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On Buddhism, Divination and the Worldly Arts: Textual Evidence from the Theravāda Tradition [PDF]
, 2014 This essay attends to the sticky web of indigenous terminology concerning divination and other so-called “mundane” or “worldly” arts, focusing primarily upon Buddhist canonical texts preserved in Pāli, augmented by references to commentarial and ...
Fiordalis, David
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What Makes Them Happy? The Determinant Factors of Happiness Among Communities in an Endemic Phase
Health &Social Care in the Community, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Due to its link to social welfare, happiness has gained interest from many stakeholders. However, the COVID‐19 pandemic has severely impacted community well‐being and happiness. The identification of community happiness factors, especially during an endemic phase, is vital for developing effective policy strategies.
Naziatul Aziah Mohd Radzi +3 more
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Tantra or Yoga. Clinical Studies, Part 3: Comparative Paper
Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClaraSeveral clinical studies show how tantric practices and exercises of Vedic traditions—such as Yoga—or Theravada or Mahayana Buddhism have a significant psychobiological impact.
Oscar R. Gómez
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Meditation Based Awareness Training (MBAT) for psychological wellbeing: a qualitative examination of participant experiences [forthcoming] [PDF]
, 2014 Mindfulness-based interventions are reported as being efficacious treatments for a variety of psychological and somatic conditions. However, concerns have arisen relating to how mindfulness is operationalized in mindfulness-based interventions and ...
Griffiths, MD, Shonin, E, Van Gordon, W
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Becoming Religious as an Education of Attention
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 279-290, September 2025.ABSTRACT A vast literature in the social scientific study of religion demonstrates that religious people are made not born. More specifically, researchers have shown that becoming religious is something that people must learn how to do. Adding to this well‐established focus on the socialization of religious subjects, I argue that becoming religious ...
Daniel Winchester
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Measuring attitude towards Buddhism and Sikhism : internal consistency reliability for two new instruments [PDF]
, 2011 This paper describes and discusses the development and empirical properties of two new 24-item scales – one measuring attitude toward Buddhism and the other measuring attitude toward Sikhism.
Adamson J +17 more
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Brain and Behavior, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2025.How do we accurately measure mind wandering? This review compares five methods: from self‐reports (prone to bias) to brain scans (precise but expensive). No single method captures all aspects, so we propose the MAMW framework—a unified approach combining strengths of each technique.
Sholeh Nazari +2 more
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Journal of Pineal Research, Volume 77, Issue 2, March 2025.ABSTRACT Growing evidence demonstrates that meditation practice supports cognitive functions, including attention and interoceptive processing, and is associated with structural changes across cortical networks, including prefrontal regions and the insula.
Emanuele R. G. Plini +2 more
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Mind–Body Health Technique : Its Creation, Transition, and Formalization
SAGE Open, 2020 Liu Zi Jue , a traditional mind–body health technique, is highly regarded and has been widely spread nowadays due to its easy learning, easy operation, and demonstrable physical and psychological therapeutic value.
Juan Shi, Rou-Jia Wang, Feng-yan Wang
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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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