A Note on Popularized Mindfulness, Mindfulness in Thich Nhat Hahn, and Mindful Appropriation of the Cognitive-Existential Operations of Consciousness According to Bernard Lonergan
Three kinds of mindfulness are explored - popularized mindfulness as mentioned pervasively in contemporary magazine racks, mindfulness according to the book The Miracle of Mindfulness by a Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hahn, and a lesser-known kind of mindfulness fundamental to the thought of...
| Subtitles: | "Theme/Special Section: Bernard Lonergan" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
2020
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Theoforum
Year: 2020, Volume: 50, Issue: 2, Pages: 323-336 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion TK Recent history |
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| Summary: | Three kinds of mindfulness are explored - popularized mindfulness as mentioned pervasively in contemporary magazine racks, mindfulness according to the book The Miracle of Mindfulness by a Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hahn, and a lesser-known kind of mindfulness fundamental to the thought of Bernard Lonergan. The essay aims to become more familiar with each kind by exploring commonalities and differences, and to better understand what goes on in the human mind in mindfulness practice while, at the same time, respecting the differing aims and historical, social, and religious contexts of the sources. Popular and Buddhist mindfulness practice enhance attentiveness and this aligns well with Lonergan's first transcendental precept: Be Attentive! Being mindful over the full range of contents and acts of consciousness offers a way to enhance performance in knowing, in self-constitution, and in interactions in the world. Trois types de pleine conscience sont examinés dans cet article - la pleine conscience populaire mentionnée sans relâche dans les magazines grand public, la pleine conscience dépeinte dans le livre The Miracle of Mindfulness par le moine bouddhiste vietnamien Thich Nhat Hahn, et un genre de pleine conscience moins connue et fondamentale dans la pensée de Bernard Lonergan. Cet essai vise à se familiariser avec chaque type de pleine conscience en explorant leurs points communs et leurs différences, et à mieux comprendre ce qui se passe dans l'esprit humain durant la pratique de la pleine conscience, ceci en ayant le plus grand respect des objectifs et contextes historiques, sociaux et religieux divergents des sources. La pratique de la pleine conscience populaire et bouddhiste accroît l'attention et ceci correspond bien au premier précepte transcendantal de Lonergan: Soyez attentif! Être attentif à toute la gamme des contenus et des actes de conscience donne un moyen d'accroître les performances de connaissance, de constitution de soi et d'interactions dans le monde. |
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| ISSN: | 2295-5186 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theoforum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/TF.50.2.3289708 |