Detailed Information on Publication Record
2012
Buddhist meditation research at the turn of a new period
KOTHEROVÁ, SilvieBasic information
Original name
Buddhist meditation research at the turn of a new period
Authors
KOTHEROVÁ, Silvie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Ends and beginnings. The 11th Annual Conference of the EASR. The Special Conference of the IAHR. 2012
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Prezentace na konferencích
Field of Study
60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Country of publisher
Sweden
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14210/12:00061631
Organization unit
Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English
Protestant Buddhist movement; experience; Buddhist meditation; religious studies; cognitive science of religion; methodology; Buddhism; history of Buddhism
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Změněno: 8/4/2013 16:44, Mgr. Vendula Hromádková
Abstract
V originále
Research of Buddhist meditation is in these days much more connected with questions like: What can science learn from meditation? What can meditation teach us about our mind? Can meditation help us feel healthier and better? These questions are really connected to presented picture of Buddhism mainly as a meditation practice. But this concept of Buddhism as an experience is the product of Protestant Buddhist movement of 19th century. This picture unfortunately has become a stable view on Buddhism and as such was accepted by Western scholars. However Buddhism is not solely about the experience linked to the meditation practice, but it is also beliefs and rituals, which jointly form the experience we are mostly interested in. My paper will try to appeal on change of the research paradigm we are using on Buddhist meditation practice. We, as scholars, should start to approach meditation in a completely opposite way. Let's study religious phenomena scientifically, rather than use religious phenomena as scientific methods. This change is the end of old paradigm, but also beginning of new Religious studies!
Links
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