Journal of MCU Peace Studies
August 15, 2017
Phrakhrusathitdhammalangka Sujato
This research work is documentary one and the conversational one which is of 3 objectives, namely :- 1. to study the viewpoint about the Vipassana Bhavana in Theravada Buddhist Scriptures, 2. to study the process of teaching Vipassana in the important offices in Thai societies, 3. to developing of teaching Vipassana with the success for developing the life qualities, by studying the data...
Diabetes Spectrum
August 1, 2017
Joseph B Nelson
IN BRIEF Mindfulness, a practice based on Zen Buddhism, has become popular as a way of self-calming and as a method of changing eating behaviors. Mindful eating is being incorporated into behavior change programs along with recommended dietary behavior changes. This article describes mindful eating and offers ideas for how to teach the basics of this practice.
July 20, 2017
Caroline Brazier
This chapter explores the importance of embodiment in the therapeutic process and its relevance to working outdoors. Drawing on the theory of focusing developed by Eugene Gendlin and on Buddhist mindfulness practice, both in the Satipatthana and in recent work of Jon Kabat-Zinn and others, this chapter offers practical guidance on grounding and body-awareness exercises and on the use of...
Routledge eBooks
July 12, 2017
Richard J. Davidson
This chapter explores the association between the practices of relatively passive, sitting meditation and absorption and anxiety using a cross-sectional design. It provides a foundation for more systematic longitudinal research with the variables in the future. The type of meditation practiced by the subjects was varied and ranged from transcendental meditation to Zen and traditional Buddhist...
July 12, 2017
Deane H. Shapiro
Meditation has been compared on a descriptive level with several different self-regulation strategies—hypnosis; biofeedback; behavioral self-control; autogenic training—as well as generally with other self-regulation strategies. An example of a methodology for comparing meditation with other self-regulation strategies, it is compared with behavioral self-management; then possible ways and...
July 12, 2017
Deane H. Shapiro
2 citations
E. Maupin had ordinary subjects focus on breathing for several sessions. These subjects’ meditation experiences were rated on a five-point scale by “blind” judges. A discrete altered state of consciousness is a radically different way of handling information from the physical, intrapersonal, and interpersonal environments, yet the discrete altered state of consciousness may be as arbitrary as...
July 9, 2017
Mamata Mandal
This paper presents an arrangement with the idea of Alayavijñāna, the Storehouse consciousness, of Buddhism, in parallel with the concept of consciousness itself within the modern world. Drawing from Buddhist philosophical traditions, particularly the Yogācāra school, this study investigates Alayavijñāna as the fundamental, general, and underlying consciousness to bring forth other forms...
July 5, 2017
Reinhard Kowalski
This chapter explores some of the differences and similarities of meditation practices that have grown out of different traditions. In recent years psychological meditation treatment programmes have emerged, which, to varying degrees, all employ meditation practices, frequently repackaged under the umbrella name Mindfulness, and often combined with methods from the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy...
June 30, 2017
Mohamed Safiullah Munsoor, C. Z. Sa'ari
Contemplative practices form the cornerstone of Islam and infiltrate every facet of life. These can be categorized into seven main types of practices, ranging from stillness through generative, ritual, activist, relational and creative to movement. Yet these practices are not very well known as compared to Buddhist meditation, Hindu yogic systems or Christian monastic practices. The ‘tree of...
Anthropological Measurements of Philosophical Research
June 28, 2017
T. V. Danylova
28 citations
Introduction. The complex multifaceted essence of human as a biological, psychological, social being has attracted the attention of researchers and has caused hot debates during centuries. Still now, human being, her/his nature requires a broader understanding in the context of the synthesis of long-standing philosophical, psychological, religious traditions and contemporary sciences. Purpose....