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Tacit Conversion: A Linguistic Analysis of a Vipassana Meditator’s Narrative of Self-Transformation
, 2020 Once exclusively practiced by ordained Theravada monks, Vipassana meditation has journeyed far beyond the gates of monasteries and into various secular spheres, including prison cells. With over 160 official centres worldwide, S. N.
Masoumeh Rahmani, Rahmani, Masoumeh
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Vipassana-Meditation, Sechswöchige Einheit mit Schüler:innen der Oberstufe
Die vorliegende Masterarbeit befasst sich mit der Durchführung einer sechswöchigen Vipassana-Meditationseinheit mit zwei Klassen einer 1. Sekundarschulklasse in der Schweiz.
Hubatka, Anne-Sophie
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Molecules of Silence: Effects of Meditation on Gene Expression and Epigenetics
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Many studies have consistently demonstrated an epigenetic link between environmental stimuli and physiological as well as cognitive responses. Epigenetic mechanisms represent a way to regulate gene activity in real time without modifying the DNA sequence,
Sabrina Venditti +5 more
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Vipassana Meditation is an Ancient Technique That Focuses on Self-Observation and Awareness
International Journal For Multidisciplinary ResearchVipassana meditation, an ancient meditation technique originating from India, translates to "to see things as they are." It was rediscovered by Gautama Buddha over 2,500 years ago and has been taught as a universal remedy for common problems.
R. B, Krishna Prasad
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Neural Plasticity, 2018 It has been suggested that the practice of meditation is associated to neuroplasticity phenomena, reducing age-related brain degeneration and improving cognitive functions. Neuroimaging studies have shown that the brain connectivity changes in meditators.
Anna Lardone +12 more
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MENTAL FREEDOM AND FREEDOM OF THE LOVING HEART: FREE WILL AND BUDDHIST MEDITATION
Zygon, 2020 In Buddhism, Meditation and Free Will: A Theory of Mental Freedom, Rick Repetti explains how the dynamics of Buddhist meditation can result in a kind of metacognition and metavolitional control that exceeds what is required for free will and defeats the
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Journal of Humanity and Social JusticePelatihan vipassana bhavana bimbingan YM. Jinadhammo Mahathera, yang diadakan secara rutin di komunitas vipassana bhavana, bertujuan untuk menjawab problematika dalam dinamika kehidupan manusia dan emosinya.
Lie Nie +3 more
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Waking up to the Present: Vipassana Meditation and the Body [PDF]
, 2011 Using ethnographic methods I examine the process of learning vipassana meditation, a form of meditation in which the practitioner focuses on their bodily sensations, and the ways in which learning this form of meditation affects the practitioner\u27s ...
Geffre, Craig
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As variedades da experiência antropocénica: crise climática, subjetividade e ontologia
e-cadernos cesThis article offers a provisional mapping of some of the affective impacts of the Anthropocene, a geological epoch proposed to illustrate the couplings of human agency and planetary phenomena.
António Carvalho
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Performing Meditation: Vipassana and Zen as Technologies of the Self [PDF]
, 2015 The aim of this dissertation is to reflect on technologies of the self, a term coined by Michel Foucault to study western practices of self-formation.
Carvalho, Antonio Manuel Simoes Lopes Paiva de
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