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Tantra or Yoga. Clinical Studies, Part 1: Yoga

Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara
Several clinical studies demonstrate how exercises from Vedic traditions, such as Yoga, or Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, as well as tantric practices, have a significant psychobiological impact.
Oscar R. Gómez
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Tantra or Yoga. Clinical Studies, Part 3: Comparative Paper

Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara
Several clinical studies show how tantric practices and exercises of Vedic traditions—such as Yoga—or Theravada or Mahayana Buddhism have a significant psychobiological impact.
Oscar R. Gómez
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“I Am Afraid of Telling You This, Lest You’d Be Scared Shitless!”: The Myth of Secrecy and the Study of the Esoteric Traditions of Bengal

Religions, 2018
As the verse chosen as a title for this article emblematically shows, esoteric movements have consistently used secrecy as a literary topos in their oral and written cultural expressions for a number of purposes.
Carola Erika Lorea
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Śākya Chokden [PDF]

, 2017
During his long writing and teaching career, Śākya Chokden (1428-1507) developed a novel, and in many respects unusual approach to the key systems of Buddhist thought and practice.
Komarovski, Yaroslav
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The Positive Impact on Gomchen Tradition on Achieving and Maintaining Gross National Happiness [PDF]

, 2005
The essay deals with the role of Gomchen, Buddhist lay priests, in achieve and maintain Gross National ...
Tashi, Khenpo Phuntsok
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Theologies of Mind: Eriugena and Pratyabhijñā Śaivism

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Though Eriugena's affinities with several Hindu traditions are clear, this article offers to my knowledge the first detailed discussion of Eriugena's theology in relation to any Indic theological school, here, the nondualist Śaiva tradition known as the Pratyabhijñā (“Recognition”) lineage.
Matthew Z. Vale
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Critical analysis of the Kularnava Tantra -Part 1- A foreword corrupted by repressed sexuality

Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara
This article was written to promote academic research on the Kularnava Tantra without the bias introduced by the "forewords" and introductions of the English and Spanish versions, which led to confusion regarding the object of study known as Tantrism ...
Oscar R. Gómez
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Unlocking the Tyranny of Modern Thinking: Keys From Anthropology, Psychology, Neuroscience, and Buddhism

Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT One barrier to mental health and a common focus of psychotherapy is the tendency to identify with relentless, often self‐critical thinking that searches for faults, becomes easily distracted, and pulls individuals away from the present moment.
Barbara Carter
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Breathing Life Flows Through Chaos: Reconfiguring the Effectiveness of Five‐Finger Breathing in Mental Health First Aid

Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT This article questions the moral and causal certainties attributed to the clinical assumptions of the breath of chaos. Instead of seeing chaos as an exceptional intruder that causes problems in health, I suggest that chaos underlines the changing conditions of health and it's an intrinsic part of breathing and everyday life. I discuss the five‐
Yuxin Peng
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Enduring myths: smrang, rabs and ritual in the Dunhuang texts on Padmasambhava [PDF]

, 2008
Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines Number 15, November ...
Cathy Cantwell, Mayer, Rob
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