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“Like a Vibration Cascading through the Body”: Energy-Like Somatic Experiences Reported by Western Buddhist Meditators

Religions, 2021
There are numerous historical and textual references to energy-like somatic experiences (ELSEs) from religious traditions, and even a few psychological studies that have documented related phenomena.
David J. Cooper, Jared R. Lindahl, Roman Palitsky, Willoughby B. Britton   +3 more
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Relationships between Religious and Scientific Worldviews in the Narratives of Western Buddhists Reporting Meditation-Related Challenges

Journal of Contemplative Studies, 2023
Contemporary Buddhist meditators in the West are likely to find themselves engaged in practices with rich associations with both religious and scientific worldviews.
Roman Palitsky, David J. Cooper, Jared R. Lindahl, Willoughby B. Britton   +3 more
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Sufistic Meditation as a Form of Happiness Transformation

El Harakah, 2023
This study focuses on the discussion of Sufistic meditation as a form of happiness transformation. A discussion that has long been the subject of study.
Naan Naan, Siti Aisyah
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A Phenomenology of Meditation-Induced Light Experiences: Traditional Buddhist and Neurobiological Perspectives

Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
The scientific study of Buddhist meditation has proceeded without much attention to Buddhist literature that details the range of psychological and physiological changes thought to occur during meditation.
Jared R. Lindahl, Christopher T. Kaplan, Evan M. Winget, Willoughby B. Britton   +3 more
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Alteration of faecal microbiota balance related to long-term deep meditation

General Psychiatry, 2023
Background Advancements in research have confirmed that gut microbiota can influence health through the microbiota–gut–brain axis. Meditation, as an inner mental exercise, can positively impact the regulation of an individual’s physical and mental health.
Donghong Cui, Peijun Ju, Jinghong Chen, Ying Sun, Usman Ali, Ting Xue   +5 more
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Christian Accommodative Mindfulness: Definition, Current Research, and Group Protocol

Religions, 2022
More clinicians are using mindfulness-based therapeutic strategies; however, Evangelical Christian clients sometimes worry about the Buddhist origins of these treatments.
Fernando Garzon, Andres Benitez-DeVilbiss, Vera Turbessi, Yaa Tiwaa Offei Darko, Nelsie Berberena, Ashley Jens, Kaitlin Wray, Erica Bourne, John Keay, Jeffrey Jenks, Courtney Noble, Carletta Artis   +11 more
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Nierozróżniający wgląd w medytacji buddyzmu chan i jego wczesnobuddyjskie analogie

Argument, 2017
Undifferentiating insight in the Chan Buddhist meditation and its early Buddhist analogies: In the paper a comparative analysis of Chan Buddhist meditation and the early Buddhist meditation has been conducted.
Kamil NOWAK
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Meditation-Induced Near-Death Experiences: a 3-Year Longitudinal Study [PDF]

, 2018
Near-death experiences (NDEs) are life transformational events that are increasingly being subjected to empirical research. However, to date, no study has investigated the phenomenon of a meditation-induced near-death experience (MI-NDE) that is referred
Sheffield, David, Edo Shonin, Dunn, Thomas J., Shonin, E., David Sheffield, Shonin, Edo, Garcia-Campayo, J., Griffiths, M.D., Dunn, T.J., Van Gordon, William, Javier Garcia-Campayo, Griffiths, Mark D., Mark D. Griffiths, Sheffield, D., Garcia-Campayo, Javier, William Van Gordon, Thomas J. Dunn, Van Gordon, W.   +17 more
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Development of Educational System for Buddhism and Meditation Using Virtual Reality Technology

Engineering Proceedings
In Taiwan, professional training for Buddhist meditation demands significant time and space. These limitations reduce the effectiveness of learners’ practice. Therefore, metaverse technology was developed in this study to enable students to deeply engage
Yuan-Chin Hsu, Ming-Feng Wang, Chen-Shih Lu   +2 more
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Conceptualizing Buddhisization: Malaysian Chinese Buddhists in Contemporary Malaysia

Religions, 2022
This article conceptualizes the term “Buddhisization” to understand religious manifestations of Buddhist communities in contemporary Malaysia. By Buddhisization, I refer to a process of influencing or being influenced to be a Buddhist.
Lee Ooi Tan
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