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Cultivating Chan as Proactive Therapy for Social Wellness

Cultivating Chan as Proactive Therapy for Social Wellness

Hong Lin
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781466639867|ISBN10: 1466639865|EISBN13: 9781466639874
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3986-7.ch008
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Lin, Hong. "Cultivating Chan as Proactive Therapy for Social Wellness." Handbook of Research on ICTs for Human-Centered Healthcare and Social Care Services, edited by Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, et al., IGI Global, 2013, pp. 151-170. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3986-7.ch008

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Lin, H. (2013). Cultivating Chan as Proactive Therapy for Social Wellness. In M. Cruz-Cunha, I. Miranda, & P. Gonçalves (Eds.), Handbook of Research on ICTs for Human-Centered Healthcare and Social Care Services (pp. 151-170). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3986-7.ch008

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Lin, Hong. "Cultivating Chan as Proactive Therapy for Social Wellness." In Handbook of Research on ICTs for Human-Centered Healthcare and Social Care Services, edited by Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Isabel Maria Miranda, and Patricia Gonçalves, 151-170. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3986-7.ch008

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Abstract

Chan is a superior mental training methodology derived from Buddhism and absorbed wisdom of religious practitioners, philosophers, and scholars around Eastern Asia through thousands of years. As the primary way of Chan, meditation has clear effects in bringing practitioners’ mind into a tranquil state and promoting both mental and physical health. The effect of Chan is measurable. The authors propose to establish a Chan science by applying modern experimental sciences to various models that have been used in traditional medicine and philosophical studies. Through these studies, they believe they will be able to make Chan a beneficial practice to promote human life in modern society.

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