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"Mindfulness is a way of paying attention that originated in Eastern meditation practices" [106] "Paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally" [1] [note 1] "Bringing one's complete attention to the present experience on a moment-to-moment basis" [1]
The "bare attention" propagated in the New Burmese Method has been popularized as mindfulness, starting with Jon Kabat Zinn's mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), developed in the late 1970s, and continuing in applications such as mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and mindfulness-based pain management (MBPM).
In 1960, the Maharishi founded the International Meditation Society (IMS) and trained his first TM teacher, Henry Nyburg of England. [7] During the tour Maharishi made Henry Nyburg his personal representative in Europe and gave him the training and authority to teach Transcendental Meditation, thus making him the first European teacher.
The Buddhist term translated into English as "mindfulness," "to remember to observe," [4] originates in the Pali term sati and in its Sanskrit counterpart smṛti.According to Robert Sharf, the meaning of these terms has been the topic of extensive debate and discussion. [8]
Buddha depicted in dhyāna, Amaravati, India. In the oldest texts of Buddhism, dhyāna (Sanskrit: ध्यान) or jhāna (Pali: 𑀛𑀸𑀦) is a component of the training of the mind (), commonly translated as meditation, to withdraw the mind from the automatic responses to sense-impressions and "burn up" the defilements, leading to a "state of perfect equanimity and awareness (upekkhā ...
Now, a study has found that mindfulness may be as effective as antidepressants in relieving anxiety. According to the World Health Organization , around 4% of the global population, some 301 ...
The English meditation is derived from Old French meditacioun, in turn from Latin meditatio from a verb meditari, meaning "to think, contemplate, devise, ponder". [11] [12] In the Catholic tradition, the use of the term meditatio as part of a formal, stepwise process of meditation goes back to at least the 12th-century monk Guigo II, [12] [13] before which the Greek word theoria was used for ...
The incoming Trump administration intends to rescind a long-standing policy that has prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from arresting undocumented people at or near so-called ...