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ZE_2_05 Verified Ethics & Applied Philosophy

ZE_2_05 — Buddhist Ethics and Ahimsa

Buddhist ethics (sila) forms one of the three pillars of the Buddhist path (alongside meditation [samadhi] and wisdom [prajna]) and is grounded in the Four Noble Truths (suffering exists; it arises from craving; it can b

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INTERDOC_21 — Meditation, Mysticism, and the Neuroscience Bridge

[KEY FINDING] Richard Davidson's lab at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, beginning in 2004, demonstrated that long-term meditators (>10,000 hours) — particularly Tibetan Buddhist monks — generate gamma wave oscillati

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ZC_1_15 Verified Social Science

ZC_1_15 — Sociology of Emotions

Sociology of emotions examines how emotions are socially shaped, managed, and structured — challenging the assumption that feelings are purely biological or individual. Arlie Russell Hochschild (The Managed Heart, 1983)

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T_2_04 Psychology & Social

T_2_04 — Positive Psychology & Wellbeing Science

Positive psychology — the scientific study of what makes life worth living — was formally launched by Martin Seligman in his 1998 APA presidential address, shifting psychology's traditional focus from pathology and dysfu

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T_5_19 Verified Psychology & Social

T_5_19 — Empathy: Neuroscience, Mirror Neurons & Moral Development

Empathy — the capacity to share, understand, and respond to others' emotional and cognitive states — is a multi-component phenomenon with deep evolutionary roots, distinct neural substrates, and profound implications for

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Y_3_02 Altered States

Y_3_02 — Meditation, Neuroplasticity, and Contemplative Neuroscience

Meditation — the systematic training of attention and awareness — has been practiced for at least 3,000-5,000 years (earliest evidence: Indus Valley seal of a seated figure in meditation posture, ~2600 BCE; earliest text

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Y_3_05 Altered States

Y_3_05 — Contemplative Neuroscience

Contemplative neuroscience — the scientific study of meditation, contemplative practices, and their effects on brain, body, and behavior — has matured from a fringe topic into a rigorous interdisciplinary field over the

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P_2_15 Verified Philosophy & Meaning

P_2_15 — Philosophy of Emotion: Affect, Reason, and Moral Sentiment

The philosophy of emotion asks what emotions are, how they relate to reason and knowledge, and what role they play in moral life. The Western tradition has oscillated between two poles: Stoic/Kantian rationalism, which t

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ZE_1_01 Ethics & Applied Philosophy

ZE_1_01 — Ethics Across Civilizations: Universal Moral Patterns

Despite vast cultural differences, virtually every civilization in human history has independently developed strikingly similar core moral principles: reciprocity (the Golden Rule), prohibitions against murder and theft,

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