Oxford University Press eBooks
October 28, 2011
Joseph Cheah
This chapter began with the contextualization of the historical circumstances in Burma and the United States that brought about the interactions between these two groups; namely, Burmese Buddhist specialists (monks and lay meditation teachers) and the American vipassana practitioners. It argues for a more comprehensive understanding of what “modern Buddhism” means for various constituents by...
BRILL eBooks
October 26, 2011
Bradley S. Clough
1 citation
capacities attained through meditation and concentration / edited by Knut A. Jacobsen. p. cm. — (Brill's indological library ; v. 37) ISBN 978-90-04-21214-5 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. South Asia—Religion. 2. Yoga. I. Jacobsen, Knut A., 1956- II. Title: Extraordinary capacities attained through
BRILL eBooks
October 26, 2011
Ryan Richard Overbey
capacities attained through meditation and concentration / edited by Knut A. Jacobsen. p. cm. — (Brill's indological library ; v. 37) ISBN 978-90-04-21214-5 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. South Asia—Religion. 2. Yoga. I. Jacobsen, Knut A., 1956- II. Title: Extraordinary capacities attained through
Transcultural Psychiatry
October 20, 2011
Piyanjali de Zoysa
25 citations
Buddhist practices have been increasingly influencing psychotherapy. For over 20 centuries, Buddhism has been the religion of a majority of Sri Lankans. However, there is little documentation of the use of Buddhist practices in psychotherapy in Sri Lanka. This paper presents a case study in which Theravadan Buddhist mindfulness meditation and cognitive therapy practices were used in the...
Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry
September 1, 2011
Angela Nickerson, Devon E Hinton
38 citations
Recent research has highlighted the importance of traditional methods of healing in relation to the treatment of psychological distress in non-Western populations. This pilot study, conducted in Massachusetts, investigates what Buddhist Cambodian monks consider to be the causes, phenomenology and appropriate intervention strategies for anger among Cambodian refugees. Six monks were interviewed...
Psyke & Logos
July 31, 2011
Louise Fransgaard
2 citations
Artiklen præsenterer indledningsvis det buddhistiske fundament bag de senere års terapeutiske anvendelse af mindfulnessmeditation og -filosofi i vesten. Med to forskellige mindfulnessbaserede terapitilgange som eksempel på den såkaldte tredje bølge inden for adfærdsterapitraditionen diskuteres efterfølgende fordele, ulemper og mulige problemstillinger ved integrationen af østlig filosofi i...
Buddhist Studies Review
July 8, 2011
Lee Su-kyung
This article gives an overview of Buddhist-oriented meditation techniques that were integrated with art projects for four and five year old kindergarten children at Dong Guk Kindergarten, Gyeongju City, South Korea. The article assesses the effect of this program on the creatvitiy levels of the children.
Buddhist Studies Review
July 8, 2011
R. Will Burnett
61 citations
This paper explores the adult mindfulness landscape, secular and Buddhist, in order to inform an approach to the teaching of mindfulness in secondary schools. The Introduction explains the background to the project and the significant overlap between secular and Buddhist practices. I explain what mindfulness is and highlight a number of important practical differences between the teaching of...
Religion Compass
July 1, 2011
Roger R. Jackson
7 citations
Abstract Mahāmudrā, usually translated as ‘the great seal’, is a vital term in the tantric traditions of Buddhist India and most schools of Tibetan Buddhism. In early Indian Buddhist tantras, it refers primarily to a hand‐gesture ( mudrā ) accompanying visualization meditation. In the later and more esoteric Indian Mahāyoga and Yoginī tantras, it denotes, inter alia , one of a sequence of...
中華佛學學報
July 1, 2011
Giuliana Martini
2 citations
This article is a study of loving kindness meditation as presented in the third chapter of the Khotanese Book of Zambasta in the light of its Chinese parallel, the Da fangguang fo huayan jing xiuci fen 大方廣佛華嚴經修慈分 (T 306), a Buddhavatamsaka (Fo huayan 佛華嚴) work. Chapter three is first assessed in relationship to the structure and content of the Book of Zambasta. It is then analyzed in terms of...