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VIPASSANĀ MEDITATION MEANING FOR STUDENT SYAILENDRA BUDDHIST COLLEGE
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
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MIND-BODY RESPONSE AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES DURING STRESS AND MEDITATION: CENTRAL ROLE OF HOMEOSTASIS [PDF]
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*
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
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
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Molecules of Silence: Effects of Meditation on Gene Expression and Epigenetics
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
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Mental health and wellbeing of undergraduate students in engineering: A systematic literature review
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
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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
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Executive control and felt concentrative engagement following intensive meditation training
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
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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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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
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