Search for dissertations about: "Buddhist meditation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Buddhist meditation.

  2. 1. Face to face with the absent Buddha : The formation of Buddhist Aniconic art

    Author : Klemens Karlsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Buddhist art; Buddhist sculpture; Aniconic art; Indian art; Iconology; Buddhism; Buddhist meditation; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

    Abstract : Early art in Buddhist cultic sites was characterized by the absence of anthropomorphicimages of the Buddha. The Buddha was instead represented by different signs, like awheel, a tree, a seat and footprints. READ MORE

  4. 2. Face to face with the absent Buddha : The formation of Buddhist Aniconic art

    Author : Klemens Karlsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Buddhist art; Buddhist sculpture; Aniconic art; Indian art; Iconology; Buddhism; Buddhist meditation; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; History of Religions; Religionshistoria;

    Abstract : Early art in Buddhist cultic sites was characterized by the absence of anthropomorphicimages of the Buddha. The Buddha was instead represented by different signs, like awheel, a tree, a seat and footprints. READ MORE

  5. 3. Mindfullness and meditation experience in relation to attention performance and psychological well-being among meditators and non-meditators

    Author : Torbjörn Josefsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; attention; Buddism; meditation analysis; meditation; mindfulness; psychological well-being;

    Abstract : The main purpose of this research project was to study mindfulness and its relation to attention and psychological well-being. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the construct of mindfulness and the mental health benefits associated with mindfulness based programmes, the relation between mindfulness and its proposed core component, self-regulation of attention, was studied. READ MORE

  6. 4. Mindfulness : Relations to attention regulation, decentering, and psychological well-being

    Author : Torbjörn Josefsson; Anders Broberg; Harald Walach; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; attention; buddhism; decentering; mediation analysis; meditation; mindfulness; psychological well-being;

    Abstract : The current research project consists of three separate studies. The general aim of this project was to contribute to previous mindfulness research by exploring fundamental aspects of mindfulness in an effort to increase the understanding of mindfulness as a construct as well as its mechanisms. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Birth of a Heruka : How Sangs rgyas rgyal mtshan became gTsang smyon Heruka: A Study of a Mad Yogin

    Author : Stefan Larsson; Per-Arne Berglie; Erik af Edholm; Hanna Havnevik; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Tibetan Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; bKa’ brgyud tradition; gTsang smyon Heruka 1452–1507 ; mad yogin rnal ’byor smyon pa ; hagiography rnam thar ; “disciplined conduct” brtul zhugs spyod pa ; History of religion; Religionshistoria; religionshistoria; History of Religion;

    Abstract : gTsang smyon Heruka (1452–1507) is one of Tibet’s most famous mad yogins. The mad yogins represent a relatively unknown aspect of Tibetan Buddhism that flourished in the 15th and 16th centuries. READ MORE