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VIPASSANĀ MEDITATION MEANING FOR STUDENT SYAILENDRA BUDDHIST COLLEGE

open access: yesJurnal Pencerahan, 2020
This research is about the meaning of vipassanā meditation for Syailendra Buddhist College’s students. The background of STAB Syailendra students before I started the lesson always do meditation.
Danang Setyadi   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

MIND-BODY RESPONSE AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES DURING STRESS AND MEDITATION: CENTRAL ROLE OF HOMEOSTASIS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Stress profoundly impacts quality of life and may lead to various diseases and conditions. Understanding the underlying physiological and neurological processes that take place during stress and meditation techniques may be critical for effectively ...
Barnes, Vernon A.   +2 more
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Women's Dharma: Parwati Soepangat and Buddhist Feminist Theology in Postcolonial Indonesia*

open access: yesJournal 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
wiley   +1 more source

Centering and counselor empathy: Examining the moderating effects of nondual awareness

open access: yesJournal 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecules of Silence: Effects of Meditation on Gene Expression and Epigenetics

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
Many studies have consistently demonstrated an epigenetic link between environmental stimuli and physiological as well as cognitive responses. Epigenetic mechanisms represent a way to regulate gene activity in real time without modifying the DNA sequence,
Sabrina Venditti   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mental health and wellbeing of undergraduate students in engineering: A systematic literature review

open access: yesJournal 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vliv všímavosti na afektivitu. Fenomenologický výklad buddhistické meditace vipassanā (Influence of mindfulness on affectivity. A phenomenological interpretation of the Buddhist meditation vipassanā)

open access: yesOstium, 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
doaj  

Executive control and felt concentrative engagement following intensive meditation training

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013
Various forms of mental training have been shown to improve performance on cognitively demanding tasks. Individuals trained in meditative practices, for example, show generalized improvements on a variety of tasks assessing attentional performance.
Anthony Paul Zanesco   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

White shirts as sacred amulets: “World‐making” and “self‐making” during the Burmese political festival

open access: yesEthos, 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
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative study on the status of mental well-being among regularly meditating and non-meditating health care personnel in Sri Lanka

open access: yesJournal 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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