{"id":13254,"date":"2026-10-11T18:42:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T13:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/?p=13254"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:06:29","slug":"mindfulness-and-mental-health-in-buddhist-tradition-a-philosophical-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/volume4-issue9\/mindfulness-and-mental-health-in-buddhist-tradition-a-philosophical-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindfulness and Mental Health in Buddhist Tradition: A Philosophical Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\"><strong>Author: Subrata Si &amp; Dr. Sneha Ojha<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color\"><strong>DOI Link:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/04090010\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/04090010<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> Mindfulness has gained widespread recognition in contemporary mental health discourse as a potentially beneficial practice for managing stress, anxiety, emotional regulation, and overall well-being. However, interpreting mindfulness merely as a psychological technique for attending to the present moment, while detaching it from its Buddhist origins, ethical foundations, and soteriological orientation, risks narrowing its broader philosophical significance. This paper develops an integrated account of mental health through key concepts of Buddhist philosophy, including sati (mindfulness), the Four Noble Truths, dependent origination (pa\u1e6diccasamupp\u0101da), impermanence (anicca), non-self (anatt\u0101), Right Mindfulness (samm\u0101-sati), concentration (sam\u0101dhi), wisdom (pa\u00f1\u00f1\u0101), loving-kindness (mett\u0101), and compassion (karu\u1e47\u0101). Through a comparative examination of selected perspectives from the Therav\u0101da, Mah\u0101y\u0101na, and Zen traditions, the study argues that, within Buddhist philosophy, a healthy mind is not merely one that is free from psychological symptoms. Rather, mental well-being involves the capacity to recognize the influence of greed, aversion, and delusion; cultivate ethical responsibility; understand the impermanent and interdependent nature of reality; and respond compassionately to the suffering of oneself and others. The study employs a conceptual, interpretive, and critical methodology, drawing on primary Buddhist texts, contemporary Buddhist scholarship, philosophical literature, and research on mindfulness-based interventions. Although contemporary research suggests that mindfulness-based practices may provide significant psychological benefits, findings are not uniformly consistent. Conceptual ambiguity, methodological diversity, commercialization, and the possibility of adverse experiences therefore require careful critical consideration. The paper concludes that Buddhist mindfulness, when integrated with ethical cultivation, wisdom, compassion, social context, and appropriate mental health care, can provide a profound, humane, and complementary philosophical framework for contemporary approaches to mental health. Nevertheless, mindfulness should not be regarded as a universal substitute for professional mental health treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> Mindfulness, Sati, Mental health, Buddhist philosophy, Four Noble Truths, Compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-1-color has-text-color\"><strong>Page No: 95-105<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-element-button\">download journal<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Subrata Si &amp; Dr. Sneha Ojha DOI Link: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/04090010 Abstract: Mindfulness has gained widespread recognition in contemporary mental health discourse as a potentially beneficial practice for managing stress, anxiety, emotional regulation, and overall well-being. However, interpreting mindfulness merely as a psychological technique for attending to the present moment, while detaching it from its Buddhist &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/volume4-issue9\/mindfulness-and-mental-health-in-buddhist-tradition-a-philosophical-investigation\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mindfulness and Mental Health in Buddhist Tradition: A Philosophical Investigation<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_joinchat":[]},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":false,"author_link":"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/author\/asraful-alibiswas\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/category\/volume4-issue9\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Volume4 Issue9<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Author: Subrata Si &amp; Dr. Sneha Ojha DOI Link: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/04090010 Abstract: Mindfulness has gained widespread recognition in contemporary mental health discourse as a potentially beneficial practice for managing stress, anxiety, emotional regulation, and overall well-being. 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