Papers by Joticandā HO
International Journal of Science Annals, Jun 2023
We explore the potential effectiveness of incorporating maranassati meditation into therapeutic p... more We explore the potential effectiveness of incorporating maranassati meditation into therapeutic practices, highlighting its ability to mitigate thanatophobia and improve psychological well-being. Drawing upon Buddhist psychological perspectives, maranassati emphasizes the contemplation of mortality, impermanence, and interconnectedness. The aim of the study: to integrate Buddhist meditative practice into thanatophobia therapy. This article presents research evidence from real-world scenarios involving individuals with coronary artery disease, cancer patients, and the elderly. The initial findings provide a solid foundation, reinforcing the efficacy of mindfulness-based therapies in reducing death anxiety and improving psychological well-being. The proposed approach offers valuable insights for counselors and therapists in assisting future clients in cultivating a positive outlook on death, thereby alleviating fear and anxiety associated with mortality.
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Included in the National Health Priority Areas (NHPAs) since 1996, Cancers, Cardiovascular disea... more Included in the National Health Priority Areas (NHPAs) since 1996, Cancers, Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Mental illnesses appear as the top three most health burden in Australia out of nearly 200 diseases and injuries (AIHW 2011, p.18). This paper thus briefly reviews the application of complementary and alternative treatments (CAM therapies) associated with those 3 medical conditions respectively, together with national data reports of the diseases’ impact on personal health and wellbeing.
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In the Mahāsatipaṭṭhana sutta: the greater discourse on the foundations of mindfulness, the Buddh... more In the Mahāsatipaṭṭhana sutta: the greater discourse on the foundations of mindfulness, the Buddha mentioned the Four Noble Truths as the fifth object of cittānupassanā. Here in the first Truth, in addition to “five aggregates of grasping are suffering”, the fearsome and unpleasant feelings of ageing, death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness and distress are also suffering. Everyone is subjected to suffer from those natural phenomena once he is kammically born in in this human world.
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From theory to practice, the paperwork deals with Feeling or vedana, the 2nd aggregate in line wi... more From theory to practice, the paperwork deals with Feeling or vedana, the 2nd aggregate in line with other 4 aggregates which constitutes a human being. Interrelated to Dependent Co-arising, yogis can comprehend the 'Paths', one leading to endless samsara, another leading to the cessation of all sufferings. By discerning 'Feeling' from 'Clinging-feeling', yogis can contemplate the impermanence of contact through six sense doors, which conditions feeling, perception and volitional thoughts.
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Approach the basis of Impermanence of Feelings (by a practical exercise) then adapting the Brahma... more Approach the basis of Impermanence of Feelings (by a practical exercise) then adapting the Brahmajala sutta: The Supreme Net What the Teaching Is Not (Walshe, 1996) and the Mahanidana Sutta: The Great Discourse on Origination, (Walshe, 1996) to have a basic overview of 'Feeling' in teachings of the Buddha.
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BUDDHIST APPROACH TO HARMONIOUS FAMILIES, HEALTHCARE, AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES, 2019
Mental health is the third most burdensome topic in Australia that takes the highest proportion o... more Mental health is the third most burdensome topic in Australia that takes the highest proportion of non-fatal burden among nearly 200 diseases (Fig. 1). It is noteworthy to address the mental disease group that covers a wide range of conditions “including bipolar affective disorder, anxiety, substance use, behavioural and developmental disorders, schizophrenia and intellectual disability” (AIHW 2016, p. 149). In response to this health burden, there has been a huge interest in meditation-based techniques over recent decades (Shonin et al. 2014; 2014a; 2014b).
WHAT IS MEDITATION?
Meditation, as known as bhāvāna in the Pali or Sanskrit term , is recorded existent before written history throughout religious practices of dhyāna in ancient Eastern religions, originated in various forms from Hinduism, Jainism, Indian Buddhism to Daoism and Chinese Buddhism (Everly & Lating 2013, pp. 201-4). The Institute of Noetic Science (IONS n.d) identifies meditation “as one of the key practices for cultivating positive transformations in consciousness” based on their research and publications. In the meantime, Meditation Association of Australia (n.d) refers the significant aspect of Eastern philosophies that lead to the end of all sufferings . Strong (2015, p. 150) could not agree more by saying “right mindfulness and right concentration are two limbs of the eightfold path that are traditionally considered to be part of the training in meditation”. To comprehend the utmost goal in Buddhist philosophy – Nirvana, he succinctly discerns the development of mindfulness (sati) and insight (vipassanā-bhāvanā) from calm-abiding practice (samatha-bhāvanā) in order to have a notion of “the wisdom that comes with knowing reality” (p. 153).
By means of mindfulness practice applied in psychotherapy as a healing modality as well as in clinical studies (Germer et al. 2005; Kabat-Zinn 1990; Didonna ed. 2008), insight meditation has become popular in the West since 1960s when early attentiveness in Eastern ideology spread (IONS n.d). Still, meditation approach also encompasses loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity, and other spiritual elements. In this respect, the paper will substantially review the scholarly literature on the potent modality of meditation in present-day clinical studies. Thereafter a succinct look at Buddhist values associated with meditation in untraditional, but conventional practices being surveyed within the current theme of Western approach. Last but not least, the author’s spiritual guide to perform this modality in everyday life will be concisely presented for future reference.
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WHAT IS MEDITATION?
Meditation, as known as bhāvāna in the Pali or Sanskrit term , is recorded existent before written history throughout religious practices of dhyāna in ancient Eastern religions, originated in various forms from Hinduism, Jainism, Indian Buddhism to Daoism and Chinese Buddhism (Everly & Lating 2013, pp. 201-4). The Institute of Noetic Science (IONS n.d) identifies meditation “as one of the key practices for cultivating positive transformations in consciousness” based on their research and publications. In the meantime, Meditation Association of Australia (n.d) refers the significant aspect of Eastern philosophies that lead to the end of all sufferings . Strong (2015, p. 150) could not agree more by saying “right mindfulness and right concentration are two limbs of the eightfold path that are traditionally considered to be part of the training in meditation”. To comprehend the utmost goal in Buddhist philosophy – Nirvana, he succinctly discerns the development of mindfulness (sati) and insight (vipassanā-bhāvanā) from calm-abiding practice (samatha-bhāvanā) in order to have a notion of “the wisdom that comes with knowing reality” (p. 153).
By means of mindfulness practice applied in psychotherapy as a healing modality as well as in clinical studies (Germer et al. 2005; Kabat-Zinn 1990; Didonna ed. 2008), insight meditation has become popular in the West since 1960s when early attentiveness in Eastern ideology spread (IONS n.d). Still, meditation approach also encompasses loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity, and other spiritual elements. In this respect, the paper will substantially review the scholarly literature on the potent modality of meditation in present-day clinical studies. Thereafter a succinct look at Buddhist values associated with meditation in untraditional, but conventional practices being surveyed within the current theme of Western approach. Last but not least, the author’s spiritual guide to perform this modality in everyday life will be concisely presented for future reference.
WHAT IS MEDITATION?
Meditation, as known as bhāvāna in the Pali or Sanskrit term , is recorded existent before written history throughout religious practices of dhyāna in ancient Eastern religions, originated in various forms from Hinduism, Jainism, Indian Buddhism to Daoism and Chinese Buddhism (Everly & Lating 2013, pp. 201-4). The Institute of Noetic Science (IONS n.d) identifies meditation “as one of the key practices for cultivating positive transformations in consciousness” based on their research and publications. In the meantime, Meditation Association of Australia (n.d) refers the significant aspect of Eastern philosophies that lead to the end of all sufferings . Strong (2015, p. 150) could not agree more by saying “right mindfulness and right concentration are two limbs of the eightfold path that are traditionally considered to be part of the training in meditation”. To comprehend the utmost goal in Buddhist philosophy – Nirvana, he succinctly discerns the development of mindfulness (sati) and insight (vipassanā-bhāvanā) from calm-abiding practice (samatha-bhāvanā) in order to have a notion of “the wisdom that comes with knowing reality” (p. 153).
By means of mindfulness practice applied in psychotherapy as a healing modality as well as in clinical studies (Germer et al. 2005; Kabat-Zinn 1990; Didonna ed. 2008), insight meditation has become popular in the West since 1960s when early attentiveness in Eastern ideology spread (IONS n.d). Still, meditation approach also encompasses loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity, and other spiritual elements. In this respect, the paper will substantially review the scholarly literature on the potent modality of meditation in present-day clinical studies. Thereafter a succinct look at Buddhist values associated with meditation in untraditional, but conventional practices being surveyed within the current theme of Western approach. Last but not least, the author’s spiritual guide to perform this modality in everyday life will be concisely presented for future reference.