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September 1, 2023 Robert H. Klein
Advisors of student organizations face many challenges, including holding students accountable while respecting their autonomy, dealing with challenges of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and navigating their lack of training. Coupled with other professional obligations, it is common for advisors to feel stressed and under-prepared in their advising role. Given the increased interest in...
Journal of Applied Social Psychology September 1, 2023 Young Chin Park, Elizabeth C. Pinel
AbstractThis study investigates the effects of an intensive Buddhist (Zen) meditation practice on reductions in existential isolation and increases in prosocial behavior. This study also examines whether the hypothesized reduction in existential isolation resulting from the intensive meditation practice predicts other‐focused compassion. Study 1 utilized a quasi‐experimental design to...
Korean Institute for Buddhist Studies August 31, 2023 Mee-Cho Seung
Qiyuan Xinggang was the leader of the earliest of the golden periods of the bhikkhuni zen masters in the late 17th century. Qiyuan Xinggang transmitted Dharma to her female disciples, making important achievements in forming a female lineage. Not only Qiyuan Xinggang but also her two disciples, Yigong and Yikui Chaochen's Records of Sayings, were all included in the Jiaxing Tripitaka. This era...
Cendikia Media Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan August 30, 2023 I Ketut Damana
The purpose of the teacher is to program the formation of character in Buddhist Sunday schools because the teacher is not yet perfect in forming non-formal character education. The finding of the teacher teaching in the implementation of meditation is because the teacher has difficulty assessing the character of the meditation students. Therefore the teacher is limited to playing an active role...
Millah: Journal of Religious Studies August 30, 2023 Alok Kumar Verma
Vipassana meditation, discovered by Buddha approximately 2500 years ago, is one of the oldest meditation techniques in India. This meditation technique is a non-denominational scientific technique of self-transformation through self-observation in society. This leads human society to a progressive and better insight and a positive health 1appearance. Vipassana meditation is a moral and social...
Journal of International Buddhist Studies August 28, 2023 Nopporn Klunsupha
Nowadays in Western countries, there is much interest in studies of Buddhist meditation practice. This article is focused on an analysis of the relationship between brainwaves in electroencephalography (EEG) and concentration practices in Theravāda Buddhism. The following are the findings: meditation has a good effect on the brain. Despite the fact that we can detect these good effects by...
Tourist Studies August 4, 2023 Jiayu Wu, Juan Tang, Elizabeth Agyeiwaah 20 citations
With much academic attention to experiential learning in on-site tourism experiences, the benefits of Zen meditation tourism on Generation Z after their re-entry into daily secular life remains largely unexplored. Drawing on experiential learning theory, this study explores the benefits experienced by participants after Zen meditation tourism in three stages including reflection, learning...
Pharos Journal of Theology August 1, 2023 Abhilasha Ashok Kumar, Ajit Kumar Behura, Avinash Kumar 2 citations
This Article probes into the profound intricacies of ego, a multifaceted paradigm of self-centric consciousness that has garnered significant scholarly interest across various disciplines, with a specific focus on its conceptualization within the cultural contexts of the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. By drawing on philosophical and psychological theories, this rigorous exploration aims to...
Contemporary Buddhism July 1, 2023 Terry Hyland 1 citation
The exponential expansion of mindfulness-based applications in education, psychology and psychotherapy, workplace training and mind/body well-being in general over the last few decades has been accompanied by wide-ranging claims about the impact of mindfulness on the brain. Arguments in this sphere have been supported by data taken from neuroscience reporting changes in the brain structure and...
Philosophy East and West July 1, 2023 Grzegorz L. Polak
Abstract:The Nikāyas contain several apophatic descriptions of a state of cessation that occurs during the life of an individual. Furthermore, some texts suggest that this cessation paradoxically coincides with liberating insight. This article attempts to draw out philosophical implications of these passages and to reconstruct the ideas serving as their basis. To make better sense of these...