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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Buddhist practices"”.
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Integrating Buddhist practices and principles into mental health settings: a mixed method investigation
… and scientific interest into the applications of Buddhist practices and principles for improving psychological wellbeing, and for enhancing psychosocial functioning more generally. Although there is a growing and credible evidence base that supports the utility of Buddhist techniques for treating …
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Is mindfulness enough? The therapeutic experiences of people engaging in western Buddhist practices
… the strengths and weaknesses of Western Buddhist practice as a therapeutic intervention relative other psychotherapeutic interventions. It is unclear why people engage in Western Buddhist practices, what they may be getting from these practices, or how Western Buddhist practices compare …
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Buddhist values and ordinary life among members of the Toronto Zen Buddhist Temple
… and religious commitment among twelve convert Buddhist practitioners who were members of the Zen Buddhist Temple in Toronto, Canada. Their experiences are investigated from the perspective of Charles Taylor's theories on the affirmation of ordinary life. Taylor argues that a tension exists …
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A phenomenological study of clients’ experiences of ‘lightness’ and ‘aliveness’ in psychotherapy within the context of Vajrayana cross-cultural therapeutic practices.
… that such embedded epistemologically-grounded practices have an initial impact on a client’s sense of personal agency as their own experiential sense of self, the potentially fluid, idiosyncratic nature of learning from their life journey as embodied beings, is negated. I would like to create …
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Sharing Hearts: Buddhist Charity and Urbanization in Vietnam
… why volunteers joined or established grassroots Buddhist charities in Ho Chi Minh City. I spoke with approximately 400 members of 25 charities, focusing on seven main groups that shared an overlapping network of volunteers. My research includes perspectives from demographic groups often excluded …
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Exœrcising a Haunted City
… documents, through the study of local Taoist-Buddhist practices, the choreographies of rituals as a reparative tool to resist the disap- pearance of local culture. It is linked to findings from everyday domestic offerings to ancestors, annual festive performances of traumatic cleansing, and …
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The Bodhisattva and relationship: Thich Nhat Hanh and Rita Gross on the integration of parenting and Buddhist practice among non-Asian, North American Buddhists
… Buddhism in North America is the integration of Buddhist practice and family life (see Farrer-Halls: 2002, 88; Ikeda-Nash: 2000, 297-300; Tsomo: 2000, 327; 1999b, 26; 1995, 12; Gross: 1999b, 105; Nhat Hanh: 1996, 200; Mandell: 1995, 51; Boucher: [1988] 1993). Scholars and practitioners …
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Lamas and Followers: Doing Tibetan Buddhism in Contemporary Chengdu
… dynamics: the spatial transformation of Tibetan Buddhist practices from monasteries to urban homes; the reconfiguration of religious authority through the ambulation of Tibetan lamas and hosting practices of both lamas and followers; and the cultivation of affect through embodied, material, and …
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The interdependence of nature and nurture in the establishment and maintenance of mind: an eco-dynamic paradigm
… package of meditation and visualisation practices, teachings, rituals and philosophies. These elements together provide an interconnected web which are used to support and assist the cognitive transformation of the practitioner. The conceptual and practical elements of Indo-Tibetan …
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An art therapy programme incorporating Buddhist concepts to address issues of aggression in adult male prisoners
… using an art therapy approach that incorporates Buddhist concepts as an intervention. Buddhist practices have traditionally been used in Eastern cultures to calm the mind and to develop compassion as an antidote to aggression. Therefore these practices have seen used as a basis for the design of …
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Aproximación a la filosofía, participación social y ciudadana de la comunidad budista en Colombia
Este artículo analiza la manera en la que el budismo (visto como una tendencia espiritual e intelectual) y sus practicantes se integran a la participación social y ciudadana en Colombia; en un primer momento se toma como referencia la definición de tipos de ciudadanos de Westheimer y Kahne (2004) …