{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Buddha Pill Podcast","title":"Varieties of Meditation","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1846,"description":"In this episode of the Buddha Pill Podcast, host Miguel Farias addresses the extraordinary diversity that exists within the world of meditation. Are all meditation practices essentially the same or do they differ significantly in technique, goals, and outcomes? Miguel explores the historical and cultural evolution of meditation by speaking to experts from Hindu philosophy, Tibetan Buddhism, early Christianity, neuroscience, and cognitive psychology. By speaking with them, he discovers how different traditions have understood meditation’s creative power in shaping emotions and cognition. \nMiguel Farias is a writer, teacher, and researcher. He holds a doctorate in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford, where he has lectured and tutored for the past twenty years. He is the co-author of The Buddha Pill: Can Meditation Change You? and the lead editor of The Oxford Handbook of Meditation. He has written for the BBC and New Scientist.\nThe Buddha Pill Podcast is produced by the Academic Podcast Agency and has been funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation \nThe episode features contributions from:  \nJessica Frazier A lecturer in theology and religion at Trinity College, Oxford, and a fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu studies\nFrazier, Jessica (2021). The Self in Meditation: The Art of Self-Transformation. In Miguel Farias, David Brazier, and Mansur Lalljee (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Meditation. Oxford University Press.\nForman, Jed (2024).Out of Sight, Into Mind: The History and Philosophy of Yogic Perception. Columbia University Press.\nPeter SedlmeierAn emeritus Professor of Psychology at Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany. He has published widely on the psychological effects of meditation.\nSedlmeier, Peter. (2022). The Psychology of Meditation: Varieties, Effects, Theories and Perspectives. Hogrefe Publishing.\nSedlmeier, P. (2023). What mindfulness, and for whom? And why might it work? Springer Nature. \nMatko, K. & Sedlmeier, p....","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4Io7FXk27w-ckZoENdfgbLok8znbBg7j23MCs91dzmw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ZjIw/ZDVmYWE3ZTUxZWEy/NWNiZTQxMzdlYmVk/MzkwYi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}