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“The New Science of Health and Happiness”: Investigating Buddhist Engagements with the Scientific Study of Meditation |
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Wilson, Jeff (著)
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Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science
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| Volume | v.53 n.1 |
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| Date | 2018.03 |
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| Pages | 49 - 66 |
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| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
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http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/
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| Location | Oxford, UK [牛津, 英國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Jeff Wilson is Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies at Renison University College, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. |
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| Keyword | Buddhism; cognitive science; meditation; mindfulness; psychology; scientism |
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| Abstract | Clinical and neuroscientific studies of Buddhist meditation practices are frequent topics in the news media, and have helped certain practices (such as mindfulness) achieve mainstream cultural status. Buddhists have reacted by using these studies in a number of ways. Some deploy the studies to show the compatibility of science and Buddhism, often using the authority of science to lend credence to Buddhism. Other Buddhists use meditation studies to demonstrate the superiority of Buddhism over science. Within inter-Buddhist debates, meditation studies are used to argue for changes in practice or belief, but also sometimes to reinforce certain traditional practices. Benjamin Zeller's threefold categorization of religious groups’ attitudes toward science (guide, replace, absorb) and José Ignacio Cabezón's three ideal types of relationships between Buddhism and science (conflict/ambivalence, compatibility/identity, complementarity) contribute to analysis of Buddhist uses of scientific studies of meditation. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 49
Some Possible Modes of Engagement 50
Scientific Studies of Buddhist Meditation in The Popular Press 53
Using Meditation Studies to Promote Buddhism 55
Using Meditation Studies to Hide Buddhism 57
Using Meditation Studies to Reform Buddhism 58
Using Meditation Studies to Prove Buddhist Superiority 60
Using Meditation Studies to Reform Science 61
Conclusion 63
Notes 65
References 65 |
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| ISSN | 05912385 (P); 14679744 (E) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12391 |
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| Created date | 2023.08.09 |
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| Modified date | 2023.08.09 |
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