Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers
April 1, 2007
Pei-Chen Lo, Hsuan‐Yung Huang
5 citations
A practitioner in true meditation should already transcend the physiological, mental, subconscious, and Alaya state, and eventually attain the spiritual realm. The scientific approach to the scope of Zen meditation provides insight into the mechanism in addition to the vague sketch of meditation sensation and its multiform benefits to human beings. In meditation research, it is difficult to...
Acta Neuropsychiatrica
April 1, 2007
Belinda Ivanovski, Gin S. Malhi
282 citations
OBJECTIVE: To provide a comprehensive review and evaluation of the psychological and neurophysiological literature pertaining to mindfulness meditation. METHODS: A search for papers in English was undertaken using PsycINFO (from 1804 onward), MedLine (from 1966 onward) and the Cochrane Library with the following search terms: Vipassana, Mindfulness, Meditation, Zen, Insight, EEG, ERP, fMRI,...
Indian Religions: Renaissance and Renewal
March 1, 2007
Geoffrey Samuel
This chapter reconstructs some of the social context of the development of ‘Tantra,’ and in particular asks how Buddhist monks and lay practitioners came to adopt ‘extreme’ versions of Saiva (Kaula) practice as central parts of their own religious practice between the 8th and 12th centuries. These ‘extreme’ elements included the presence of fierce and terrifying deities, cremation-ground...
Philosophy and Religious Studies
February 16, 2007
Минин А. В.
The article considers ideas of two truths in Buddhist philosophy, relative truth and absolute truth, according to Tsonkapa's '' Stages on the Path to Bodhi'', Relative truth is the result of ignorance, producing ideas of Ego, Self, which have no corresponding reality. Absolute truth expresses level of mind on which knowledge, that there are no things existing by their own, by their own quality,...
Buddhist Studies Review
February 3, 2007
C. Robert Pryor
Anagarika Munindra (1915-2003) played an important role in the movement to teach vipassana meditation, and to spread this method widely in South Asia and the West. His life is examined with respect to its historical context and the spread of the vipassana movement from Burma to India and then to North America, Europe, and Australia. His family background as a Barua caste member, involvement...
Buddhist Studies Review
February 1, 2007
Martin T. Adam
5 citations
A close reading of the three Bhavanakramah texts, written by Kamalasila (740–795 CE), reveals that their author was aware of two competing concepts of meditation prevalent in Tibet at the time of their composition. The two concepts of meditation,associated with the Sanskrit words bhavana and dhyana, can be related respectively to the Indian and Chinese sides of the well-known debates at bSam...
Buddhist Studies Review
February 1, 2007
Michael S. Drummond
In the 1950s, E.T. Gendlin developed a philosophical system, published as Experiencing and the Creation of Meaning, to explain the role of bodily feelings in cognition, and he then evolved a psychotherapy known as Focusing, based on this system. Focusing works primarily with bodily feelings and how they relate to the thinking processes. Gendlin’s work has had an important impact on the field of...
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
2007
Ludwig Grepmair, Ferdinand Mitterlehner, Thomas Loew et al.
All therapists direct their attention in some manner during psychotherapy. A special form of directing attention, 'mindfulness', is recommended. This study aimed to examine whether, and to what extent, promoting mindfulness in psychotherapists in training (PiT) influences the treatment results of their patients. The therapeutic course and treatment results of 124 inpatients, who were treated...
October 18, 2006
Arthur J. Magida
This chapter tries to chart the degree of religiosity at which saturation creeps in and has attritions effects. Quite paradoxically, the subject of inquiry, Huston Smith, an erstwhile practitioner of all religions, literally, and a consequential religious scholar, does not display any trace of exhaustion after reaching an objective point of saturation—he has meditated with Zen masters in Japan,...
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
August 28, 2006
Sarah Bowen, Katie Witkiewitz, Tiara M Dillworth et al.
495 citations
Despite the availability of various substance abuse treatments, alcohol and drug misuse and related negative consequences remain prevalent. Vipassana meditation (VM), a Buddhist mindfulness-based practice, provides an alternative for individuals who do not wish to attend or have not succeeded with traditional addiction treatments. In this study, the authors evaluated the effectiveness of a VM...