January 30, 2017
R. Allinson
The Platform Sutra, which dates back to the seventh century C.E., is one of the classic documents of Chinese philosophy and is the intellectual autobiography of Hui Neng, the Sixth Patriarch of Ch’an Buddhism. In the Platform Sutra, the Sixth Patriarch demonstrates that the spiritual and intellectual problems of consciousness stem from a false adherence to the dualistic standpoint. The Sixth...
Education and Culture
2017
Kyle A. Greenwalt, Cuong H. Nguyen
5 citations
In this paper, we explore the degree to which the Buddhist mindfulness practice and the habits of democratic citizenship can be reconstructed in light of each other. We ask what mindfulness is, seeking to first understand it in its Buddhist context. Then we turn to the work of John Dewey in order to seek possibilities for mutual reconstruction. Finally, we ask how we can reconcile mindful...
Center for International and Regional Studies
2017
Samani Pratibha Pragya
This study is an attempt to trace the history and development of prekṣā-dhyāna (perception meditation), developed in the last quarter of the twentieth century by Ācārya Mahāprajña (1920-2010), the tenth ācārya of the Jaina Śvetāmbara Terāpanth sect.Prekṣā-dhyāna represents a new synthesis of ancient Jaina ascetic techniques, classical ritualistic meditative elements, and modern science, aimed...
NRCT Data Center
2017
Boonchaya WiwitKhajorn
This research has the objectives which are; to study the practical and the examination guidelines in Theravada, to study the practical and the examination of the three Meditation Organization in Myanmar, to study and analyse the practical and the examination guidelines in the Buddhist scriptures and the Meditation Organization in Myanmar.From the research it has found that : The practical and...
Texas ScholarWorks
2017
Danielle Elizabeth Burnham
1 citation
Over the span of 2,500 years, mindfulness techniques have transformed from being purely Buddhist mediation practices to secular therapeutic interventions. Mindfulness training has been adopted by a variety of healthcare and educational professionals for increasing psychological, emotional, and physical well-being. Speech-language pathologists have recognized that psychological and emotional...
Liverpool John Moores University
2017
Steve Taylor
4 citations
Appendix 4: Transcripts of Interviews with Participants Interview Transcript -Pl Q: Was there a particular point at which you underwent transformation?Yes, it happened after a terrible breakup with my last girlfriend, and I was for the first time in my life thinking of giving up fighting for getting better from my deep depression.It was a sudden, and in fact brutal transformation induced in a...
Spiritus
2017
Shannon M. McAlister
Reviewed by: The Thirst of God: Contemplating God's Love with Three Women Mystics by Wendy Farley Shannon M. McAlister (bio) The Thirst of God: Contemplating God's Love with Three Women Mystics. By Wendy Farley. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2015. 182 pp. $25.00 In The Thirst of God, Wendy Farley introduces "frustrated Christians" to the works of Mechthild of Magdeburg, Marguerite...
Open Mind
2017
Thomas Calobrisi
preprint
article published in Journal of Global Buddhism; Vol 18 (2017)
PLoS One
2017
Claire Braboszcz, B Rael Cahn, Jonathan Levy et al.
Despite decades of research, effects of different types of meditation on electroencephalographic (EEG) activity are still being defined. We compared practitioners of three different meditation traditions (Vipassana, Himalayan Yoga and Isha Shoonya) with a control group during a meditative and instructed mind-wandering (IMW) block. All meditators showed higher parieto-occipital 60-110 Hz gamma...
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
2017
Minlib Dallh
Reviewed by: Reforming the Monastery: Protestant Theologies of the Religious Life by Greg Peters, and: Mysticism and the Spiritual Quest: A Crosscultural Anthology ed. by Phyllis Zagano minlib dallh Greg Peters, Reforming the Monastery: Protestant Theologies of the Religious Life. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2014. Pp. 178. $22.00, paper. Mysticism and the Spiritual Quest: A Crosscultural...