When and how does this happen?Do practitioners selfidentify as Bonpos?For the purpose of this research, a Bonpo is defined as...
Summary Immer mehr Menschen öffnen sich für die östliche Philosophie und Spiritualität und wünschen sich die Aufnahme dieses universellen Bezuges und entsprechender Methoden in die psychotherapeutische Behandlung. Die buddhistische Psychotherapie geht davon aus, dass Probleme sehr stark durch unseren Verstand mitgestaltet werden, und nutzt – im Anschluss an die allen Verfahren gemeinsame...
Abstract: Monitoring and acceptance have been identified as key dimensions in mindfulness-based programs, with acceptance in particular being central to their beneficial potential. From an early Buddhist perspective, the notion of such acceptance could be enhanced by adding the qualification “wise.” In other words, it is a wise form of acceptance that is indeed a key dimension of the type of...
Emotion regulation is essential for healthy living. Previous studies have found that mental training such as compassion meditation could help with emotion regulation. However, the underlying neural mechanism and possible intervention strategies of group-based Mahayana Buddhist intervention involved in emotion regulation are still unclear. This event-related potential (ERP) study investigated...
Homa, a fire ritual of Vedic origin, is a popular religious practice adapted from Hinduism to Esoteric Buddhism. Homa, seen in meditation and yoga practices in Tibetan Buddhism, is a ritual that aims to reach wisdom and enlightenment, which is represented in Buddhist Tantras in particular, Agni, the god of fire. The homa ritual is also known as a performance that involves the building of a fire...
AbstractThe subject of this chapter is loving attention, a way of paying attention to others that is motivated by care, respect, and kindness. This way of attending, integral to Mahayana Buddhist philosophy of mind and ethics, is also central to many influential feminist conceptions of moral perception. Drawing on both traditions, the chapter offers an account of loving attention and considers...
When evaluating the effects of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on the stress response, several aspects should be considered, such as (1) effects on various response systems, (2) temporal dynamics of the stress response, and (3) differences between programs. This study assesses the stress-attenuating effects of a standard mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and a second-generation...
Contemplative practices are becoming more common in educational environments for attending to whole-student learning, fostering empathy, and promoting social justice and socially just pedagogues. This conversation explores how holistic approaches facilitate and expand the parameters of sociological pedagogy to integrate humanist pedagogies and initiate emancipatory citizenship. By building a...
The Five-color Tea-meditation is one of Wonher Ji-Woon's Loving-kindness & Compassion Tea-meditations using five different colors of tea. The five colors are yellow, white, red, green, and blue. These five colors are not only the actual colors of tea, but also the colors created by imagination. In this study, the Five-color Tea-meditation was considered from three perspectives based on the...