The Maastricht Journal of Liberal Arts
July 12, 2018
Lorena Ortiz Cabrero
1 citation
Despite distancing themselves from traditional religions, (Western) post-secular societies are still heavily concerned with ‘spirituality’ and other forms of self-realisation. Within our working postmodernist framework, where ‘truth’, ‘knowledge’ and ‘God’ are found to be relative, this concern often translates into a combination of religiously inspired practices – such as (Hinduist) yoga or...
Research in Human Development
July 10, 2018
M. Ardelt, S. Grunwald
Trauma is an inescapable part of being human, whether caused by external events or internal struggles. Self-reflection and self-awareness aid in the recovery from external trauma and heal psychosomatic wounds. We first explain different understandings of the nature of the self and mechanisms of self-reflection and self-awareness. Then we describe the role of self-reflection and awareness in...
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
July 9, 2018
A. Hafenbrack, Lindsey D. Cameron, Gretchen M. Spreitzer et al.
While mindfulness originated in Buddhist teachings, the variant studied by Western psychologists and taught in corporations has been secularized. One might suspect that secularized mindfulness - a ...
Social Science Research Network
July 3, 2018
S. K. Ariyasinghe
preprint
Current world is suffering in many type of issues in different extends. But there is one common reason for all issues, which s lack of spiritual development of the society. Therefore people don’t satisfied with their needs and always follow the desires and making their decisions in unconscious way. This study is about utilization of meditation as a tool for the world without concerning any...
Contemporary Buddhism
July 3, 2018
C. P. Hertogh
ABSTRACT In this paper we propose logical analyses of Vipassanā Meditation as modus ponens or universal instantiation, as based upon identification, analysis, and interpretation of the meditation as a (spiritual) thought experiment (STE like e.g. huàtóus and kōans in Chan and Zen).* The analyses consist in completing the unfinished enthymematic argument of the Sutta-nipāta by explication of...
Contemporary Buddhism
July 3, 2018
Richard E. Whitehead, Glen William Bates, Brad Elphinstone
18 citations
The Buddhist concept of nonattachment refers to a flexible engagement with experience without fixation on achieving specified outcomes. The primary focus of this study was to qualitatively examine how nonattachment and attachment are experienced in individuals identified as having very high and low levels of nonattachment. Specifically, we examined individuals’ descriptions of how their levels...
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
July 1, 2018
Jon K. Amundson, Marc W Ross, Debra Campbell
While much has been made of the value of Buddhist mindfulness in clinical treatment, little attention has been given over to its parallels, if not antecedents in Hindu philosophy. Buddhist traditions in the vipassana, ch'an and zen tradition, and the practices associated, find their roots in Advaita philosophy and practice. This article looks at the useful/effective nature of Advaita and its...
Setting Out on the Great Way: Essays on Early Mahāyāna Buddhism
June 30, 2018
Douglas Osto
This chapter argues that literary accounts of visions in some Mahāyāna sources (often referred to as samādhis) possess characteristics that are strikingly similar to reports of actually visionary experiences that individuals have undergone while their psychologies and physiologies were profoundly altered in some way. Moreover, some of the methods used to induce actual visions also parallel...
Journal of Psychiatrists Association of Nepal
June 28, 2018
Samjhana Thapaliya, K. D. Upadhyaya, Rohan Borschmann et al.
9 citations
Introduction: Mindfulness based interventions (MBIs) have emerged as effective interventions for various psychiatric conditions including depression and anxiety. Asia being home to Buddhist tradition, it will be interesting to explore the trend and efficacy of MBIs in Asian population in Asian settings. The aim of this study is to perform a systematic review of mindfulness based interventions...
June 27, 2018
Hayley Saul
This chapter seeks to resource Anthropocene debates through the transversal conversations with the Dharma, tackling alternative modes of thinking–being about material causality, material agency, the morality of artefacts and corporeality. It also seeks the experiences of the lady-lama Alexandra David-Neel (ADN) as she encountered the various and multiple aspects of the mortal frontier to...