Addiction
September 15, 2010
Carlo C. DiClemente
6 citations
Mindfulness training has become an integral part of treatment approaches for a variety of behavioral and emotional problems. Brewer and colleagues 1 identify rumination and stress coping as potential common etiological components in major depression and substance abuse disorders and then speculate upon how mindfulness coping, specifically attention and acceptance, address these components and...
The Journal of Theological Studies
September 9, 2010
Michael Lane
In this excellent and very readable introduction to the mystics, the author has adopted a case-study approach to the subject instead of the usual historical or systematic approaches (though he does draw on these to some extent). His approach is reminiscent of the one adopted by William James in his famous Varieties of Religious Experience, though it is crucially and deliberately different. For...
Journal of Seon Studies
August 31, 2010
Kim Js
본고는 20세기에 대중화된 테라와다 불교 전통의 위빠사나 수행의 연원과 방법에 대한 고찰을 통해서 위빠사나의 현대적인 위상에 대한 연구이다. 특히 미얀마의 위빠사나 수행의 전통을 마하시 전통과 그 외의 전통을 구분하여 고찰하였으며, 한국인이 접한 위빠사나 수행 전통을 중심으로 살펴보았다. 20세기를 대표하는 위빠사나 수행은 마하시 계통의 위빠사나이다. 마하시 사야도와 그 직제자들은 20세기 중반부터 미얀마의 수도 양곤을 중심으로 위빠사나를 승가는 물론 일반대중에게 지도하기 시작하였다. 마하시 전통의 위빠사나의 특징은 좌선과 걷기 명상을 기본적인 수행자세로 하여 두 자세의 시간을 균등하게 배분할 것, 일상동작을 천천히 하면서 알아차릴 것을 강조하며, 개인 점검을 통해 수행자의 수행 상태를 확인해 주는...
Cambridge University Press eBooks
August 5, 2010
Joanna Cook
In contemporary Thai Buddhism there is massive variation in the foci of Buddhist practice. While some monastic and lay organizations focus on ascetic discipline, others focus on ritual practices, social welfare projects or wealth creation. In Thailand modernist Buddhist movements have elaborated Buddhist responsibilities as both a social concern and a personal responsibility of purification....
Cambridge University Press eBooks
August 5, 2010
J. W. Cook
The great principles of insight meditation are the four foundations of mindfulness. Lord Buddha claims that mindfulness is the only path to purification, freedom from suffering, and thus to nibbāna . This means there is no other practice to purify the mind, escape suffering and reach nibbāna besides the practice of the four foundations of mindfulness. (Phra Ajharn Yai, founder of Wat Bonamron)...
Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation
August 3, 2010
Craig Russon, Karen Russon
3 citations
Background: Since publishing a trilogy of articles relating Eastern mysticism to evaluation, the authors have received many inquiries about training. Purpose: The article explains one promising new method under development—adapting the Zen practice of kōans for evaluation training. Setting: Not applicable. Subjects: Not applicable. Research Design: Not applicable. Data Collection and Analysis:...
CrossCurrents
June 1, 2010
M. Alejandro Chaoul, Lorenzo Cohen
5 citations
Rethinking Yoga and the Application of Yoga in Modern Medicine M. Alejandro Chaoul and Lorenzo Cohen Yoga is a Sanskrit word that means union, to yoke, or to join; the merging of the microcosm of our existence in our body with the macrocosm. In the West, yoga is often referred to as a mind‐body technique from Asia, usually categorized as meditation (for those seated practices) and yoga...
CrossCurrents
June 1, 2010
Wakoh Shannon Hickey
6 citations
Meditation as Medicine: A Critique Wakoh Shannon Hickey Twenty‐seven adults are arrayed at the front of a large, sloping lecture hall: some lying on their backs, some upright in free‐standing chairs, some in the tiers of seats bolted to the floor. Most appear to range in age from mid‐forties to mid‐fifties. The lights are dim, most eyes are closed, and except for occasional fidgeting, everyone...
Mindfulness
June 1, 2010
Susan M. Bögels, Annukka Lehtonen, Kathleen Restifo
Mindfulness is a form of meditation based on the Buddhist tradition, which has been used over the last two decades to successfully treat a multitude of mental health problems. Bringing mindfulness into parenting ("mindful parenting") is one of the applications of mindfulness. Mindful parenting interventions are increasingly being used to help prevent and treat mental disorders in children,...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
May 1, 2010
Maria Engström, Birgitta Söderfeldt
66 citations
OBJECTIVES: B.L. is a Tibetan Buddhist with many years of compassion meditation practice. During meditation B.L. uses a technique to generate a feeling of love and compassion while reciting a mantra. The aim of the present study was to investigate the neural correlates of compassion meditation in 1 experienced meditator. METHODS: B.L. was examined by functional magnetic resonance imaging during...