International Journal of Sanskrit Research
March 1, 2026
Madhuri Sharon, Anuradha Pandey Dubey
This paper explores the emergence of life through a comparative lens that brings Vedic–Upanishadic cosmology into dialogue with modern scientific theories of abiogenesis and consciousness. Classical texts such as the Chāndogya Upaniṣad describe creation as unfolding from Sat, “Existence alone-One without a second,” from which space, air, fire, water, and earth arise through conscious will and...
International Journal of Sports Health and Physical Education
March 1, 2026
Satish Chandra Srivastava, Anil Kumar Mishra
This paper presents a detailed analysis of the fundamental tenets of Indian Yoga philosophy, particularly the importance of Yama (social conduct) and Niyama (personal discipline). In the Indian spiritual tradition, high conduct and character are considered essential for attaining enlightenment and liberation, which are embodied in the Yama-Niyamas of Yoga. This paper explains the concepts of...
Theology: Theory and Practice
March 1, 2026
Elena Narinskaya
This article examines the global phenomenon of mind-body practices like Tai Chi Chih as contemporary expressions of enduring religious impulses in a secular age. Challenging the classical secularization thesis, it argues that modernity has not eliminated religiosity but transformed it, relocating the sacred from institutional settings to embodied, personal experience. Through the theoretical...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
March 1, 2026
Danis Bois, Hélène Bourhis-Bois
preprint
Nous avons conçu le POEBRA (Programme d’Optimisation de l’Estime de soi, de la Bienveillance et de la Réduction de l’Anxiété) comme modèle psychoéducatif d’apprentissage de la méditation visant à améliorer l’estime de soi, développer la bienveillance et réduire l’anxiété. Il repose sur l’idée que la méditation nécessite parfois une aide pédagogique pour dépasser les difficultés rencontrées dans...
International Journal of Advanced Academic Studies
March 1, 2026
Kashi Nath Pandey
Stress has become a defining feature of contemporary life, affecting individuals across age groups, professions, and cultures. While modern psychology offers various evidence-based interventions for stress management, there is increasing recognition of the value of integrating ancient philosophical wisdom into mental health frameworks. The Bhagavad Gita, a classical Indian spiritual text,...
International Journal of Research in English
March 1, 2026
K Celin Selvakumari, D Wilfin John
The paper examines the ways in which the concepts of machine consciousness and psychoanalysis converge in the novel Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. The book traces Klara, a synthesized Friend who is meant to take care of children in the almost future world that is designed by genetic engineering and high-level AI. Despite a fact that Klara is a machine, she observes people and their...
ShodhPatra: International Journal of Science and Humanities.
March 1, 2026
Amit Kumar Mahato
India has long been recognized as a civilizational centre of knowledge, distinguished by its profound cultural heritage and enduring intellectual traditions, having deeply rooted foundations in the philosophical and epistemological insights of the Vedas and the Upanishads. The Upanishads are integral to the Indian knowledge system, embodying the essence of Jivan Darsana (the vision of life),...
Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
March 1, 2026
Blair Alan Gadsby
Abstract:Mombasa’s indigenous healer, the mganga in Swahili, is also the witchdoctor, fortune teller, spiritual liberator and protector, healer of both body and mind, and they are varyingly integrated into mainstream religions. In Islam they operate with limited theological tension and African Muslims hold a high tolerance for them with many waganga (pl) identifying as Muslims. In Christianity,...
Romanian Military Thinking
March 1, 2026
Daria Ștefania Mihalcea
This essay proposes the idea that an individual’s body has an undeniable role in the understanding of the concrete world. Embodied cognition is an approach to cognition that puts emphasis on locomotion, which is one of the most important ways an organism receives sensory signals about the environment. 4E Cognition theory has as a core idea the fact that our mind is not limited only to the...
International Journal of Physiology Sports and Physical Education
March 1, 2026
Ahsan Huda Yumkhaibam, Sanjib Kumar Bhowmik
Background of the Study: Modern competitive sports demand an integrated operation of muscular strength, cardiovascular endurance, and biochemical durability, yet athletes frequently face high levels of oxidative stress, muscle fatigue, and slow recovery. While traditional training focuses on specific physical domains, there is an increasing recognition that mental ability is a primary...