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The practice of mindfulness: from Buddhism to secular mainstream in a post-secular society

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2012
The article focuses on the practice of mindfulness, which has migrated from being part of a religion, Buddhism, to being an integral part of Western psychology.
Liselotte Frisk
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PHYSICAL AND MENTAL PURIFICATION THROUGH VIPASSANA

SCHOLARLY RESEARCH JOURNAL FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, 2022
Modern life moves so quickly that there isn't even time to breathe. Science, business, political structures, and other areas of human endeavour have advanced dramatically. They are seeing an upsurge in mental illness, delinquency, crime, drug addiction, alcoholism, and suicide, among other things, despite their advancements in these domains.
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Women's Dharma: Parwati Soepangat and Buddhist Feminist Theology in Postcolonial Indonesia*

Journal of Religious History, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 423-441, December 2024.
This article uses the life and career of Parwati Soepangat as a case study to shed light on the narrative of Buddhist women in postcolonial Indonesia. It contends that, unlike Theravāda Buddhist‐majority nations in mainland Southeast Asia, Indonesia's lack of a patriarchal monastic authority allowed Buddhist women, like Parwati Soepangat, to emerge ...
Jack Meng‐Tat Chia
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Centering and counselor empathy: Examining the moderating effects of nondual awareness

Journal of Counseling &Development, Volume 102, Issue 4, Page 445-455, October 2024.
Abstract Centering is a contemplative practice derived from centering prayer. In the context of counseling, our study explores centering as an intervention to enhance counselors’ empathy. Additionally, we investigate the moderating influence of nonduality, particularly bliss, on the changes in empathy over time.
Daniel Gutierrez, Stephanie Dorais, Jennifer Niles   +2 more
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Mental health and wellbeing of undergraduate students in engineering: A systematic literature review

Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 113, Issue 4, Page 1046-1075, October 2024.
Abstract Background The wellbeing of college students today is at risk because of rising occurrences of mental health issues in higher education. Concurrently, undergraduate students perceive engineering courses and programs to be among the most arduous, and least welcoming and accommodating, in higher education.
Muhammad Asghar, Angela Minichiello, Shaf Ahmed   +2 more
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White shirts as sacred amulets: “World‐making” and “self‐making” during the Burmese political festival

Ethos, Volume 52, Issue 2, Page 186-205, June 2024.
Abstract Drawing upon Stanley J. Tambiah's idea of “world conquerors” and “world renouncers,” this article examines the Burmese political festival (nainganyei pwe) as a ritual, affective, and material space where former political prisoners reinterpret violence and engage in forms of collective and personal “world‐making.” The article focuses on one ...
Seinenu M. Thein‐Lemelson
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Mindfulness training in healthcare professions: A scoping review of systematic reviews

Medical Education, Volume 58, Issue 6, Page 671-686, June 2024.
Abstract Purpose The effectiveness of mindfulness training (MT) on mental health and wellbeing in different groups and contexts is well‐established. However, the effect of MT on different healthcare professionals' (HCPs) mental health and wellbeing needs to be synthesised, along with a focus on outcomes that are specifically relevant to healthcare ...
Nabeela Kajee, Jesus Montero-Marin, Kate E. A. Saunders, Kearnan Myall, Elinor Harriss, Willem Kuyken   +5 more
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Silent suasions: interpersonal mediation in Thai meditation

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 30, Issue S1, Page 61-76, April 2024.
Abstract Discourse is the typical modus operandi for persuasive practices, but silence also has an important role to play in many religious contexts. In this essay, I examine how silence works as a mechanism of persuasion in Thailand, where Buddhist logics of meditation permeate social life.
Julia Cassaniti
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Diabetes Management in Patients With Dementia: A Quality Improvement Project to Enhance Staff Confidence, Understanding, and Patient Care

BJPsych Open
Aims: This quality improvement project (QIP) aimed to improve nursing staff confidence and understanding of diabetes/management by 40% by the end of February 2024, taking place on a dementia intensive care ward in South East London.
Vipassana Bajracharya, Hugh Kelly, Vatsala Mishra, Latha John, Stacey Blackford   +4 more
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Mindfulness Meditation Is Related to Long-Lasting Changes in Hippocampal Functional Topology during Resting State: A Magnetoencephalography Study

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, Marianna Liparoti, Pierpaolo Sorrentino, Rosaria Rucco, Francesca Jacini, Arianna Polverino, Roberta Minino, Matteo Pesoli, Fabio Baselice, Antonietta Sorriso, Giampaolo Ferraioli, Giuseppe Sorrentino, Laura Mandolesi   +12 more
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