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Mindfulness according to the rNying ma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Philological Research on Its Scriptures, Exegesis, and Philosophy of Self-Awareness

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23K00048
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 01020:Chinese philosophy, Indian philosophy and Buddhist philosophy-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

DEROCHE HENRI  京都大学, 総合生存学館, 准教授 (90712076)

Project Period (FY) 2023-04-01 – 2027-03-31
Project Status Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywordsマインドフルネス / 仏教瞑想論 / チベット / ニンマ派 / 正念正知 / ゾクチェン / ジックメ・リンパ / マインドフルネス認知療法 / チベット仏教 / 正念 / 瞑想論 / 注意力 / 自覚 / ゾクッチェン
Outline of Research at the Start

By taking the notion of mindfulness as a thread connecting the different levels of Buddhist teachings into a coherent path, the ultimate objective is to shed new lights on mindfulness for Buddhist philosophy as a whole. Special consideration will be given to the key question of self-awareness.

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

This year, I have published two edited volumes with introduction or preface, as well as one single-author article with peer-review, and one collaborative article in the international peer-reviewed journal Mindfulness. Moreover, I have made several lectures or presentations, at the University of Virginia (USA), or in Paris, at the Ecole Normale Superieure, at the INALCO, or at Lyon University. All these lectures focused on the philosophy of mindfulness, digging especially on the materials on this topic found in the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism that is the main subject of this research project. While providing a clear typology of mindfulness according to Indian and Tibetan Buddhist sources, I have also attempted to clarify its meaning in philosophical and psychological terms.

Current Status of Research Progress
Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

The current project aims to clarify the nature, types and functions of mindfulness in Tibetan Buddhism according to the Nyingma school, and on this basis to offer a contribution to the contemporary debates regarding the philosophy and the psychology of mindfulness. During the progression of this project, I have come to realize that several texts written by Jigme Lingpa (1730-1798) were actually perfectly articulating this topic. Thus, I have decided to reorganize all the different elements of sutra, tantra, and Dzogchen, according to the works of Jigme Lingpa that I have now entirely translated and analyzed. These elements are now ready to be published in English. Moreover, I have already contributed to interdisciplinary debates on mindfulness.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

Based on previous articles, I have now decided to expose the philosophy of mindfulness according to the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism in the form of a book that will be centered on the works of Jigme Lingpa (1730-1798) . The book will consist in three main parts. The first part will present the philosophy of mindfulness according to Jigme Lingpa's sources categorized as sutra, tantra, and Dzogchen. The second part will further examine Jigme Linpa's twofold typology of mindfulness, deliberate and non-dual. The last part will provide the translations of Jigme Lingpa's texts originally written in classical Tibetan. Moreover, I will continue to publish different research articles in order to clarify the Buddhist psychology and cross-cultural philosophy of mindfulness.

Report

(2 results)
  • 2024 Research-status Report
  • 2023 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2025 2024 2023 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (4 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 4 results) Book (3 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Oxford(英国)

    • Country Name
      UNITED KINGDOM
    • Counterpart Institution
      University of Oxford
    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Virginia(米国)

    • Country Name
      U.S.A.
    • Counterpart Institution
      University of Virginia
    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Universite Lyon 1(フランス)

    • Country Name
      FRANCE
    • Counterpart Institution
      Universite Lyon 1
    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Mind and Life Institute(米国)

    • Country Name
      U.S.A.
    • Counterpart Institution
      Mind and Life Institute
    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] The Mindful Way From Information to Knowledge, to Wisdom, and to Life: Perspectives on Mindfulness (-Based Cognitive Therapy) for Higher Education2025

    • Author(s)
      Deroche Marc-Henri、Kuyken Willem、Uwatoko Teruhisa、Imoto Yuki、Kusumoto Ryotaro
    • Journal Title

      Mindfulness

      Volume: 16 Pages: 846~863

    • DOI

      10.1007/s12671-025-02528-5

    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The Rising Sun of the Great Perfection: The Japanese Reception of Dzogchen, a Philosophical and Contemplative Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism2024

    • Author(s)
      Deroche, Marc-Henri
    • Journal Title

      Cahiers d’Extreme-Asie

      Volume: 33 Pages: 55-78

    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] En suivant la voie mediane tracee par Michel Bitbol: pour une philosophie de la pleine conscience2025

    • Author(s)
      Marc-Henri Deroche
    • Organizer
      Colloquium Michel Bitbol: Vivre et penser en premiere personne (ENS)
    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] La pleine conscience dans le bouddhisme tibetain : les instructions de Jigme Lingpa2025

    • Author(s)
      Marc-Henri Deroche
    • Organizer
      Societe francaise des etudes du monde tibetain
    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Ways of Preserving Mindfulness: A Tibetan Typology by Jigme Lingpa (1730-1798)2024

    • Author(s)
      Marc-Henri Deroche
    • Organizer
      Contemplative Sciences Center, University of Virginia (USA)
    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Ways to Cultivate Mindfulness in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism: Dzogchen Advice by Jigme Lingpa and His Sources2023

    • Author(s)
      Marc-Henri Deroche
    • Organizer
      Hamburg University Student research program. Buddhism in Contemporary Society: A Case of Modern Mindfulness funded by Hamburg University of Excellence
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Introducting Mindfulness: Theory, Research, and Practice2023

    • Author(s)
      Marc-Henri Deroche, Ryotaro Kusumoto
    • Organizer
      Kyoto University Mindful Living Research Group Workshop
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Study, Reflection, and Cultivation: Integrative Paths to Wisdom from Buddhist and Comparative Perspectives2025

    • Author(s)
      Deroche, Marc-Henri
    • Total Pages
      256
    • Publisher
      MDPI
    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Approaching the High Plateau from the Archipelago: Tibetan Studies in Japan2024

    • Author(s)
      Deroche, Marc-Henri, Ikeda, Takumi, & Kazushi, Iwao
    • Total Pages
      268
    • Publisher
      EFEO
    • ISBN
      9782855391854
    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Une quete tibetaine de la sagesse: PrajJArazmi (1518-1584) et l’attitude impartiale (ris med)2023

    • Author(s)
      Marc-Henri Deroche
    • Total Pages
      724
    • Publisher
      Brepols Publishers
    • ISBN
      978-2-503-60337-7
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Kyoto University Mindful Living Research Group

    • URL

      https://www.gsais.kyoto-u.ac.jp/trg/mlrg/

    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report 2023 Research-status Report

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Published: 2023-04-13   Modified: 2025-12-26  

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