The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
May 1, 2009
Alberto Chiesa
83 citations
OBJECTIVE: Despite the growing interest in the neurobiological and clinical correlates of many meditative practices, in particular mindfulness meditations, no review has specifically focused on current evidence on electroencephalographic, neuroimaging, biological, and clinical evidence about an important traditional practice, Zen meditation. METHODS: A literature search was conducted using...
Buddhist Philosophy
April 21, 2009
Matthew T Kapstein
Abstract: Despite current uncertainties among scholars concerning the “original doctrines” of Buddhism, some of the most ancient among the discourses attributed to the Buddha unmistakably call into question the notion that each one of us possesses a unique and persisting self, or ātman in Sanskrit. In developing this idea, the early Buddhist thinkers who composed the several versions of the...
Comparative and Continental Philosophy
January 14, 2009
Joseph P. Lawrence
Toshihiko Izutzu's Ishiki to Honshitsu, recently translated into German under the title of Bewusstsein und Wesen, represents a Zen-inspired clarification of a deep underlying tension that characterizes the figure of Socrates: on the one hand a commitment to a fully public form of discourse (thus the central role of defining one's terms) and on the other hand a recognition of the elusively...
cIRcle (University of British Columbia)
2009
Jennifer Rodrigues
2 citations
This study is an inquiry into the experiences of Shambhala Buddhist counsellors. My interest lies in whether the Shambhala Buddhism paradigm of health and basic goodness and the practice of working with emotions affect counsellors in their relationship with clients, have relevance for counselling practice, and pragmatic usefulness for counsellor training. My question is: does the practice and...
Buddhist-Christian Studies
2009
James L. Fredericks
Reviewed by: Healing Breath: Zen for Christians and Buddhists in a Wounded World James L. Fredericks Healing Breath: Zen for Christians and Buddhists in a Wounded World. By Ruben Habito. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2006. xiv + 164 pp. The acknowledgments offered by Ruben Habito in the first pages of his book tell quite a story. Among others, Habito gives thanks to Jesuits of the Japanese...
Social Work in Health Care
2009
Mark J Brenner
The use of Zen Buddhist meditation in clinical practice has received specific attention from mental health disciplines in the West. A study was undertaken to examine the influence of a personal practice of Zen on the professional work of clinical social workers. Ten experienced clinical social workers who were long-term Zen practitioners were interviewed. Findings from this qualitative study...
Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology
2009
H.-Y. Huang, P.-C. Lo
75 citations
Changes in the electroencephalogram (EEG) characteristics in experienced Zen meditation practitioners (n = 23) during 40 minutes of meditation were compared with those in the matched controls (n = 23) taking a rest for 40 minutes. Averaged complexity index ([image omitted] ) evaluation and spectral analysis were measured in three intervals: the first, middle and the last 5-min segments of Zen...
Visnyk of the Lviv University Series Philosophical Sciences
December 30, 2008
Ihor Kolesnyk
In this article author tries to show the understanding of role of unconscious in Zen, the powerful tradition of work with deepest levels of human psyche. This tradition was formed in religious and contemplative practice of school. Author states that tradition of Zen has long history and sometimes shows deeper understanding than western spiritual traditions. Also author analyzes the main idea,...
PLoS One
September 2, 2008
Giuseppe Pagnoni, Milos Cekic, Ying Guo
189 citations
Recent neuroimaging studies have identified a set of brain regions that are metabolically active during wakeful rest and consistently deactivate in a variety the performance of demanding tasks. This "default network" has been functionally linked to the stream of thoughts occurring automatically in the absence of goal-directed activity and which constitutes an aspect of mental behavior...
Anthropology of Consciousness
September 1, 2008
Boris H. J. M. Brummans
4 citations
ABSTRACTIn this autoethnographic essay, I reflect on my brief personal experiences of conducting field research on ways in which way a small group of Tibetan Buddhist monks enact a monastic total institution in Ladakh, India. More specifically, I analyze my experiences in view of the relationship between dual and nondual mind, as discussed byHenry Vyner (2002)in Anthropology of Consciousness,...