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Wedding the Personal and Impersonal in West Coast Vipassana: A Dialogical Encounter between Buddhism and Psychotherapy

Journal of Global Buddhism, 2015
Numerous studies have noted that depth psychology has been one of the most prevalent frameworks for the interpretation of Buddhism in the West. Similarly, many commentators have bemoaned the assimilation of Buddhist thought and practice into western ...
Ann Gleig
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Increased Gamma Brainwave Amplitude Compared to Control in Three Different Meditation Traditions.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Despite decades of research, effects of different types of meditation on electroencephalographic (EEG) activity are still being defined. We compared practitioners of three different meditation traditions (Vipassana, Himalayan Yoga and Isha Shoonya) with ...
Claire Braboszcz, B Rael Cahn, Jonathan Levy, Manuel Fernandez, Arnaud Delorme   +4 more
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PSYCHOLOGY OF BUDDHISM AND HEALING METHOD OF JAPANESE SELF-REFLECTION; pp. 335–351 [PDF]

Trames, 2019
Buddhist psychology and Japanese Naikan therapy have deep historical connections. However, there has been a lack of research in religions studies comparing Naikan with its original Buddhist background.
W. G. Indunil Philip Shantha
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Vipassana meditation in educational settings for enhancing attention and academic performance: neurological mechanisms and implementation strategies

Cogent Education
Vipassana, an ancient mindfulness practice with its origin in Buddhism, has come out as a valuable approach for enhancing attention and emotional well-being.
Bishal Joshi
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The Principles and the Method of Vipassana Meditation

Journal of Population and Development, 2022
The current article is a scientific research of the method of Vipassana Meditation which was discovered by the Buddha. The paper briefly outlines the fundamental principles involved in the meditation practice regarding the concept of Anicca, Dukkha and Anatta. It briefly outlines method of Vipassana meditation step by step at it is practiced.
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Impact of Vipassana Meditation on Life Satisfaction [PDF]

International Journal of Indian Psychology, 2015
Vipassana Meditation is measured to be the embodiment of the tradition from 2500 years back. It is non-scientific technique of self-observation which leads to progressive improved insight and positive life satisfaction attributes, as also, inculcations of family, friends, school, living environment and self life-satisfaction.
null Sampathkumar, null Phra Taweepong Inwongsakul   +1 more
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Cuerpo, espacio y ritual

Anthropologica
This article presents an ethnographic analysis of the practice of Vipassana meditation in Argentina, framed within the tradition of Therav?da Buddhism. The research is based on fieldwork conducted at the Dhamma Sukhada meditation center, located in the ...
Daniela Mesa Sánchez
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EEG Brain Rhythms During Resting‐State Wakefulness and Sleep in Elderly Expert Meditators

Journal of Sleep Research, Volume 35, Issue 2, April 2026.
Compared to controls, elderly expert meditators exhibited (1) more preserved resting‐state brain activity, (2) less altered sleep architecture, and (3) EEG features indicative of heightened cognitive states during NREM sleep. Importantly, several of the metrics that differed between groups also showed consistent correlations with meditation expertise ...
Pierre Champetier, Anaïs Hamel, Claire André, Valentin Ourry, Tristan Lacroix, Stéphane Rehel, Léa Chauveau, Sacha Haudry, Françoise Bertran, Vincent de la Sayette, Denis Vivien, Gaël Chételat, Antoine Lutz, Géraldine Rauchs, Medit‐Ageing Research Group, Alexandre Bejanin, Anne Chocat, Fabienne Collette, Sophie Dautricourt, Robin De Flores, Marion Delarue, Harriet Demnitz‐King, Hélène Espérou, Séverine Fauvel, Francesca Felisatti, Eglantine Ferrand Devouge, Eric Frison, Julie Gonneaud, Oriane Hébert, Olga Klimecki, Elizabeth Kuhn, Brigitte Landeau, Valérie Lefranc, Natalie Marchant, Florence Mezenge, Cassandre Palix, Anne Quillard, Florence Requier, Daniel Roquet, Edelweiss Touron, Anne‐Laure Turpin, Patrik Vuilleumier, Tim Whitfield, Miranka Wirth   +43 more
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Comparative study on the status of mental well-being among regularly meditating and non-meditating health care personnel in Sri Lanka

Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2019
Background and objectives Meditation holds potential for reducing occupation related stress. However, the current evidence base is largely limited to studies from the western countries with insufficient assessment of performance outcomes.
Wasantha Gunathunga, Oshadi Jayakody, Larrissa Bartlett, Ishanka Munugoda, Champa Kumudini Gunathunga   +4 more
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Feelings Without Emotion: Rethinking Male Friendship and the Value of Personal Reticence

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 171-182, March 2026.
ABSTRACT In various Euro‐American contexts, commentators have highlighted how emotional reticence inhibits men's ability to understand themselves and connect with others. More generally, public discourses of affective expressivity often present curtailed emotion as a form of “repression.” Through an ethnographic account of male railway enthusiasts ...
Thomas Yarrow
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