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Monks, Blogs and Three Media Cases: Russian-Speaking Buddhist Communities in the Era of Social Media

open access: yesReligions
This paper focuses on the problem of how Buddhism was reinstitutionalized in Russia in the frame of the meta process of mediatization. The empirical part of this study included two stages and was conducted during 2020–2024.
Elena Ostrovskaya, Timur Badmatsyrenov
doaj   +1 more source

“Intelligence Running Wild”: Edward Podvoll (1936–2003) and the Unfolding of the “Contemplative Psychotherapy” Project

open access: yesJournal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Volume 61, Issue 4, Fall 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the origins and development of the “contemplative psychotherapy” project in the United States, emerging around psychoanalyst Edward Podvoll and the intellectual environment at Naropa University during the 1970s and 1980s.
Tommaso Priviero
wiley   +1 more source

‘Paying Attention’ in a Digital Economy: Reflections on the Role of Analysis and Judgement Within Contemporary Discourses of Mindfulness and Comparisons with Classical Buddhist Accounts of Sati [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This chapter examines the question of the role of intellectual analysis and ethical judgement in ancient Indian Buddhist accounts of sati and contemporary discourses about ‘mindfulness’. Attention is paid to the role of paññ?
A Bhikkhu   +21 more
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What Is a Good Death in South Asia? A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis

open access: yesJournal of Nursing Scholarship, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 653-677, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Introduction To deliver palliative care, it is important to understand what a “good death” means to the relevant people. Such studies have mostly occurred in high‐income settings that usually live by Western ideals. What matters to people is likely to vary across different regions of the world, influenced by multiple factors. Although there is
Lihini Wijeyaratne   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Between Buddhism and Science, Between Mind and Body

open access: yesReligions, 2014
Buddhism has been seen, at least since the Theravāda reform movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as particularly compatible with Western science.
Geoffrey Samuel
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佛教“圣书”的缺失与 佛教共同经典项目的进展 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Większość uniwersalnych religii posiada swoją świętą księgę: judaizm Torę, chrześcijaństwo Biblię, islam - Koran. Buddyzm tymczasem nie posiada nawet pojęcia "świętej księgi". Nie ma jednego tekstu wspólnego dla wszystkich wyznawców. Choć Kanon palijski
Grela, Joanna
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How Can Religion Shape Pro‐Environmental Behavior in a Materialistic World? Contrasting Idealism With Realism Religious Epics

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 1300-1326, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on the influence of religion on pro‐environmental behavior, little attention has been paid to the role of religious epics—that is, narratives that embody the core beliefs and moral values of religious traditions—as a mechanism for promoting such behavior.
Manish Das   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Freedom From Responsibility: Agent-Neutral Consequentialism and the Bodhisattva Ideal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This paper argues that influential Mahāyāna ethicists, such as Śāntideva, who allow for moral rules to be proscribed under the expediency of a compassionate aim, seriously compromise the very notion of moral responsibility.
Coseru, Christian
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A Machine Learning Approach for Investigating Variable Importance in Relationship and Sexual Satisfaction: The Role of Interpersonal Mindfulness and Psychological Safety

open access: yesJournal of Marital and Family Therapy, Volume 51, Issue 2, April 2025.
ABSTRACT Numerous studies have shown that mindfulness is positively associated with relationship and sexual satisfaction. However, most have examined the benefits of intrapersonal or trait mindfulness, rather than directly investigating interpersonal mindfulness or considering polyvagal theory.
Claudia Dias Martins   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Buddhist roots of contemporary non-religious mindfulness practice: Moving beyond sectarian and essentialist approaches

open access: yesTemenos, 2016
Mindfulness-based practice methods are entering the Western cultural mainstream as institutionalised approaches in healthcare, education, and other public spheres. The Buddhist roots of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and comparable mindfulness-
Ville Husgafvel
doaj   +1 more source

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