Dr. Ajai Singh
Mens Sana Monogr. 2013 Jan-Dec; 11(1): 296–303.
PMCID:PMC3653232
Mind, Consciousness and the Brain: Contributions from Indian Thought
Following closely on the heels of the MSM 2012 Theme Monograph titled, ‘Issues in Schizophrenia, Medicalisation, Stigma, Biomedicine, Journalology, and Other Essays, is this Call For Papers for another Theme Monograph in 2014 which seeks to present [1] the views of Classical and Contemporary Indian thinkers on the topics of Mind, Consciousness and Brain; and [2] continues to explore issures in Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry today. Interested scholars and researchers may choose topics from the lists below:
Topics*
Concept of Mind and Consciousness in the Indian Philosophies: An Overview
Relevance of Indian Concept of Mind and Consciousness to World Philosophy
Analytical study of the concept of Mind in the Indian Philosophies
Comparative study of Mind in Indian and Western thought
Mind in the different darśanas
Mind in the Upaniṣads
Is Indian Thought on Mind and Consciousness Relevant Today?
Jaina concept of Mind and Consciousness
Mind and Consciousness in Carvāka thought
Nyāya concept of Mind and Consciousness
Mind and Consciousness according to Sri Aurobindo
Mind and Consciousness for Rabindranath Tagore
Phenomenal reality (prāṭibhāsika-sattā), empirical reality (vyāvahārika-sattā), and absolute reality (pāramārthika-sattā)
Vedānta, Mind and Consciousness
Transcendental consciousness as “one only without a second” (ekameva advitīyam).
Advaitic concept of mind and consciousness
Buddhist concept of mind and consciousness
Samkhya concept of mind and consciousness
Mind and Consciousness for Swami Vivekananda
Mind, Consciousness and Sri Krishnamurti
Gandhi on Man, God and Consciousness
Modern Indian Thinkers on Mind and Consciousness
K.C. Bhattacharya and S. Radhakrishnan on Mind and Consciousness
Mind and Consciousness in Indian Thought of the last two decades 1990-2010.
Mind for Acharya Rajneesh
The Future of Indian Thought on mind and consciousness
Mind and Consciousness in the Brahma-sūtra of Bādarāyaṇa
The state of Sthitapragña
Mind and Self in Indian thought
Prājña of the deep-sleep state, Taijasa of the dream state, Viśva of the waking state
Self above matter
Tajjalān and kalpita
Brahman and Ātman
Ego (aham) and cidābhāsa, i.e. consciousness reflected in the internal organ
Mind not identifiable with Self according to Indian thought
Gauḍapāda’s declaration, “upadeśād-ayaṁ vādaḥ and “jñāte dvaiṭaṁ na vidyate”
Brahman/Ātman neither immanent nor transcendent
Brahman/Ātman both immanent and transcendent
Empirical-relational objects with class feature (jāti), quality (guṇa), action (kriyā), or relation (sambandha), and signified by a conventional word (rūḍhi)
The knower (pramātā), and the Self
Negative scriptural concepts like “neti neti”
Secular and sacred śabda
Ultimate reality trans-empirical and trans-relational
Antaḥkaraṇa as internal sense organ
The concept of manas
Jiva, manas and ātman
Vasanā, vairāgya and manas
The state of sat-cit-ānanda
Knower (jñātā), “I” (aham) and “this” (idam).
Witness-consciousness (sākṣi-caitanya),
Pramāṇa and apramāṇa
Distinguishing valid cognition (pramā) from erroneous cognition (ābhāsajñāna)
Consciousness, as self-established (svatassiddha) and self-luminous and the transcendental a priori
Upaniṣadic theory of three worlds
Human being as material (jaḍa) excepting the Self or Consciousness
Mind a sentient entity carrying the reflection (pratibimba) or semblance (ābhāsa) of Consciousness
The five organs of perception, the five organs of action [karmendriyas], the five vital breaths [praṇas]
The mind [manas], intellect [buddhi], egoity [ahamkāra] and the mind-stuff [citta]
Waking experience (jāgrat), the world of dream experience (svapna), and the world of deep sleep experience (suṣupti)
Upaniṣadic tradition and the Fourth (caturtha) beyond the three worlds in 59 above.
Consciousness (cit) and experience (anubhava)
Viśva, Taijasa and Prājña
Triple Stream of Experience (avasthā-traya)
“I” as knower (jñātā), as doer (kartā), as experiencer (bhoktā)
Jiva and its kośas
The Kośas: Annamaya [sheath of food and matter], praṇamaya [sheath of vital breath], manomaya [mental sheath], vijñānamaya [intellectual sheath] and ānandamaya [the sheath of bliss], and what do they signify in understanding the Self
Mind empowered with cognition of other objects, sense of “I” and “mine ”, and also self-conscious when need arises
Self-conscious mind and jīva
Self or foundational Consciousness
Self and the Mind
Śaṅkara and jñāna-karma-adhikāra
Consciousness as support (adhiṣthāna) of objects of the entire world
Advaita Vedānta characterised as “transcendental phenomenology” and “metaphysics of experience”
Advaita as both pluralistic and monistic
Citta and samskāras
Buddhi, ahamkāra and citta
Patanjali Yoga and the eight fold path
Buddha’s four noble truths and eight fold path
Citta-vṛtti-nirodha: how does it relate to the concept of Mind in Indian thought
Citta and vṛitts
Ahamkāra [or egoism] and the Mind
The state of mindlessness
The state of mokṣa
Kaivalya, Nirvaṇa, Apavarga, Nihśreyasa
The concept of liberation in the Indian philosophies
Ātman and the Mind
Configuration (avasthā), place (deśa), time (kāla), and qualities (guṇa)
The concept of brain in Indian thought
Ayurveda, mind and brain
Body represented by the brain, mind represented by vijñāna and ātman represented by the life principle as making for the complete man
The state of savikalpaka and nirvikalpaka samādhi
The Guṇas – Sattva, rajas, tamas – and the self
Advaita as affirming monism without denying pluralism
Naiṣkarmya-siddhi of Sureśvara.
Buddhi or cognition
The concept of Citta
The concept of dṛṣṭi
The Indriyas, Karmendriyas, and Jñānendriyas
Jñāna or knowledge
Smṛti or memory
Absolute Consciousness or turīya
Mind as an internal organ of sense
Mind as self
Mind as not the self
Mind as minute and subtle
Mind as instrument of knowledge
Mind as instrument of the soul
Self-cognition of Mind
Mind as cause
Mind and dream experience
Mind as reduced to a machine
Sense organs and mind contact
Vrtti or mental mode
Self or Ātman or Soul
Self as pure consciousness
Vijñāna or discrimination
Prajñā or intelligence
Sannikarṣa, or relation between mind, sense-organ and the object
Samkalpa or power of conception
[*Kindly see to it that Sanskrit words are italicized and with proper diacritical marks in your paper.]
Authors must convey their topics selected from the above by 15th June 2013. They maybe more than one topic for one paper, but not more than three. Please check topic availability with the Editor. For topics different from the above, contact Editor. Full paper for potential publication should reach the Editor in Microsoft Word format by 15th July 2013.
All papers will be submitted for peer review and a decision of acceptance or otherwise will be conveyed to the authors by 15th Aug 2013, or one month of receipt, whichever is later.
Authors may contact the Editor, Mens Sana Monographs, for further details and clarification. Email:(mensanamonographs@yahoo.co.uk).
Please check style requirements from recent issue of MSM, or at http://www.msmonographs.org/contributors.asp.
Psychopharmacology And Biological Psychiatry Today
The Fundamental Presuppositions Of Psychopharmacology.
The Fundamental Presuppositions Of Biological Psychiatry.
The Fundamental Presuppositions Of Biological Psychiatry And Psychopharmacology.
Medicalisation Of Life Issues: Is Psychopharmacology The Culprit?
The Biological And The Psychosocial: Areas Of Connect And Disconnect.
What To Give And What To Avoid In Psychiatric Patients With Heart Disease?
What To Give And What To Avoid In Cardiac Patients With Psychiatric Problems?
Special Care In Prescribing Psychoactive Drugs In The Child And Adolescent.
The Mood Stabilizers In Pregnancy And Lactation.
Psychotropics drugs, Pregnancy And Lactation.
Anticholinergic Side Effects Of Psychoactive Drugs: The Problem And The Solution.
Psychotropics In Neurological Disorders.
Suicide And Antidepressants: What Current Evidence Indicates.
Treatment Resistant Depression.
Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia.
Psychostimulants For ADHD: The Rationale And Current Trends.
Psychiatric Medication After Marriage: Some Useful Thumb Rules.
How And When To Change Over From One Drug To Another In Schizophrenia.
How And When To Change Over From One Drug To Another In Depression.
How And When To Change Over From One Drug To Another In Bipolar Disorders.
The Case For And Against Polytherapy In Psychiatric Disorders.
Stigma And Noncompliance.
Psychotropics In Dementia
Psychotropics In Parkinsonism
The Placebo Effect In Psychiatry.
Drug Assisted Psychotherapy.
Drug Cost And Compliance.
The Case For And Against Narcoanalysis In Psychiatry.
The Future Of Psychopharmacology.
The Pharmacotherapy Of Neurotic Disorders
Drug-Drug Interaction Between Psychoactive Drugs And Others: Some Useful Thumb Rules.
Unresolved Issues In The Psychopharmacology And Biology Of Schizophrenia
Unresolved Issues In The Psychopharmacology And Biology Of Major Depression
Unresolved Issues In The Psychopharmacology And Biology Of Bipolar Disorders
Unresolved Issues In The Psychopharmacology And Biology Of Personality Disorders
ICD And DSM
Nosology And Biological Psychiatry
Nosology And Phenomenology
Jaspers, Kraeplin And Biological Psychiatry
The Biopsychosocial And The Biological
Kraepelin, Nosology, Biological Psychiatry And Psychopharmacology
The Neurobiology Of Mental Disorders
The Neuroimaging Of Mental Disorders
Psychotherapy And Psychopharmacology: When And How To Combine?
Psychopharmacology And The Aetiology Of Mental Disorders
Biology And The Aetiology Of Mental Disorders
Psychopharmacology And Biological Psychiatry: Areas Of Connect And Disconnect
What To Be Careful About While Combining Two Or More Psychoactive Drugs.
What To Be Careful About While Combining Psychoactive Drugs With Other Drugs.
The Noncompliant Patient: The Case For And Against Covert/Surreptitious Medication.
Drug Therapy Of Schizophrenia: Current Trends.
Drug Therapy Of Depression: Current Trends.
Drug Therapy Of Bipolar Disorders: Current Trends.
Drug Therapy Of Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis: Current Trends.
Drug Therapy Of ADHD: Current Trends.
Drug Therapy Of Personality Disorders: Current Trends.
Ethical Issues In Psychopharmacology.
Current Status Of Nonpharmacological Interventions In Psychiatry.
Psychoactive Medications In End Of Life Situations.
What Care Givers And Nursing Staff Need To Ensure About Psychoactive Drug Compliance.
The Well Read Psychiatric Patient And Drug Compliance.
Changing Societal Attitudes Towards Psychiatric Medication And Psychiatry.
ECT And Psychoactive Drugs: How To Combine And What To Guard Against.
Psychiatric Medication And Renal Disease.
Combining Drug Treatment With Psychotherapy: The Case For And Against.
The Case Of The Antipsychiatrist: Why Do They Oppose Psychiatric Medication In Particular And Psychiatry In General?
Biological Psychiatry And Anti-psychiatryry
Issues Of Drug Compliance In Psychopharmacology.
Drug-drug Interactions.
Biological Psychiatry And Psychopharmacology.
Patient Welfare And Psychopharmacological Research.
Patient Welfare And Biological Research
Authors must convey their topics selected from the above by 15th June 2013. They maybe more than one topic for one paper, but not more than three. Please check topic availability with the Editor. For topics different from the above, contact Editor. Full paper for potential publication should reach the Editor in Microsoft Word format by 15th July 2013.
All papers will be submitted for peer review and a decision of acceptance or otherwise will be conveyed to the authors by 15th Aug 2013, or one month of receipt, whichever is later.
Authors may contact the Editor, Mens Sana Monographs, for further details and clarification. Email:(mensanamonographs@yahoo.co.uk).
Please check style requirements from recent issue of MSM, or at http://www.msmonographs.org/contributors.asp.