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This book argues for the central role played by absorption in the functioning of the human mind. The importance of absorption makes itself felt in different ways; the two studies combined in this book concentrate on two of them. The first study, 'The Symbolic Mind', argues that, largely as a result of language acquisition, humans have two levels of cognition, which in normal circumstances are simultaneously active. Absorption is a (or the) means to circumvent some, perhaps all, of the associations that characterize one of these two levels of cognition, resulting in what is sometimes referred to as mysitcal experience, but which is not confined to mysticism and plays a role in various "religious" phenomena, and elsewhere. In the second st...
Publisher description: As David White explains in the Introduction to Tantra in Practice, Tantra is an Asian body of beliefs and practices that seeks to channel the divine energy that grounds the universe, in creative and liberating ways. The subsequent chapters reflect the wide geographical and temporal scope of Tantra by examining thirty-six texts from China, India, Japan, Nepal, and Tibet, ranging from the seventh century to the present day, and representing the full range of Tantric experience--Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, and even Islamic. Each text has been chosen and translated, often for the first time, by an international expert in the field who also provides detailed background material. Students of Asian religions and general reader...
The human voice is one of the principal conveyers of social and affective communication. Yet relatively little is known about the neural circuitry that supports the recognition of different vocally expressed emotions. We conducted an FMRI study to examine the brain responses to vocal expressions of anger and happiness, and to test whether specific brain regions showed preferential engagement in the processing of one emotion over the other. We also tested the extent to which simultaneously presented facial expressions of the same or different emotions would enhance brain responses, and to what degree such responses depend on attention towards the vocal expression. Forty healthy individuals were scanned while listening to vocal expressions...
The Yoga-Vāśiṣtha Mahārāmāyaṇa (1991, Book)
Religion, Philosophy, Yoga: A Selection of Articles (1991, Book)
The Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali: With Annotations (1991, Book)
Glimpses of Raja Yoga (1991, Book)
As real and undeniable as our callousness is, also real and undeniable is our ability to care for and help family, friends, even total strangers. Indeed, most observers find it easier to explain our callousness than our compassion. . . . The latter seems to challenge the truism of self-interest, forcing us to ask: Could it be that we are capable of having another person's welfare as an ultimate goal, that not all of our efforts are directed toward looking out for Number One? This is the altruism question. It is the question that this book attempts to answer.Traditionally, philosophers are the ones who have offered answers to the altruism question. . . . But my [the author's] approach is social psychological, because I think social psychology is the scientific subdiscipline best suited to provide an answer to the altruism question. At the same time, I have tried to write not only for social psychologists but also for other psychologists, philosophers, and biologists. I have also tried to write for students, both undergraduate and graduate—indeed, for anyone interested in the question of why we help one another.
Guiding Our Children Into the Next Century (1991, Conference Paper)
October 1991 – Transcript of a talk at Lexington Waldorf School, Lexington, Massachusetts
Contemporary Issues in the Americanization of Zen (1991, Journal Article)
Common Boundary recently reported on the unusual case of a convicted drug user allowed to live in an American Zen Buddhist monastery in place of a prison sentence and rehabilitation (Rosenberg, 1990). Zen in America is currently undergoing profound reexamination, experimentation, and change. During the past year, Craig T. Twentyman and I co-taught a graduate seminar entitled "Constructing Transcultural Reality:2 The Americanization of Zen." Based upon the seminar and associated research, a synoptic distillation of contemporary issues in the Americanization of Zen is presented, followed by a selective bibliography on the subject.
Serum cortisol and total protein levels, blood pressure, heart rate, lung volume, and reaction time were studied in 52 males 20–25 years of age practicing Dhammakaya Buddhist meditation, and in 30 males of the same age group not practicing meditation. It was found that after meditation, serum cortisol levels were significantly reduced, serum total protein level significantly increased, and systolic pressure, diastolic pressure and pulse rate significantly reduced. Vital capacity, tidal volume and maximal voluntary ventilation were significantly lower after meditation than before. There were also significant decreases in reaction time after meditation practice. The percentage decrease in reaction time during meditation was 22%, while in subjects untrained in meditation, the percentage decrease was only 7%. Results from these studies indicate that practising Dhammakaya Buddhist meditation produces biochemical and physiological changes and reduces the reaction time.
The Way of Energy: A Gaia Original (1991, Book)
For centuries, the Chinese exercise system called Chi Kung has been shrouded in secrecy. The Way of Energy is the first comprehensive guide to the most powerful form of Chi Kung ever developed—“standing like a tree”.A gentle, yet profoundly beneficial form of exercise, which requires very little movement, this form of Chi Kung unlocks deep reserves of energy builds internal stamina, strengthens immunity, relieves chronic illness, and promotes the natural regeneration of the nervous system. Using step-by-step instructions and more than 100 drawings and full-color photographs, The Way of Energy tells how to: -perform the entire sequence of rejuvenating positions -combat stress by practicing Chi Kung while standing, sitting, working, playing, and even sleeping -prevent and treat a wide range of common ailments Continuing our best-selling series of books for mind and body which includes The Sivananda Companion to Yoga, The Dance Workshop, and The Book of Stress Survival, The Way of Energy will help you achieve physical fitness, mental clarity, and a profound inner strength and vitality.
Guided Meditations (1991, Audiovisual)
The Master who brought t'ai chi ch'uan to the West shows how Chinese exercises can lead to along and healthy life-- Offers practical, fully illustrated instructions in breathing and 50 essential t'ai chi ch'uan formsThis introduction to the benefits of t'ai chi ch'uan reveals in a reissued edition the powerful Taoist principles that have helped many to attain longer and healthier lives. Master Liu demonstrates various exercises designed to promote good digestion; maintain proper blood pressure; bolster the immune system; and prevent, or even cure, heart disease and cancer. This guide also covers Chinese foods, herbs, and teas.
T'Ai Chi Ch'Uan and Meditation (1991, Book)
An ideal introduction to T'Ai Chi Ch'Uan, providing clear descriptions of the methods of meditation and exercise, and illuminating the underlying theory, so readers can understand as well as practice the techniques in their daily routine.
Thomas Berry, CP, and Thomas Clarke, SJ. Berry and Clarke discuss the role of religion in the ecological movement today. They agree that religion, to now, has completely failed to address the despoliation of the earth, which they believe to be the greatest crisis in the history of the planet. Yet they offer hope and viable ways for church leaders and individual Christians to forge a bond between theology and ecology that will move us forward in our quest to heal the world. Befriending the Earth provides a rich feast of spiritual, intellectual, and emotional thought for individuals hungering to discern how we can both nourish the earth and be recipients of its bountiful goodness.
This ground-breaking study reveals an unorganized and previously unacknowledged religion at the heart of American culture. Nature, Albanese argues, has provided a compelling religious center throughout American history.
Medical Literature From India, Sri Lanka, and Tibet (1991, Book)
Phenolic constituents of Rhodiola coccinea, a Tibetan folk medicine (1991, Journal Article)
Materia Medica of Indo-Tibetan Medicine (1991, Journal Article)
Tibetan Buddhist Medicine (1991, Journal Article)
Reviews the book "Tibetan Buddhist Medicine & Psychiatry: The Diamond Healing," by Terry Clifford.
[Treatment of chronic ischemia of the lower extremities with complex herbal preparation] (1991, Journal Article)
Chronic ischemia of the lower extremities with atherosclerosis background is being manifested by intermittent claudication. For treating the intermittent claudication many drugs are used, which may give rise to therapeutical side effects. In 50 patients with diagnosed arteriosclerosis affecting the lower extremities in II stage according to Fontain, a vegetable preparation PADMA-28 was applied for 16 weeks. A marked, statistically significant elongation of the claudication distance was achieved. That was measured, under standardized condition, on an ergometer-treadmill. Moreover, there was also a decrease in the index of blood platelets aggregation, a drop in the level of cholesterol, triglycerides, total lipids, beta lipoproteins, and an increase in ++alpha lipoproteins. Also 50 patients were receiving placebo for 16 weeks, but no positive results were observed in comparison with preparation PADMA-28. The studies were carried out by the method of double blind test, the latter was accomplished by randomized method. Observation, the performed biochemical examinations did not reveal any undesirable effect. Drug tolerance was excellent. The positive influence of the drug may result from summed action of components contained in the preparation namely: bioflavonoides, salicylates, valepotriates, tannins, phenol acids, ethereal oils and esters of acids. PADMA-28 may be a useful adjuvant to therapeutic methods with regard to chronic ischemia of the lower extremities in II stage, according to Fontain.
"While living the pressured, fast-moving life of a photojournalist in Paris, the author learns of an enigmatic character named Sonam, a Tibetan medicine man or Amchi. Intrigued, she inquires as to where she might find this extraordinary man, and she is told to go to Ladakh and 'turn right over the mountain...' Right Over the Mountain is the captivating story of the journey and the amazing events that follow, as Gill Marais and her Indian companion, Nazir, travel through the mountains of Tibet. Sonam takes them out on his rounds, and together they witness miraculous examples of healing - even a woman who removes kidney stones without the use of surgery! This is an extraordinary and highly readable story, combining the best elements of an absorbing travel adventure with an account of one woman's spiritual search. Gill Marais offers a unique study of Tibetan medicine and folk beliefs. Above all, it is a lively and enthralling picture of a valuable and vanishing culture" -- Back cover.
Medical literature from India, Sri Lanka and Tibet (1991, Book)
Shigatse: one injection asks for more (1991, Miscellaneous)
Martin Weber, a Swiss doctor spends ten months in Tibet where he explores the public health system. Traditional Tibetan medicine is giving way to Chinese/western modernization. In the 1970's young people were given 6 months of training then sent back to their villages as health workers.
Tibetan Medicine: Diagnosis and Treatment (1991, Journal Article)
The Philosophy of Tibetan Medicine (1991, Journal Article)
Mindfulness of Breathing (1991, Book Chapter)
Anapanasati is the Practice that Controls Dependent Origination (1991, Audiovisual)
The Yoga-Vāśiṣtha Mahārāmāyaṇa (1991, Book)
Classical verse work expounding early Vedantic approach in Hindu philosophy.
Religion, Philosophy, Yoga: A Selection of Articles (1991, Book)
The matter contained in this book with the title, “PATH TO BLESSEDNESS” is a simple exposition of the inner Science of Self-realisation through the path of self-subdual, mind-control, concentration and meditation. It is all about the now well-known Yoga-Aphorisms of the great sage and teacher of India known as Maharshi PATANJALI who taught about five thousand years ago and left for humanity the quintessence of the Yoga-Science in his short, terse and meaning-filled Sutras or brief aphorisms. The Sutras being so very concise and pithy, their full meaning is not easily understood at first reading. They have to be explained. The great sage Maharshi Veda-Vyasa, the author of the eighteen classical Puranas, did this for us by writing his Commentary on Patanjali’s Yoga-Aphorisms. Much later on, a very learned disciple and seeker Vachaspaty Mishra wrote a more elaborate Gloss explaining the full meaning of sage Vyasa’s commentary. The present lessons in this book are based upon the teachings given in the above-mentioned Yoga-Texts.
This book offers 112 dharanas -- 112 meditations or techniques -- for experiencing the extraordinary and paradoxical reality of unbounded consciousness called Bhairava. In her initial question to Bhairava, the Goddess asks him to reveal his own essential nature to her. Bhairava praises her question as pertaining to the very essence of the Tantra, and he praises the transcendent aspect of the Supreme. The Goddess then beseeches Bhairava to teach her the method by which she may gain an understanding of this blissful, nondual reality. The methods offered here hint at a profound secret: only a subtle shift of attention is required in order to bring this astonishing reality into view. The shift will open a chink in the apparently impregnable smoothness of the ordinary world. Here are 112 secret gestures of attention that will reveal infinity.True to its tantric provenance, the Vijnana-bhairava discovers Supreme Reality in unexpected and bizarre places. As one scans the great variety of methods it offers, one is struck by the contrast in tone between this text and the classical expositions of Yoga. While equally serious, the Vijnana-bhairava has a playful approach anchored in the confidence that one can really never stray from the reality of Shiva. Because it is grounded in the tantric realization, the text has a freedom to explore meditational domains puritanically disdained by classical Yoga. All things, all experiences, all moments are bathed in the unassailable purity of the absolute consciousness. Only a shift of attention, a subtle refocusing, is required for that extraordinary reality to come into view.
The Vijnana-bhairava contains no sustained philosophical position. Rather, it is an instructional guide that continuously invites the practitioner to look more deeply and more subtly at her own experience. The blissful and shattering realizations that she will undergo as a result of its method serves as the only form of proof or justification. This is an initiatory manual that instructs in the intricacies of the advanced sport of Shiva.
The Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali: With Annotations (1991, Book)
The Mahåbhå¶ya of Pata¤jali is a monumental work in the tradition of Påƒinian grammar.Pata¤jali explains a large number of the sµutras of Påƒini and Kåtyåyanaís vårttika thereupon.
Composed in a lively and absorbing conversational style, the Mahåbhå¶ya has set a model for
exegetical writings for all time.
The present volume, published posthumously, is a reproduction of an incomplete manuscript
of late Professor Surendranath Dasgupta. It provides English translation and annotations on
the first four sections (åhnikas) of the first chapter (prathamâdhyåya) of the Mahåbhå¶ya with
corresponding romanized texts of the sµutras and the vårttikas. The value of the work lies not so
much in the translation of the text but in the very thorough discussions on all topics in the
annotations which take into account several commentaries and later works of the grammatical
tradition. This great work will attract attention not merely of scholars of Sanskrit grammar, but
also of philosophers of language.
Critical study of the eight major commentaries on the Mahābhāṣya, classical work on Sanskrit grammar by Patañjali.
This book examines, above all, the relationship between reason and Vedic revelation, and the philosophical responses to the idea of the Veda. It deals with such topics as dharma, karma and rebirth, the role of man in the universe, the motivation and justification of human actions, the relationship between ritual norms and universal ethics, and reflections on the goals and sources of human knowledge.Halbfass presents previously unknown materials concerning the history of sectarian movements, including the notorious “Thags” (thaka), and relations between Indian and Iranian thought. The approach is partly philosophical and partly historical and philological; to a certain extent, it is also comparative.
The author explores indigenous Indian reflections on the sources, the structure and the meaning of the Hindu tradition, and traditional philosophical responses to social and historical realities. He does not deal with social and historical realities per se; rather, basing his work on the premise that to understand these realities the reflections and constructions of traditional Indian theorists are no less significant than the observations and paradigms of modern Western historians and social scientists, he explores the self-understanding of such leading thinkers as Sankara, Kumarila, Bhartrhari and Udayana.
Emotion and adaptation (1991, Book)
The psychology of sympathy (1991, Book)
Essentials of modern literary Tibetan : a reading course and reference grammar (1991, Miscellaneous)
One of the best grammar references for modern literary Tibetan language. While it is geared toward modern literary Tibetan (literature, history, current affairs, newspapers, and so forth), its principles can also be applied to classical Tibetan. (Steven Weinberger 2004-01-14)
The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals and History (1991, Miscellaneous)
Muslim Chinese: Ethnic Nationalism in the People's Republic (1991, Miscellaneous)
Essentials of modern literary Tibetan : a reading course and reference grammar (1991, Book (single author))
One of the best grammar references for modern literary Tibetan language. While it is geared toward modern literary Tibetan (literature, history, current affairs, newspapers, and so forth), its principles can also be applied to classical Tibetan. (Steven Weinberger 2004-01-14)
The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals and History (1991, Book (single author))
Muslim Chinese: Ethnic Nationalism in the People's Republic (1991, Book (single author))
byang chub lam rim che mo dang 'brel ba'i ser byes mkhas snyan grwa tshang gi bca' khrims che mo/ (1991, Book (single author))
History of the Monastic University Se-ra-theg-chen-gling (1991, Book (single author))
Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet (1991, Book (single author))
grub dbang gong mi'i byin gyis brlabs ba'i gnas/ (1991, Book (single author))
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