What is it about?
The article surveys a variety of metaphors used by well-known Tibetan Buddhist authors in a selection of texts where they explain the basics of meditation to the general (mainly non-initiated) audience.
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Why is it important?
We provide linguistic evidence of conceptual metaphors that help construe the conceptual representation of meditation drawing on a selection of source domains that evoke vivid images related to everyday experience. The findings may allow for a comparison between traditional Buddhist models and those already identified within the context of Western mindfulness and meditation practices (Silvestre-López, 2016a).
Perspectives
One of my recent interests is the identification of sets of ICMs that provide for the conceptual grasping of subjective experiences related to mindfulness and meditation practices, and their communication in instructional settings. This paper is one of the outcomes of my enquiry in this field. Currently I am also exploring the ways in which deliberate metaphor use may become a useful pedagogical tool for mindfulness instructors (and learners). Some of my forthcoming publications draw on the methodology presented in this paper to show how deliberate metaphor works in a variety of discourse contexts.
Antonio-José Silvestre-López
Universitat Jaume I
In recent years I have explored metaphorical models in the internet and their influence on digital literacy and web interaction. This raised my interest in the role of metaphor in discourse, more concretely on its cognitive, textual and communicative functions. I am currently involved in investigating these issues in scientific medical discourse as well as in spiritual and religious discourse. Buddhist teachings constitute a rich source of metaphorical models, some of them also found in other spitritual traditions.
Dr Ignasi Navarro i Ferrando
Universitat Jaume I
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This page is a summary of: Metaphors in the conceptualisation of meditative practices, Metaphor and the Social World, July 2017, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/msw.7.1.03sil.
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