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The Buddha’s Awakening
A comparative study of early Buddhist textual accounts of the Buddha’s awakening helps to put into perspective the impression that these texts...
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Being Mindful of What is Absent
The cultivation of mindfulness in early Buddhist soteriology can comprise awareness of an absence. Such absence can be specific, in the sense of the...
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Why Nirvana? The Manut and the Language of Solitude
There is a second way of narrating reality, one described by the Buddha. The narratives that reflect otherworldly Buddhist doctrine emphasize the... -
Decoding Unconditional Self-Acceptance: A Qualitative Report
Unconditional self-acceptance (USA) is a philosophy practiced to avoid the consequences of self-esteem in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)....
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Exploration of Evolution-Informed Compassion-Focused Therapy and Buddhist Approaches to Insight Meditation: A Three-Way Exploration
This paper explores the overlap and relationship between Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) as an evolution-informed, biopsychosocial approach to the...
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Situating Mindfulness, Part 2: Early Buddhist Soteriology
As the second of three articles, the present essay continues to explore the character of selected aspects of early Buddhism in order to assess its...
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Religion as the Global Horizon of Human Happiness
Despite the modernization of society and the process of secularization, the religious phenomenon continues to have a considerable impact on society... -
Mindfulness as Relational Ethics
In this chapter we propose to understand mindfulness as relational ethics, that is, an engaged, culturally mediated form of knowledge committed to... -
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Awakening or Enlightenment? On the Significance of bodhi
The central goal of traditional mindfulness practice is bodhi , often translated as “awakening.” A critical examination of arguments proposed by...
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Lay Meditation in Early Buddhism
A perusal of the early Buddhist discourses brings to light a remarkable number of references to lay meditation. Such references, which are not...
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