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March 14, 2022 Charu Thapliyal
In this chapter, two distinct Indian philosophical traditions are compared – one Hindu, the other Buddhist – to support the conclusion that meditation is essential to both philosophies, as two separate but similar traditions that evidence the overall premise of this Handbook – that meditation is a valid element of philosophy. The chapter begins with a discussion of the four stages of...
March 14, 2022 David R. Vago 5 citations
This chapter provides a comprehensive review and assessment of the bulk of the neuroscientific research conducted on meditation within the past two decades that may be relevant to the philosophy of meditation, to the development of a more comprehensive epistemological theory of the mind/brain/body complex, and to the improvement of our understanding of mental health, well-being, and human...
March 14, 2022 John Vervaeke 7 citations
This chapter builds on earlier work of reformulating the mindfulness construct by transforming the standard feature list for mindfulness into a feature schema. It does this by replacing a language for training mindfulness with a language for explaining mindfulness. This reformulation affords an important distinction between meditation and contemplation as well as generating an explanation of...
March 14, 2022 Georges Dreyfus
This chapter argues that phenomenological reduction, on the one hand, and the sort of contemplative reduction that constitutes meditation practice, on the other hand, have tremendous potential for comparative analysis, but that there are limits to conceiving them too closely along similar lines. In identifying many of the commonalities and differences between phenomenological and contemplative...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health March 13, 2022 Yolanda Álvarez-Pérez, Amado Rivero-Santana, Lilisbeth Perestelo-Pérez et al.
Meditation is defined as a form of cognitive training that aims to improve attentional and emotional self-regulation. This systematic review aims to evaluate the available scientific evidence on the effectiveness and safety of mantra-based meditation techniques (MBM), in comparison to passive or active controls, or other active treatment, for the management of mental health symptoms. MEDLINE,...
OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine March 11, 2022 Heather Mary Kempton 2 citations
Mindfulness practices have exploded in popularity in public awareness and in therapeutic applications. While mindfulness in a therapeutic context is presented as a secular practice, its primarily Buddhist heritage may make some Christian clients wary of engaging. Research indicates that both reflection (co-creation) on poetry and creation of poetry can be therapeutic, and that both Buddhist and...
JMIR Formative Research March 10, 2022 Jayaram Thimmapuram, K. Patel, Divya K Madhusudhan et al.
Background Although the benefits of yoga are well established across the world, there are limited studies exploring the long-term interrelation between yoga, meditation, and health. Specifically, there is limited research exploring the differences in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among regular meditators and nonmeditators. Objective This study explored the differences in 7 domains of...
Brain Sciences March 9, 2022 Xiaoqian Yu, Zsofia P Cohen, Aki Tsuchiyagaito et al.
Mindfulness training (MT) reduces self-referential processing and promotes interoception, the perception of sensations from inside the body, by increasing one's awareness of and regulating responses to them. The posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) and the insular cortex (INS) are considered hubs for self-referential processing and interoception, respectively. Although MT has been consistently...
پژوهشنامه روانشناسی مثبت March 9, 2022 Rouzbeh Asadi, Fereidoun Yar Yari, Mahnaz Shahgholian
Man has been searching for meaning for a long time, and among various methods, spiritual exercises are the ways to reach meaning. Mindfulness is one of those spiritual exercises. Also, self-transcendence and cultivation of virtues have always been among the great goals of human beings. This research aimed to investigate the effect of mindfulness on self-transcendence and eudaimonic well-being...
bioRxiv Preprint Server March 9, 2022 Vaibhav Tripathi, Lakshmi Bhasker, Chhaya Kharya et al. 5 citations preprint
Meditation has been practised for millennia but the neuroscientific understanding of the dynamics is still lacking. Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) is an evidence based breathing based meditation technique that utilizes rhythmic breathing to induce a deep state of relaxation and calm. Multiple studies have found benefits of the SKY technique from genetic, physiological, psychological to behaviour...