| Titel: | Asian contemplative disciplines: Common practices, clinical applications, and research findings |
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| Autor: | Walsh, R |
| Mediengruppe: | journal article |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | Journal of Transpersonal Psychology |
| Jahr: | 1999 |
| Band: | 31 |
| Heft: | 2 |
| Seiten: | 83 - 107 |
| Sprache: | English; englisch |
| Abstract: | Describes the 7 central practices (ethics, emotional transformation, redirecting motivation, training attention, refining awareness, wisdom, and altruism and service) as they are understood and practiced in Asia, drawing primarily on 4 traditions: Buddhism and Hinduism of India, and Taoism and NeoConfucianism of China. This paper offers exercises which give an introduction to each of these practices. Possible mechanisms by which contemplative disciplines may work their transformative effects are discussed. The paper then turns to the central Asian techniques of meditation and yoga and summarizes the research on meditation's psychological and psychosomatic effects. It is concluded that these contemplative disciplines contain a wealth of exercises and practices for fostering well-being and development. The author contends that the transpersonal vision of melding the best contemplative wisdom and practice with the best of Western thinking and therapy remains a vital goal. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2002 APA, all rights reserved); (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) |