Buddhist Studies Review
June 14, 1988
Bhikkhu Pāsādika
Was ist der Weg - er liegt vor deinen Augen. Zen-Meditation im japanischen Garten ('What is the Way? It is right in front of you. Zen Meditation in Japanese Gardens'). Rudolf Seitz, with contributions by Kim Lan Thai and Masao Yamamoto. Kosel-Verlag, Munich 1985. 176 pp., including 72 monochrome plates. N. P.
Buddhist Studies Review
June 13, 1988
Nissim Cohen
Tranquillity and Insight. An Introduction to the Oldest Form of Buddhist Meditation. Amadeo Solé-Leris. Century Hutchinson, London, and Shambhala, Boston 1986. 176 pp. £6.95 / $7.95.
Buddhist Studies Review
June 13, 1988
Maurice Walshe
The Way of Buddhist Meditation. Serenity and Insight according to the Pali Canon. Kheminda Thera. Lake House, Colombo 1982. xiv, 66 pp. For free distribution.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
1987
Stephen Phillips
4 citations
Keiji Nishitani presents a Buddhist philosophy that at once speaks from Buddhist religious and expresses a sensibility. It is his defense of the that above all qualifies his philosophy as Buddhist. Nishitani is a Buddhist thinker not so much in drawing on the rich history of classical Buddhist philosophy as in drawing on his sense of the value of Buddhist meditation (zazen in Japanese) and...
PSYCHOLOGIA
1985
Ken'ichi Kishimoto
As anthropological psychotherapy (Binswanger, Frankl and Boss) is based on existential philosophy, this self-awakening psychotherapy is based on Buddhistic thought.I have comprehended the human being from five dimensions; physical, psychological, natural, social and spiritual.Although I have practised the therapy of the former four objective therapy for neurosis, the last spiritual therapy is...
Journal of Clinical Psychology
November 1, 1983
W C Compton, G M Becker
Tested the hypothesis that inconsistencies found in research on the relationship between Zen meditation and self-actualization were due in part to the existence of a learning period for Zen meditation. It was hypothesized that increases in self-actualization would be observed only after the completion of the learning period. The Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) was given to 36 students of...
Philosophy East and West
October 1, 1982
Harold Coward, Winston L. King
17 citations
This is a major section analyses the meditational method of Buddhaghosa, showing the interaction between Upanishadic Yogic Jhanas mode of concentration, and Buddhist vipassana insight meditation.
Psychophysiology
November 1, 1981
David E. Becker, David Shapiro
55 citations
ABSTRACT Two studies have been widely quoted as indicating the differing states of consciousness in Zen vs Yoga meditation. A replication and extension were attempted. Very experienced Zen, Yoga, and TM meditators with average lengths of experience of 7.5 yrs, 5 yrs, and 7 yrs, respectively, and two groups of controls were presented with auditory clicks during meditation. EEG alpha suppression...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1981
Carl Becker
31 citations
From introduction: "One of the commonest reactions to the visionary experiences of heaven by the critical observer has been to argue that these are nothing more than the projections of the expectations of the dying person, who was either consciously or subconsciously trained to expect heavenly scenery (etc.) by his cultural upbringing. [...] This paper is a preliminary report on the status of...
Sociological Analysis
1981
David L. Preston
15 citations
This paper is concerned with the processes of conversion-commitment to a new religious forro and how it is actually accomplished by the individual. Physiological consequences of meditative practices are seen as neglected by sociologists and as important for shedding light on how one becomes in this case a Zen practitioner. Becker's analysis of the learning involved in becoming a marijuana user...