The Journal of Law and Religion
February 1, 2014
Matthieu Ricard
28 citations
Abstract In Buddhism, happiness is achieved when a person can perceive the true nature of reality, unmodified by the mental constructs we superimpose upon it. This authentic happiness comes from having an exceptionally healthy state of mind that underlies and suffuses all emotional states and that embraces all the joys and sorrows that come one's way. The mental states necessary for authentic...
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
2014
Willoughby B. Britton, Jared R. Lindahl, B Rael Cahn et al.
Buddhist meditation practices have become a topic of widespread interest in both science and medicine. Traditional Buddhist formulations describe meditation as a state of relaxed alertness that must guard against both excessive hyperarousal (restlessness) and excessive hypoarousal (drowsiness, sleep). Modern applications of meditation have emphasized the hypoarousing and relaxing effects...
Frontiers in Psychology
2014
Jared R. Lindahl, Christopher T. Kaplan, Evan M. Winget et al.
123 citations
The scientific study of Buddhist meditation has proceeded without much attention to Buddhist literature that details the range of psychological and physiological changes thought to occur during meditation. This paper presents reports of various meditation-induced light experiences derived from American Buddhist practitioners. The reports of light experiences are classified into two main types:...
Journal of Seon Studies
December 31, 2013
Mi-Ja Kang
본고는 알아차림 명상에 기반한 부부관계향상 프로그램인 MBRE(Mindfulness Based Relationship Enhancement)의 관계향상의 원리를 불교적 관점에서 고찰하였다. 즉 MBRE가 개발된 배경과 구성내용, 부부관계향상의 원리, 일상생활에서의 실천 등을 불교와 관련하여 논의하였다.BR MBRE가 개발된 배경으로, 기존의 부부치료의 최저효과와 재발문제를 해결하기 위해 스트레스 감소 프로그램인 MBSR(Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction)이 관계향상프로그램에 도입되었다. 즉 성공적인 부부관계를 위해서는 건강한 개인의 기능이 중요하다는 개념에 근거하여 스트레스를 다루는 능력을 증진시키는 알아차림 명상(mindfulness)이 도입되었다.BR MBRE 프로그램의...
Religions of South Asia
October 8, 2013
Jan Westerhoff
Dan Arnold, Brains, Buddhas, and Believing: The Problem of Intentionality in Classical Buddhist and Cognitive-Scientific Philosophy of Mind. Columbia: Columbia University Press, 2012. 328 pp. $50.00/£34.50. ISBN: 978-0-231-14546-6 (hardback).
Religião e Sociedade
September 5, 2013
Catón Eduardo Carini
Neste artigo, analisamos o aspecto fenomenológico do ritual zen na Argentina, especificamente nas práticas e representações relacionadas ao corpo, ao sofrimento e à intersubjetividade. Em primeiro lugar, enfocamos o modo como os praticantes da meditação experimentam e significam a dor e o sofrimento. Em seguida, analisamos o propiciamento de um habitus psicofísico social e construído...
Indian journal of medical sciences
July 1, 2013
Alessandra Fiorentini, Josuel Ora, Luigi Tubani
Background: Meditation in its various forms is a traditional exercise with a potential benefit on well-being and health. On a psychosomatic level these exercises seem to improve the salutogenetic potential in man.Especially the cardiorespiratory interaction seems to play an important role since most meditation techniques make use of special low frequency breathing patterns regardless of whether...
Literator
June 4, 2013
M. Sienaert
The aim of this article is twofold: • To postulate the Buddhist notion of selflessness as central to the art and writing of Breyten Breytenbach. • To provide an overview of the philosophy this implies and of the way in which it offers a reading of the Breytenbach-oeuvre. The Buddhist concept of selflessness as expressed in the work of Breytenbach is by way of contrast firstly set against the...
Journal of Behavioral Addictions
June 1, 2013
Edo Shonin, William van Gordon, Mark D Griffiths
Purpose In the last five years, scientific interest into the potential applications of Buddhist-derived interventions (BDIs) for the treatment of problem gambling has been growing. This paper reviews current directions, proposes conceptual applications, and discusses integration issues relating to the utilisation of BDIs as problem gambling treatments. Method Aliterature search and evaluation...
Transgressions
2013
Sue Erica Smith
This Buddhist program has provided a unique opportunity in an Australian context to consider some effects of a designated weekly half-hour values program that utilises reflection to teach about values and promote self-knowledge. Teachers in this program have used a variety of meditation techniques. We began with, and have maintained, awareness of breath meditations and imaginative heart-focused...