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Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 Meditation is becoming increasingly popular as a topic for scientific research and theories on meditation are becoming ever more specific. We distinguish between what is called Focused Attention meditation, Open Monitoring meditation, and Loving kindness
Dominique Patrick Lippelt +2 more
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The meditative mind: a comprehensive meta-analysis of MRI studies [PDF]
, 2015 Over the past decade mind and body practices, such as yoga and meditation, have raised interest in different scientific fields; in particular, the physiological mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects observed in meditators have been investigated ...
Boccia, Maddalena +3 more
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Exploring the Impact of Teacher-Led Silent Meditation Practices in Buddhist Sunday Schools
Journal of Nonformal EducationThere is a notable reluctance or uncertainty among practitioners regarding the effective grasp and application of health meditation techniques, which impacts the overall effectiveness of meditation education and potentially hinders the optimization of ...
I Ketut Damana, Colin Simonds
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Focused attention, open monitoring and automatic self-transcending: Categories to organize meditations from Vedic, Buddhist and Chinese traditions [PDF]
, 2010 This paper proposes a third meditation-category—automatic self-transcending— to extend the dichotomy of focused attention and open monitoring proposed by Lutz.
Shear, Jonathan, Travis, Fred
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Religions, 2017 Today there are several approaches for bringing mindfulness, which conceptually refers to the Buddhist Vipassana tradition, into organizations. Programs referring to value-based attitudes and behaviors derived from specific Christian contexts are rarely ...
Arndt Büssing +3 more
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Bridging the gap between yoga and science : a mini review [PDF]
, 2018 Yoga is an ancient tradition arising from the evolving cultures of ancient India originating from a variety of sources like ancient texts, oral transmissions through lineages, iconography and songs.
Deidda, Gabriele, Sen, Shimul Sujit
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Ostium, 2016 The paper shows connection between the cultivation of attention in Buddhist meditation vipassanā and the phenomenological theory of affectivity. At first, it shortly describes the way how the praxis of meditation achieves progress of mindfulness.
Jan Puc
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A Religious–Psychological Study of Anthony de Mello’s Sadhana Practice
ReligionsThis study aims to examine Anthony de Mello’s Sadhana practice from a religious–psychological perspective, applying Carl Gustav Jung’s analytical psychology and views on the Spiritual Exercises.
Yong Un Choe
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The Emergence of Secular Insight Practices in Australia [PDF]
, 2007 In recent years insight (vipassana) practice in Australia has diversified in content and spawned new institutions that present a more secular face. These changes exemplify the development of global Buddhism elsewhere rather than some local, sui generis ...
Bubna-Litic, DC, Higgins, W
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Health Benefits Associated with Vipassana Meditation
REVIEW JOURNAL PHILOSOPHY & SOCIAL SCIENCEVipassana, an ancient meditation technique taught by Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), has been practiced for over 2,500 years as a path to wisdom and liberation. In the context of modern life, which is filled with stress and distractions, the application of Vipassana as a tool for enhancing mental and physical well-being has gained increasing ...
Huynh Thi Tu Tao, Dr. Manisha Tyagi
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