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Everyday Mysticism October 24, 2017 Ariel Glucklich
This chapter examines the nature of religious experience, comparing Buddhist, Hindu and Christian examples with the school at Neot Smadar. The key is making and unmaking of conceptual maps of reality and attaining states of true presence.
Frontiers in Psychology October 13, 2017 Qianguo Xiao, Caizhen Yue, Weijie He et al.
This paper analyzes studies of mindfulness and the self, with the aim of deepening our understanding of the potential benefits of mindfulness and meditation for mental health and well-being. Our review of empirical research reveals that positive changes in attitudes toward the self and others as a result of mindfulness-enabled practices can play an important role in modulating many mental and...
Australasian Philosophical Review October 2, 2017 Sonam Thakchöe 1 citation
In my response to Ganeri's [2018] paper, I take Buddhagosha's deflationary account of episodic memory one step further through the analysis of the Madhyamaka philosopher Candrakīrti (ca. 570-640) who, like Buddhagosha, explicitly defends episodic memory as a recollection of the objects experienced in the past, rather than subjective experience. However, unlike Buddhagosha, Candrakīrti deflates...
Biblioteca de la Escuela Argentina de Tantra September 30, 2017 Oscar R. Gómez
Several clinical studies show how exercises from Vedic traditions, such as yoga, or from Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions, as well as Tantric practices, have a significant psychobiological impact. This study seeks the neurophysiological correlates of practices called Tantric and non-Tantric meditations through empirical trials and a qualitative systematic review. First, the results of...
The Traffic in Hierarchy September 30, 2017 Ward Keeler
Many Burmese Buddhists consider meditation the most praiseworthy activity one can undertake as a pious Buddhist, whether religious or lay. This chapter suggests that meditation’s prestige stems from its model of overcoming vulnerability in interaction by withdrawing from it. The chapter relates the course of a ten-day meditation retreat based on the currently more prestigious “insight” rather...
Journal of MCU Peace Studies September 26, 2017 Boonchaya WiwitKhajorn
The objectives of this research are 1. to study the Vipassana Teaching based on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness in the Dheravada Buddhist Sciptures 2. to study the Vipassana Teaching Principles of Model Meditation Center based on Satipatthanasutta case : Wat Phradhatsrichomthong voravihara Meditation Center, the first Meditation Center of Chiang Mai Province 3. to study the development on...
September 1, 2017 Michael A. Franklin
ĀkāśaAkasha Sky/ether/endless space Bodhicitta Bodhichitta Buddhist term for our "true nature"/ pure clear awareness Brahmacarya Brahmacharya Chastity/living with ethical restraint Cakra Chakra "Wheel"/center of subtle energetic power along the spine Caks .u Chakshu Eyes/sight/vision Cit Chit Pure consciousness Darśan Darshan Act of sacred "seeing"; linking to the sacred dimension
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies September 1, 2017 Christina Grof, Stanislav Grof 65 citations
The Concept of Spiritual Emergency T here exists increasing evidence that many individuals experiencing episodes of nonordinary states of consciousness accompanied by various emotional, perceptual, and psychosomatic manifestations are undergoing an evolutionary crisis rather than suffering from a mental disease (Grof, 1985).The recognition of this fact has important practical and theoretical...
Anthropology of Consciousness September 1, 2017 Bethe Hagens
Abstract: Interbeing is a foundational teaching of Thiền Sư (Zen master) Thích Nhất Hạnh, beloved Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist who has worked closely with Chân Không, an expatriate Vietnamese Buddhist nun. Together they founded Plum Village retreat center in the Dordogne region of France. This volume of invited essays – taken as a whole – reveals the inspirational power of the...
Anthropology of Consciousness September 1, 2017 Tahn Pamutto
Abstract: Venerable “Than” Pamutto was ordained in 2010 in the austere forest tradition of Theravada Buddhism. He lives as a mendicant monk traveling among the towns and forests of rural New England. The Buddha's teaching to avoid identification with the “five aggregates subject to clinging” (form, feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness) promises disenchantment with the outward...