Vedanā and the Wisdom of Impermanence: We are Precipitants Within the Experiments of the Universe

Autor:	Paul R. Fleischman
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Philosophy Focus (computing) media_common.quotation_subject Buddhism Gautama Buddha Religious studies Narrative Meditation World view Epistemology media_common Impermanence
Zdroj:	Contemporary Buddhism. 19:102-112
ISSN:	1476-7953 1463-9947
DOI:	10.1080/14639947.2018.1443733
Popis:	Vipassana meditation in the tradition of S.N. Goenka is based upon neutral, non-judgemental, non-reactive awareness of the arising and passing of body sensations. This focus for meditation has two advantages. First, it is a practical focus that most people find they can work with, and that derives from a historical connection to the Buddha’s words. Second, this meditative focus puts the practitioner in line with the modern scientific world view as well as with the Buddha. The rising and passing of body sensations can be understood in a seamless, scientific narrative that connects cell biology, biochemistry, bioenergetics, the history of the evolution of life on Earth, solar nucleosynthesis and the evolution of the universe. This article traces this elegant and elevating scientific narrative in greater detail.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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