Conparative religius studies on transformation of body and mind

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23242006
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Religious studies
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: KAMATA TOJI 京都大学, こころの未来研究センター, 教授 (00233924)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KAWAI Toshio 京都大学, こころの未来研究センター, 教授 (30234008) ; TSURUOKA Yoshio 東京大学, 人文社会学研究科, 教授 (60180056) ; TANATSUGU Masakazu 京都府立医科大学, 医学研究科, 教授 (30241748) ; MACHIDA Soho 広島大学, 総合科学研究科, 教授 (10334450) ; TSUSHIRO Hirohumi 筑波大学, 人文社会学研究科, 教授 (30212054) ; INOUE Matsunaga (井上 ウィマラ) 高野山大学, 文学部, 教授 (40421292) ; KURASHIMA Akira 関西学院大学, 社会学部, 教授 (70378884) ; SHINOHARA Motoaki 京都大学, 人間・環境学研究科, 教授 (60135499) ; SAIKI Jun 京都大学, 人間・環境学研究科, 教授 (60283470) ; INUI Toshiro 京都大学, 情報学研究科, 教授 (30107015)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 身心変容技法 / ワザ / 身体知 / 神秘体験 / 瞑想 / マインドフルネス / 脳科学 / 認知科学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

'Techniques of body-mind transformation' refers to the various techniques for switching transformation/conversion of the state of body and mind to an ideal state seen as being an improved state for the person concerned. We have, following the four approaches of literature, field, clinical and experimental, conducted multidisciplinary research into techniques of body-mind transformation developed and practised in traditional religious rites such as prayer, festival, coming-of-age, baptism and abhisheka; in asceticism and sports training including various types of meditation, initiation and martial and physical arts; in performing arts such as song, chorus and dance; and in the fields of treatment, therapy, care, educational programmes and the like, and we have summarized the results in the annual research report "Research in techniques of body-mind transformation" (Nos. 1-4, 2012-2015) and publicly presented them at an international symposium and a symposium on asceticism.

Free Research Field

宗教学