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...
Buddhist Studies Review
May 29, 1980
Bhikkhu Nanajivako
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The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review
1978
Reiner Schürmann
10 citations
THE LOSS OF THE ORIGIN IN SOTO ZEN AND IN MEISTER ECKHART SEVERAL JAPANESE AUTHORS who have come into contact with the Western tradition have underlined similarities between key concepts in Zen Buddhism and in Meister Eckhart.1 Sometimes their statements, for instance Suzuki's, betray a rather superficial acquaintance with the schools of thought that intersectinEckhart'shighly syncretistic...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
1977
James F. Malec, Carl N. Sipprelle
17 citations
Forty male undergraduate volunteers were assigned to one of four groups. During the treatment period, the control group was asked to “just sit there.” The deactivation demand, neutral demand, and activation demand groups were shown a videotape demonstrating the Zen meditation exercise “counting breaths” and modeling and suggesting relaxation outcome, no specific outcome, and arousal outcome for...
Religious Studies
December 1, 1976
Charles Cox, Jean W. Cox
Mysticism and the mystical experience seemingly play little or no part in our Western tradition. Certainly there is no mystical tradition in the West such as Zen Buddhism, nor is there any great understanding of or influence from the writings of Heraclitus, Spinoza, or the mystical passages in the early work of Wittgenstein. Mysticism has been generally misunderstood in the West, and it has...
PSYCHOLOGIA
1976
John P. Radford
Concepts deriving from Zen Buddhism have come to form part of popular Western culture during the last twenty years or so.These concepts are often vague and misleading.This paper suggests that Zen can be usefully characterized as a set of techniques designed to bring about specific changes in behaviour and experience.This is also often held to be one of the aims of psychology.As yet,...