Contemplation: Its Cultivation and Culmination Through the Buddhist Glasses
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Buddhist account of consciousness provides a new way of looking into contemplation, where absorption into meditation does not only bring in changes in the neural level but in the very personality of the individual, turning him into a good human being ...
Madhumita Chattopadhyay +1 more
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The serenity of the meditating mind: A cross-cultural psychometric study on a two-factor higher order structure of mindfulness, its effects, and mechanisms related to mental health among experienced meditators. [PDF]
, 2014 Objective To investigate the psychometric and structural properties of the Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) among meditators, to develop a short form, and to examine associations of mindfulness with mental health and the mechanisms of ...
Cebolla Marti, Ausias +6 more
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What Is Wisdom? Cross-Cultural and Cross-Disciplinary Syntheses [PDF]
, 2015 This article explores the nature of wisdom using an integrative cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary approach by drawing on contemporary research as well as the philosophical and contemplative disciplines of both East and West.
Walsh, Roger
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Meditation Matters: Replies to the Anti-McMindfulness Bandwagon! [PDF]
, 2016 A critical reply to the anti-mindfulness critics in the collection, who oppose the popular secularized adoption of mindfulness on various grounds (it is not Buddhism, it is Buddhism, it is a tool of neo-capitalist exploitation, etc.), I argue that ...
Repetti, Rick +1 more
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The lived experiences of experienced Vipassana Mahasi meditators: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. [PDF]
, 2018 Research into the effects and mechanisms of mindfulness training draws predominantly on quantitative research. There is a lack of understanding about the subjective experiences of experienced mindfulness meditators, which may provide additional insights ...
A Chiesa +71 more
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An Interpretation of the Continuous Adaptation of the Self/Environment Process [PDF]
, 2010 Insights into the nondual relationship of organism and environment and their processual nature have resulted in numerous efforts at understanding human behavior and motivation from a holistic and contextual perspective. Meadian social
Francovich, Chris
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Meditacija i kreativnost / Meditation and Creativity
AM: Art + Media, 2016 This paper is a pioneering attempt to draw attention to the connection between meditation and creativity. The author compares the creative process to the process of meditation.
Ksenija Popadić
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AnthropologicaThis 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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PLoS ONE, 2014 Based on evidence of parasympathetic activation, early studies defined meditation as a relaxation response. Later research attempted to categorize meditation as either involving focused or distributed attentional systems.
Ido Amihai, Maria Kozhevnikov
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The Neural Mechanisms of Meditative Practices: Novel Approaches for Healthy Aging [PDF]
, 2016 ObjectivesMeditation has been shown to have physical, cognitive, and psychological health benefits that can be used to promote healthy aging. However, the common and specific mechanisms of response remain elusive due to the diverse nature of mind-body ...
Bianca P. Acevedo +2 more
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