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Gethin, Rupert; Loy, David R.; Braitstein, Lara

doi:10.1080/14639940108573743

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“…The heightened awareness of present-moment experience cultivated through attentional meditations and the self-inquiry carried out in deconstructive meditations are thus considered important, though distinct, processes [79]. To give an example of the relationship between these two processes, consider the feeling of being overcome by anger.…”

Section: Deconstructive Family: Self-inquiry and Insightmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reconstructing and deconstructing the self: cognitive mechanisms in meditation practice

Dahl

Lutz

Davidson

2015

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

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Scientific research highlights the central role of specific psychological processes, in particular those related to the self, in various forms of human suffering and flourishing. This view is shared by Buddhism and other contemplative and humanistic traditions, which have developed meditation practices to regulate these processes. Building on a previous paper in this journal, we propose a novel classification system that categorizes specific styles of meditation into attentional, constructive, and deconstructive families based on their primary cognitive mechanisms. We suggest that meta-awareness, perspective taking and cognitive reappraisal, and self-inquiry may be important mechanisms in specific families of meditation and that alterations in these processes may be used to target states of experiential fusion, maladaptive self-schema, and cognitive reification.

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Section: Deconstructive Family: Self-inquiry and Insightmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The cultivation of virtuous qualities is a common pursuit in many contemplative and philosophical traditions [27,79,103]. The constructive family of meditation is one important method that allows for this cultivation.…”

Section: Box 1 Forms Of Attentional Meditationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reconstructing and deconstructing the self: cognitive mechanisms in meditation practice

Dahl

Lutz

Davidson

2015

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

577

629

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“…Our making of friends, many other things, even family, family members are also incurred through the connection of causes and conditions". However, the hetu (causes 因) will change, and so will the saha-kāri-pratyaya (contributing causes 助緣); therefore, the phenomenon continues to change with "no lasting form" (Humphreys 1987, 20) only conjuring up a display of substance xviii , showing reality to be fluid, uncertain, and dynamic (Gethin 1998). This illuminates the transient nature of existence as representing "impermanent phenomena as permanent" (Zopa 2012, 129).…”

Section: Pratītya-samutpāda (The Law Of Dependent Origination 緣起法)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Owing to "śūnyata" (voidness 空性), the quintessence of prajñā (wisdom 般若) (Shi 2009), the ultimate truth (Gethin 1998), all beings are ephemeral xxv and amorphous xxvi ; therefore Amara (a beneficiary) sighed, "nothing has never changed. Many things are out of our control".…”

Section: Pratītya-samutpāda (The Law Of Dependent Origination 緣起法)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Also known by the full term "anuttarā-samyak-saṃbodhi" xlvii (Watson 1997, 31) (the highest wisdom of awakening 無上正等正覺), this enlightened mind (Bloom 2000, Gethin 1998) is concerned with "minds on the Great Vehicle" xlviii (Watson 1997, 44), initiating the bodhisattva's vow on behalf of all beings (Lan 2009). On one hand, "activating bodhicitta is to make a vow regarding the benefit of sentient beings", Joe asserted.…”

Section: Bodhicitta (Enlightened Mind 菩提心)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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A bodhisattva-spirit-oriented counselling framework: inspired by Vimalakīrti wisdom

Cheng

Tse

2014

Int. J. Dharma Studies

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A number of studies have integrated Buddhist principles into therapeutic interventions, demonstrating effective outcomes; however, very little Buddhist textual data support the theoretical foundation of those models. This exploratory research conceptualises a counselling framework based on a canonical analysis of the Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra, together with a qualitative inquiry. Thirty-eight informants, including helping service practitioners, Buddhist masters, Buddhist volunteers, and beneficiaries, were recruited through cold calls, social networks, referrals, and electronic mail. Forty-six semi-structured interview sessions, involving individuals and focus groups, were conducted in the form of face-to-face discussions, telecommunication, and correspondence. Data collection was performed using multiple sources, consisting of interviews, expressive art, and autobiographies. Both scriptural and fieldwork data were analysed with the aid of ATLAS.ti 7, a software package; while interview data were processed under phenomenological interpretative analysis. Different levels of triangulation were employed to enhance the research rigour, including member-checking of transcriptions and data interpretation, and peer analysis, with an inter-rated reliability of 92%. This bodhisattva-spirit-oriented counselling framework was then finalised with two super-ordinate themes (philosophical concepts and propositions for counselling), 14 emergent themes, and 40 themes. This counselling framework, from the prajñā perspective, not only exhibits Mahāyāna wisdom, but also revitalises the practicality and applicability of catvāri apramānāni (the four immeasurables) in today's contemporary context, approving the aspiration of the Buddha to serve sentient beings.

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Anthropological significance of Tilia trees in Japan

Janowski

2023

Ecology and Evolution

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The Tilia L. genus belongs to the Malvaceae family. It comprises around 23 known extant species of deciduous trees widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere (Pigott, 2012). They are commonly known as basswood in North America, linden or lime in Europe, duànshù (椴树) in China, and shinanoki (シナノキ; 科の木) or bodaiju (ボダイジュ; 菩提樹) in Japan. Tilia trees are medium-sized, growing up to 40 m in height, with a broad and rounded crown. Their leaves are alternate, simple, and usually heart-shaped. Depending on the

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Reconstructing and deconstructing the self: cognitive mechanisms in meditation practice

Reconstructing and deconstructing the self: cognitive mechanisms in meditation practice

A bodhisattva-spirit-oriented counselling framework: inspired by Vimalakīrti wisdom

Anthropological significance of Tilia trees in Japan

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