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On research in Zen
Zen is one of several mental or spiritual disciplines that have become the object of recent scientific interest and theory. The authors discuss several aspects of Zen, such as the psychophysiological ...
Subjective well-being : three decades of progress
The authors look at the question of subjective well being in psychology. Psychologists have been investigating happiness and subjective well-being since at least 1967 when W. Wilson's published an ove...
Toward a biochemistry of mind?
In a special edition of the American Journal of Psychiatry, neuroscientists examine mental and emotional states that were previously consider the domain of psychology, religious studies, philos...
Civilized Shamans: Buddhism in Tibetan Societies
Civilized Shamans examines the nature and evolution of religion in Tibetan societies from the ninth century up to the Chinese occupation in 1950. Samuel argues that religion in these societies develop...
Tibetan-English Dictionary
A Tibetan-English dictionary of modern vocabulary which contains material from the tha snyad gsar bsgrigs/. (Michael Walter and Manfred Taube 2006-05-15, revised by Bill McGrath 2008-01-03) T...
North American Tibetan Community Cultural Needs Assessment Project: Findings and Recommendations
A detailed examination of the state of Tibetan culture in North America.
Being present : experiential connections between Zen Buddhist practices and the grieving process
The Zen Buddhist contemplative tradition involves several meditation and instructional techniques that have strong phenomenological and theoretical connections with the experience of loss and the proc...
Tibetan Buddhism and the resolution of grief : the bardo-thodol for the dying and the grieving
This article is a contribution to the cross-cultural study of grief. The Bardo-thodol (sometimes translated the Tibetan Book of the Dead) and the ritual associated with it provides a way to understand...
Psychotherapy with Buddhists
This chapter is part of a volume aimed at providing psychologists and psychotherapists with a basic background in the fundamental beliefs and worldviews of the major religious traditions. This chapter...
Cognitive behavior therapy : thinking positive
Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is becoming increasingly popular among psychologists as a way to treat certain emotional disorders like depression, anxiety, and phobia. The main aim of cognitive beha...
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